Fubo’s plans, including new Essential plan, all increasing cost by $5 per month

Fubo is raising the costs of all of its plans by $5. This includes the Essential plan, which launched in December.

David Satin and Matt Tamanini of Streamable.com detailed the price increase.

“Fubo had the best price for a large-scale live TV streaming channel package on the market… for around seven weeks,” the report said. “Its Essential plan, introduced in early December and priced at $80 per month was less expensive than DIRECTV STREAM, Hulu + Live TV, or YouTube TV, but after about a month and a half, the service has already raised the price. Fubo has raised subscription prices by $5 per month on all its English-language plans for new customers, including the Essential package.”

Michael Timmermann of Michaelsaves.com updated his price tracker. The increase of the Essential plan to $85 per month now means that Fubo’s plan is more expensive than all other streaming options, aside from DIRECTV. It had previously been less expensive than Hulu and YouTube TV.

I’ve updated my live TV streaming price tracker to reflect Fubo’s $5/month increase.

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The increase means that Fubo’s Essential plan and Pro plan now have the same cost.

“However, the difference is that the Pro plan comes with a full suite of regional sports networks (RSNs), which can cost up to $16 per month, depending on the number of RSNs in an individual market,” Satin and Tamanini said.

That’s a critical difference particularly as we get into the later stretches of the NBA and NHL seasons, as well as the start of the MLB season in March.

“Fubo’s Essential and Pro plans come with essentially the same number of channels (between 210 and 215), but the major differentiator is that the Pro plan offers market-specific RSNs, including FanDuel Sports Network channels around the country and Marquee Sports Network in Chicago,” the report added. “As Fubo prides itself on being a sports-centric streamer, the ability to stream your favorite local MLB, NBA, and NHL teams on the service is a huge bonus for sports fans, as it is becoming increasingly difficult to find those channels.”