YouTube's cable TV alternative now has more than 1 million paying subscribers (GOOG, GOOGL)

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• YouTube TV now has more than 1 million subscribers, Bloomberg reported Friday. 
• The cable alternative costs $40 per month and comes with access to both broadcast channels such as ABC and CBS and popular cable networks, including TNT, TBS, CNN, and ESPN. 
• Bloomberg also reported that Hulu's live streaming service has amassed more than 2 million subscribers. 

YouTube TV now has more than 1 million subscribers, Bloomberg reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. 

The streaming media giant has never officially reported its subscriber numbers. The new figure from Bloomberg is the first update on the service's subscribers since last July, when The Information reported YouTube TV had nearly 800,000 paying users. 

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