T-Mobile to wind down live TV services, offer YouTube TV

FILE PHOTO: A T-Mobile logo is seen on the storefront door of a store in Manhattan, New York, U.S., April 30, 2018. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

T-Mobile US Inc said on Monday it was winding down its live TV services and would instead offer YouTube TV and YouTube Premium under an expanded partnership with Alphabet Inc's Google.

The company said Live, Live + and Live Zone services would be shut down on April 29 and that it would give the first month of YouTube TV for free to customers who have subscribed for TVision Live.

It will also offer YouTube TV to its customer at $54.99 per month, which is $10 below the regular price, the company said.

FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Charles Platiau

As part of the partnership deal, T-Mobile said it would offer other services including Messages by Google and Google One, while showcasing a range of Android devices.

(Reporting by Tiyashi Datta in Bengaluru; Editing by Anil D'Silva)

FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop and mobile device users are seen next to a screen projection of the YouTube logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic