YouTube TV to stop carrying Arizona's Family 3TV, broadcast partner of Phoenix Suns
The Phoenix Suns earned a lot of praise when they announced that the majority of their regular season games would be on Arizona's Family 3TV before this season, making watching Suns games more accessible to a lot of fans.
But the station isn't going to be accessible to YouTube TV subscribers.
Arizona's Family 3TV (KTVK) recently notified viewers that the channel would no longer be available to YouTube TV subscribers starting Saturday, Nov. 18.
The Suns host the Minnesota Timberwolves on the channel on Wednesday and then play at the Utah Jazz on the channel on Friday.
They are scheduled to play against the Jazz in Utah again on Sunday, which would mark the first game not available to YouTube TV subscribers.
The channel will still be available via COX, DirecTV, Dish, FUBO and via antenna.
3TV also has local news and some popular TV programs like Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy!
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Arizona's Family 3TV 'disappointed' in YouTube TV decision
"We are disappointed that YouTube TV has come to this decision, as we have done everything in our power to reach a market-based agreement," Arizona's Family 3TV said in a story about YouTube TV not carrying its station in the future.
It continued: "At Arizona’s Family, we want every member of our community to have access to our programming, especially those who pay for a subscription service like YouTube TV, in expectation of getting access to all their valued local stations. … We cannot speak for YouTube TV as to why they are no longer going to carry our programming, but we hope our viewers will find other ways to access our programming."
YouTube TV will continue to carry Arizona's Family CBS 5 (KPHO).
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Arizona's Family 3TV information
The Suns are scheduled to air 70 regular season games on Arizona's Family, also broadcasting games on its Arizona Family Sports station, with 12 others scheduled to be exclusive TNT, ABC and ESPN broadcasts.
In November, all 14 of the team's games are scheduled to air locally. In December, 10 of the team's 12 games will be televised locally, while 15 of the team's 16 games in January are set to be broadcast locally.
February will see eight of 11 games on local TV, and March will have 12 of 15 games available locally. All eight of the team's regular-season games in April are scheduled to be shown locally.
Arizona's Family 3TV is on Channel 3 over the air (antenna) in the Phoenix area, while Arizona's Family Sports is on Channel 44 or 3.5.
In Flagstaff, Arizona's Family Sports is Channel 32 or 3.5, and in Tucson it is Channel 13.5.
Arizona's Family Sports can be found on Channel 27 in Yuma.
Cox Cable currently carries Arizona's Family Sports in Phoenix and Flagstaff on Channel 13. It is Channel 19 in Tucson.
For more information on how to watch Suns broadcasts locally, including a channel guide, go to nba.com/suns/how-to-watch.
For information on how to stream Suns games, click here.
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