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Google’s YouTube finally has an invite to the T-Mobile US ( TMUS ) Binge On party. And, the free video streaming party is getting bigger. T-Mobile on Thursday said it now excludes 50 video websites from subscribers’ monthly data caps, more than double the 24 apps supported when Binge On launched in early November. Netflix ( NFLX ) and Time Warner ’s ( TWX ) HBO were among the two-dozen video websites that T-Mobile first included in Binge On. T-Mobile had said YouTube – the fast growing website of Alphabet ’s ( GOOGL ) Google – could not be supported for technical reasons. T-Mobile’s network software could not always detect YouTube’s videos, the “Uncarrier”-branded wireless carrier said. Other new video websites that are part of the Binge On program include Discovery GO, Fox Business and Google Play Movies. On Wednesday, T-Mobile said it would offer subscribers a free year of access to MLB.TV for live broadcasts of Major League Baseball games through its Binge On service. Verizon Communications ( VZ ) no longer counts its own Go90 mobile video service toward subscriber data caps. Verizon has also launched the “FreeBee” sponsored data program, under which companies pay Verizon a fee so that users of their wireless apps can access content without their data consumption counting toward monthly limits. T-Mobile’s Binge On, however, does not involve payments from content companies to T-Mobile. T-Mobile recently shot down speculation that it was working with Facebook ( FB ) on a sponsored-data type business model, according to reports. Federal regulators thus far have not opposed Binge On or wireless sponsored data programs. Net neutrality rules bar ISPs from throttling, blocking or prioritizing Web traffic. Some critics claim the Binge On program runs afoul of net neutrality rules. Image provided by Shutterstock . Scalper1 News
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