YouTube video subscriptions may include music, but no network TV<article>
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YouTube is getting closer to selling an ad-free subscription video service, but might have to go without major TV networks.</p><p>
Google, YouTube’s parent company,
told Bloomberg that its current partner deals cover more than 90 percent of all YouTube viewing. However, sources told Bloomberg that TV networks such as Fox, NBC, and CBS haven’t signed on.</p><p>
There’s still time for negotiations, Bloomberg reports. Still, Google doesn’t have the same leverage with networks as it does with YouTube celebrities, who will be required to participate in the ad-supported service if they want to maintain YouTube Partner status.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2950646/streaming-services/youtube-video-subscriptions-may-include-music-but-no-network-tv.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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YouTube video subscriptions may include music, but no network TV
