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Title: YouTube video subscriptions may include music, but no network TV Post by: HCK on July 22, 2015, 09:00:11 pm YouTube video subscriptions may include music, but no network TV
<article> <section class="page"> <p> 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 (http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-07-20/google-s-youtube-signs-up-everyone-but-tv-for-new-paid-service) 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> Source: YouTube video subscriptions may include music, but no network TV (http://www.macworld.com/article/2950646/streaming-services/youtube-video-subscriptions-may-include-music-but-no-network-tv.html#tk.rss_all) |