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Skanky Vamp

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Would you pay to watch YouTube OC and videos without commercials? They are banking that you will.

YouTube Red is slated to launch Wednesday, Oct. 28, with a one-month free trial offer. Initially the service is available only in the U.S., with additional markets slated to roll out in 2016.

The YouTube Red $9.99 monthly price matches the current subscription price of Netflix’s standard two-stream HD plan. And the question for many in the industry, even among YouTube’s most loyal partners, is whether it will get any significant traction among users who have been trained for 10-plus years to expect free video on YouTube.

In addition to watching videos without ads, the $10 service also lets users save videos to watch offline on phones or tablets as well as play videos in the background. Also included is a redesigned version of YouTube Music, which works with Google Play Music, so subscribers to each service automatically gain access to the other. The new YouTube Music service, which replaces the Music Key beta, is designed to provide better discovery tools. For example, by choosing any song or artist, a user can stream a customized playlist culled from YouTube’s music catalog.

YouTube says it has agreements with 99% of content providers that have agreed to participate in YouTube Red. “The overwhelming majority of them have spoken,” Kyncl said. As with its standard ad revenue-sharing program, YouTube will pay 55% of subscription revenue to partners, divvied up based on aggregate subscriber viewing time.

Exclusive original content in YouTube Red will debut starting in January. The slate is being overseen by global head of original programming Susanne Daniels, previously head of programming at MTV.

The new series include:
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    • “Scare PewDiePie”: In the reality-adventure series, PewDiePie (real name: Felix Kjellberg) from the creator and exec producers of “The Walking Dead” at Skybound Entertainment and Maker Studios, experience thrills, chills and laughter as PewDiePie encounters terrifying situations inspired by his favorite video games.
    • “Sing It!”: From the Fine Bros. (who created YouTube’s React franchise) and Mandeville Films, 10-episode scripted comedy satirizes the reality singing competitions that have become a centerpiece of pop culture.
    • “Lazer Team”: Feature-length action-comedy from Rooster Teeth and Fullscreen Films focuses on four small-town losers who stumble on an alien ship carrying a mysterious cargo, leading to a battle to save Earth from an all-powerful enemy.
    • “A Trip to Unicorn Island”: From Judy McGrath’s Astronauts Wanted, feature-length documentary gives fans a look inside the life and journey of Lilly Singh (YouTube’s Superwoman) as she embarks on a 26-city global tour where she has to remember to practice what she preaches: happiness is the only thing worth fighting for.
    • Untitled Joey Graceffa project: Reality murder-mystery series starring Graceffa brings together an ensemble of top YouTubers who must form alliances to survive… but little do they know that most won’t make it out alive.
    • 360 Project from MatPat of Game Theory: YouTube educator and pop-culture expert MatPat from The Game Theorists hosts a 360 virtual-reality series exploring the real-life science behind popular video games by throwing gamers into scenarios they play through every day, from water jetpacks to haunted pizzerias.
    • “Single by 30”: In romantic drama series from Wong Fu Productions and New Form Digital, two high-school best friends make a promise to get married if they’re still single at 30. A decade later, their attempt at upholding their vow unfolds in unexpected ways. Starring Harry Shum Jr. and Kina Grannis.
    • Untitled CollegeHumor project: Written by and starring the cast of CollegeHumor, along with special guests, this new anthology series will take a dark and comedic look at the absurdity of Internet culture.
    • “Fight of the Living Dead”: Reality show from Alpine Labs takes popular YouTube talent and traps them in a real-world zombie apocalypse. They must use their instincts and gaming skills to survive as they battle the elements for the ultimate prize of survival.
    • “I Am Tobuscus”: Scripted comedy from Toby Turner (aka Tobuscus) explores the world of a self-involved YouTube creator pursuing bigger stardom. The show features original music, and satirizes the digital stardom.
YouTube Red is a shift from the video site’s previously run at original content, and it’s a bet that the company can assemble a lineup of exclusive, youth-skewing material will prompt people to open their wallets. To be sure, with more than 1 billion monthly users worldwide, YouTube could make the new SVOD service pay off with just a fraction of them deciding to fork over 10 bucks each month.​
 
EVIL UU said:
I don't understand your question.
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Next year they are adding a commercial service to their videos. In order to watch them (once this takes effect) without commercials they are charging 9.99. That allows you to continue to watch commercial-free YouTube and be able to access their original content.

Without paying for YouTube Red you will have to watch commercials with/in the videos.
 
Mr. Pole said:
Without paying for YouTube Red you will have to watch commercials with/in the videos.
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I've already seen that happening now, though.

A commercial halfway through a twenty minute video.
 
Mr. Pole: That's the point. There will be even more. Would you pay to watch them without commerical and be able to download them and watch on other devices.
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Uhhh, no. Surely some hack will make a Google Chrome app to block the commercials anyway? I already have them blocked on my PC.
 
Skanky Vamp
Skanky Vamp
That's the point. There will be even more. Would you pay to watch them without commerical and be able to download them and watch on other devices.
I wonder if the reality of the situation s going to sink in with advertisers. I see a lot of ads on the net and I don't remember them the way I remember television ads. And now advertisers are going to have to contend with subscribers who will never see their ads, a bit like people who record TV programs and zip through the ads. It is a bit like an internet radio station I used to listen to - they claimed to have one of their biggest audiences one night with a listenership of - wait for it - 22 listeners. And the company providing the advertising venue is the only one who knows how many have watched. There is no independent web version of Neilson ratings and YouTube could easily inflate the numbers to gain advertising revenue with no one knowing what the actual numbers are. The ability to fake the numbers is unique.

I am waiting for the merger of YouTube, Twitter and Facebook. The resulting entity is going to be called YouTwitFace and it will be the first anti-social network and I will be the first one to sign up.
 
Ethan Reigns said:
I wonder if the reality of the situation s going to sink in with advertisers. I see a lot of ads on the net and I don't remember them the way I remember television ads. And now advertisers are going to have to contend with subscribers who will never see their ads
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I think some of the issue is, I was reading a few months ago, how ad blockers are making internet marketing more difficult and they are trying to find alternative ways to market and get revenue. The money the advertiser would lose on clicks, they make back in residual subscription fees.
 
Personally, I've been using ad blockers for close to 10 years now. I can't even imagine using the internet without them - it's a terrible experience. Aside from being plain annoying advertisement is a waste of bandwidth/electricity and also a huge security issue. Right now I use uBlock Origin and also this nifty little project: Using a Hosts File To Make The Internet Not Suck (as much)
 
I'm sure if my current ad blocker doesn't stop them, then I'll soon find another that would, so nope I wouldn't pay for ad free youtube
 
What's sad is this is probably going to kill smaller Youtube channels because it will discourage people that aren't paying from watching. But the popular channels like Pewdiepie (whom I can't stand) will just get richer since a couple thousands views difference doesn't really matter. But no, I'll never pay to use a service like Youtube
 
I can handle 1 short commercial if I have to, but I'd rather not pay money to have no commercials. I remember when Hulu only had like 2 commercials, now it's like 10! I don't mind commercials really, I just tune them out, but it's when they play the same 3 commercials over and over again, than it gets annoying. Who gots money to be paying for all these services anyways? Hulu, Netflix, AmazonPrime and now YouTube. Doesn't it also kind of defeat the reason YouTube was created in the first place? A place where people can post and view free videos.
 
No, I'm not interested in this.
Wonder if YouTube will more or less unwatchable soon?

Too bad if that happens but there will probably be others ready to fill the space.

/SK
 
Buffy Summers said:
it makes them an also-ran Netflix or Amazon Prime.
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That's exactly what they are trying to be.. they also boast that you can stream music (videos) whilst the screen is minimized. But even at that they are not offering anything unique. They've tried in the past to charge for their service and it failed miserably, I don't know why this would be that much different. Unless their OC is great, but it doesn't look that way.
 
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