Saturday 5 December 2015

YouTube tipped to strike licensing deals for TV shows and films

Report claims online video service is set to negotiate with Hollywood studios and TV firms to help YouTube Red compete with Netflix, Hulu and Amazon
YouTube’s Robert Kyncl at the launch of the YouTube Red service


  • Its report suggests that YouTube is in the “early stages” of these talks, but that it hopes to commission original shows and films rather than simply license existing content.
  • Netflix, Amazon and Hulu license many older movies and TV series that have already run elsewhere, while YouTube is focusing on new material


YouTube is preparing to strike deals with Hollywood studios and television firms to bring films and TV shows to its YouTube Red subscription service.The online video service is keen for its $9.99-a-month service to compete more directly with rivals such as Netflix, Amazon and Hulu.This is a new wave of NDM allowing to watching their favorite movies and series online with online subsciptions.Showever many people can still get their movies online aswell through illegally sites which is free and it can be HD. However Youtube the money they have they can invest a lot into this and it will be succesful.

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