{"id":750565,"date":"2013-05-09T15:05:52","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T19:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paidcontent.org\/?p=229201"},"modified":"2013-05-09T15:05:52","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T19:05:52","slug":"youtube-launches-its-paid-subscription-channels-with-select-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/750565","title":{"rendered":"YouTube launches its paid subscription channels with select partners"},"content":{"rendered":"

YouTube has officially launched a paid subscription offering, allowing select partners to charge as little as $0.99 per month for access to their content. From the YouTube blog post announcing the new intitiative:<\/a><\/p>

“Every channel has a 14-day free trial, and many offer discounted yearly rates. For example, Sesame Street will be offering full episodes on their paid channel when it launches. And UFC fans can see classic fights, like a full version of their first event from UFC\u2019s new channel. You might run into more of these channels across YouTube. Once you subscribe from a computer, you\u2019ll be able to watch paid channels on your computer, phone, tablet and TV, and soon you\u2019ll be able to subscribe to them from more devices.”<\/p><\/blockquote>

Partners include\u00a0The Young Turks, UFC, Jim Henson Company, Mark Cuban’s HDNet and the Sesame Workshop. Not all channels are live yet, a first list of 53 initial launch partners can be found here.<\/a><\/p>

Some of the new partners should come as no surprise to paidContent readers: We reported earlier this week that YouTube\u2019s employees have been testing paid channels<\/a> for the Sesame Workshop, Baby First TV and Cookie Jar TV for months.<\/p>

YouTube said Thursday that it wants to make subscriptions available as a self-serve feature to select partners soon. Asked how big of a cut YouTube is taking from subscription fees, a spokesperson told me that partners get to keep \u201cthe majority share,\u201d without elaborating further.<\/p>
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