Thursday, April 9, 2015

YouTube prepares a paid ad-free – BBC

The video platform Google is preparing to launch an offer that will pass through a monthly subscription and is designed to allow users to better adapt their use YouTube to their needs.

Online video site YouTube, a subsidiary of Google, is preparing to launch a subscription service without advertising. He started contacting videos producer partners to announce their new way of video streaming that will pass through a monthly subscription and is designed to allow users to better adapt their use YouTube to their needs, told AFP.

Neither the date of the launch of this service, or subscription prices have been specified for video producers, to which it was explained that it was a new way to monetize their works. The monthly subscription cost is expected to approach $ 10 a month, according to the specialized website The Verge

The English website Business Insider contacted by Google as part of this transaction, details the terms of the agreement between the company and partner video producers. They will always offer their videos with ads to non-subscribers. Customers who subscribe to Google’s offering will have access without advertising, and every designer will have the opportunity to give videos exclusively for subscribers.

But the producers of video content are put face ultimatum by Google. If they do not accept the partnership proposal, they will make a cross on the income generated by their videos. These could even be placed in private, and thus be inaccessible by users, according to The Verge and Business Insider .

“We can not comment on ongoing discussions, but give more choices for fans to enjoy the content they love, and artists to make money, is still one of our top priorities, ” argues YouTube by email to AFP.

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