TechCrunch confirmed that YouTube creators and media partners who do not agree to also license their videos for YouTube Red will see those videos hidden on the free tier. Some videos will be taken away from YouTube’s free service, however. There is nothing we are taking away from there, merely adding onto it.” “The world that all of our advertising partners are used to remains alive and well and continues to grow at an astonishing 60% year over year. 99.9% of the content on YouTube will be free, as it always has been,” chief business officer Robert Kyncl told The Verge as YouTube Red was announced. YouTube Gaming launched globally in the summer.

YouTube Kids launched in the US earlier in 2015, and is set to expand to the UK by Christmas. YouTube Music will sit alongside YouTube Kids and YouTube Gaming as standalone apps for the most popular video categories on the service.

Red subscribers will be able to sign in to the app to remove advertising and watch or listen offline. YouTube Red will also bundle in a subscription to the Google Play Music audio-only streaming service, as it extends and replaces the YouTube Music Key service that has been in a public beta test since November 2014.Ī standalone YouTube Music app will also launch by Christmas, gathering official and fan-uploaded music videos into one place. Besides the exclusive shows, subscribers will be able to watch all YouTube videos without advertising, and download them to their mobile devices for offline viewing.

It will launch in late October for the US, costing $9.99 a month, before rolling out globally.

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