The long-rumoured subscription service for YouTube will launch in the US on October 28 under the name YouTube Red, the streaming firm has announced.
“YouTube Red lets you enjoy videos across all of YouTube without ads, while also letting you save videos to watch offline on your phone or tablet and play videos in the background, all for $9.99 a month,” explains Matt Leske, senior product manager. “Your membership extends across devices and anywhere you sign into YouTube, including our recently launched Gaming app and a brand new YouTube Music app we’re announcing today that will be available soon.”
YouTube Music aims to make discovering new music easier than ever. The YouTube blog also notes that those subscribed to Google Play Music will automatically get access to YouTube Red, and vice versa.
Your monthly sub will help fund the channels you love, with a share of $9.99 going to creators based on the total viewing time on that channel.
Starting next year, YouTube Red members will also get access to new, original series and movies from some of YouTube’s most popular creators, including PewDiePie, CollegeHumor, Fine Brothers Entertainment and many more.
Scare PewDiePie is described as a “reality-adventure series from the creator and executive producers of The Walking Dead at Skybound Entertainment and Maker Studios” in which viewers will “experience thrills, chills and laughter as PewDiePie encounters terrifying situations inspired by his favorite video games”.
YouTube Red offers a free one month trial from October 28, and will launch in other territories soon.
Source: YouTube
