“YouTube has built its billion-viewer audience on the basis of free, ad-supported videos and a growing roster of digital stars.
“Now it hopes exclusive shows from some of the latter will persuade people to pay to access the service.
“YouTubers including Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg, Lilly Singh, The Fine Brothers and Joey Graceffa are making new shows that will only be available on a new YouTube Red subscription tier.
“It will launch in late October for the US, costing $9.99 a month, before rolling out globally.
“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.” -YT
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