Youtube TV????

MarkRodriguez2012

MarkRodriguez2012

Youtube Reviewer
So.... I see Youtube is kinda/sorta throwing their hats into the ring to compete against cable as an actual tv provider? For 35 bucks you can livestream certain tv channels???? What the hell, this doesn't even sound like Youtube anymore. When I think of Youtube I don't think of streaming Fox news and whatnot. How will this affect regular Youtubers? Do we face all our channels eventually being taken down years down the line as Youtube becomes a full on tv livestreaming service...?

I kinda feel like Youtube is starting to forget that it's Youtube.
 
Are there any links to this?

Not read about it yet and interested to see what it is all about.

At the end of the day Youtube would be silly to disregard what they have, people dont use Youtube because it is Youtube and will long continue to showcase their content even if Youtube was no around.
 
You'll probably get an email from YouTube about it or it's already on your youtube dashboard by now. It should be under the 'get youtube red' option.
 
I just got an email about this. Its obvious now that YT is going through big fundamental changes. I don't think this is gonna take off, at least not at first. How long until you have to pay to use YT at all?
 
They're competing with PlayStation Vue, Sling, etc. I learned about this about a month and a half ago I think. It's a streaming television service and does not threaten YouTube at all as its regular platform. They're just getting into the broadcast television service game with this.
I think there was a thread about it (I may have started it? I can't remember). They should have gotten deals with Viacom, Turner, and Discovery Communications before launching in my opinion. And the price for the two add-on channels is a bit much. $15 a month for one channel? Bit excessive.
 
You're looking at it in the wrong way.

Currently people view linear TV on their TVs. Over an aerial service, a cable or satellite service.

Non-linear is starting to become a major part of TV viewing too - over satellite, cable or broadband (catch-up, on-demand, etc...)... These services are primarily meant for TV but can be watched second-screen on tablets and laptops/PCs/consoles in many cases.

Then there's non-linear over online services like Netflix and Amazon Prime - originally watchable on PCs/laptops and then tablets, but now quite often on devices hooked up to TVs - cable/satellite boxes, smart TVs, smart TV boxes/devices, consoles, etc....

YouTube has allowed the "rest of us" producers to create content. Instead of seeing more traditional platforms as coming to YT and taking over, we should see it as them seeing YT as a threat, as respecting the position that YT holds, of seeing it as a peer instead of an irrelevance - and by them coming to YT it means that there's a platform parity being created.

Instead of satellite service X being where everything ends up, or cable service Y... Everything's congregating on YoutTube. Again it's not PlayStation or Xbox... Or Apple TV... Or Kodi... Or Andrioid this or that... It's YouTube... That should be encouraging...

That's going to bring more eyeballs... And whilst it might be easier for people to view traditional programming, it also makes it easier for the new audience (for YT) that the traditional outlets bring with them to view more "YT" content.

Don't see it as a threat. See it as a maturing that can bring benefit to YT'ers.
 
Iain said:
You're looking at it in the wrong way.

Currently people view linear TV on their TVs. Over an aerial service, a cable or satellite service.

Non-linear is starting to become a major part of TV viewing too - over satellite, cable or broadband (catch-up, on-demand, etc...)... These services are primarily meant for TV but can be watched second-screen on tablets and laptops/PCs/consoles in many cases.

Then there's non-linear over online services like Netflix and Amazon Prime - originally watchable on PCs/laptops and then tablets, but now quite often on devices hooked up to TVs - cable/satellite boxes, smart TVs, smart TV boxes/devices, consoles, etc....

YouTube has allowed the "rest of us" producers to create content. Instead of seeing more traditional platforms as coming to YT and taking over, we should see it as them seeing YT as a threat, as respecting the position that YT holds, of seeing it as a peer instead of an irrelevance - and by them coming to YT it means that there's a platform parity being created.

Instead of satellite service X being where everything ends up, or cable service Y... Everything's congregating on YoutTube. Again it's not PlayStation or Xbox... Or Apple TV... Or Kodi... Or Andrioid this or that... It's YouTube... That should be encouraging...

That's going to bring more eyeballs... And whilst it might be easier for people to view traditional programming, it also makes it easier for the new audience (for YT) that the traditional outlets bring with them to view more "YT" content.

Don't see it as a threat. See it as a maturing that can bring benefit to YT'ers.
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Spot on.
4 year old watches Toy Story then clicks to kids channels with Toy Story toys and skits.
Then clicks Amzn affiliate links to buy the toys. Everyone wins.
 
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