YouTube’s reportedly planning a subscription service for on-demand video

YouTube may soon offer viewers a subscription-based video-on-demand (SVOD) service. A content creation studio’s comment to Variety reveals that the video platform is “exploring the prospect of launching its own subscription VOD service.” The subscription-based VOD service is reported to be modeled on YouTube Music Key, which brings unlimited, ad-free access to music videos and about 30 million tracks on Google Play Music for $7.99 per month. An executive at a YouTube content creation partner said that it was approached by the video site late last year about getting on board an SVOD licensing deal. Competitors like Vimeo, Vessel and…



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