YouTube to introduce paid subscription
Maxine Hamilton and Eridani Baker
Background
Founded in February 2005 and bought by Google in 2006, YouTube has become the go-to site for video on the web. With approximately one hour of video uploaded every second the site is rich in content. In recent years, much of YouTube's focus was on categorizing some of that content into "channels"; YouTube is now looking to leverage that effort via a paid subscription model.
Details
YouTube paid subscription channels are planned to launch in April this year. Costs will be tiered and will likely allow users to choose...