Wednesday, 2 December 2015

new digital stories , 21/22

YouTube tipped to strike licensing deals for TV shows and films






- YouTube strike deals with Hollywood Studios to bring Tv shows to YouTube red subscription servie
- The video service has a membership of $9.99 and is keen to compete with rivals such as netflix and Amazon Prime
- hopes to commission original shows rather than licence existing content
- YouTube is focussing new material 
- Netflix and Amazon Prime have older movies
- YouTubers such as PewDiePie, Lilly Singh and The Fine Brothers are making shows on the red subscription service

I think this is a bold move from YouTube in order to compete with already made companies such as Netflix and Amazon Prime. What makes YouTube red subscription service unique is that new shows are going to be on the service which could attract a lot of people.





BBC 3 TV channel to be switched off by February, BBC Trust confirms

- BBC Trust confirms BBC 3 will be switched off by February
- As a result 1 million younger viewers can desert from the channel
- Moving younger people to tune in to BBC 3 online will save BBC 30 million each year
- £6m will be spent on short term content
- The TV channel will stop airing shows from Januar, but will continue to run as a barker
80% of the 925,000 audience who use no other BBC TV service could switch off
540,000 of those are 16 to 34-year-olds.


I think that BBC 3 are making a bold decision which will save them a lot of money and therefore reinvest into other areas which will inform and entertain. Also the fact that BBC 3 could 1 million viewers is a bas decision however they are going to save a lot of money to make up for that







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