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  • VideoNuze Podcast #346: Is YouTube’s Own Success Hurting YouTube Red’s Prospects?

    Friday, November 4, 2016, 1:12 PM ET
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    Posted by Will Richmond

    I'm pleased to present the 346th edition of the VideoNuze podcast with my weekly partner Colin Dixon of nScreenMedia.

    This week Colin and I discuss YouTube’s continued success, picking up on my post from earlier this week. Google’s executive team highlighted YouTube’s contribution to the company’ Q3 ’16 financial results. One of the big reasons is the viewer- and advertiser-friendly TrueView ad format, which can be skipped in 5 seconds.

    But TrueView’s popularity has created a high bar for ad-free subscription services based on YouTube content, to succeed. Vessel was one victim and now even YouTube’s own YouTube Red SVOD service, which has a reported 1.5 million subscribers, is under the same pressure. Colin and I explore the issues YouTube Red faces.

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    Categories: Advertising, Podcasts, SVOD

    Topics: Podcast, YouTube

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