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Streaming hours on YouTube, including the YouTube TV live television service, increased 27% in 2024, making it “by far the largest contributor to overall streaming growth” in the U.S., according to MoffettNathanson.
The two media companies announced a new deal Saturday night. Paramount’s streaming service will be offered as an add-on to YouTube TV customers.
The eleventh-hour reprieve spared about 8 million YouTube TV customers from losing access to nearly two dozen networks, including BET, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon and TV Land.
YouTube TV subscribers braced for the loss of popular programming as negotiations for a new distribution contract went down to the wire. Google said it would offer customers an $8-a-month credit to compensate for the outage.
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The partnership will give CAA-represented actors and athletes access to YouTube’s tools to manage and identify AI content that shows their digital likeness.
Cord-cutters are again dealing with rising programming costs after YouTube TV told subscribers their monthly fee will go up by 14% to $82.99 in January.
Starting in January in the U.S. and other markets, Spotify Premium users will be able to see ad-free videos, and video creators can earn money off those videos.
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Tiffany Smith, mother of YouTube influencer Piper Rockelle, settles a lawsuit filed by young actors of ‘the Squad’ who alleged an abusive work environment.