Google to Start Charging for Video Streaming on YouTube

Google recently acquired YouTube last year for 1.65 billion dollars. Google is in talks with several TV networks to post certain televisions shows on YouTube, and than charge you to watch shows that are streaming ad-free. The user would be charged $1.99 per episode.

If Google goes through with this plan, they would be competing with iTunes who also sells t.v. shows on it's popular site. Google is worried that not many people would be interested in paying for online streaming shows.

My Opinion

I do not think Google should go through with it. Why would you pay to watch shows without ads, when you could watch them for free with ads? I would definitely sit through thirty seconds worth of ads every five minutes than spend two bucks on a television show. And there is always a way to get everything for free online these days.

Link to article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/google/6718283/Google-to-start-charging-for-video-streaming-on-YouTube.html