On October 28, YouTube rolled out a new subscription service titled YouTube Red. YouTube Red subscribers would sign up for a $9.99/mo. service that allows them to view video content without advertisements and view and hear special subscriber-only content. Revenue previously generated by advertisements and distributed among companies and artists with YouTube channels will now be generated by the funds collected from subscription sales. YouTube has added a press release discussing the service and its benefits to its official blog. There is also a great video explanation of how this service works on the hankschannel YouTube channel.
As of this roll out, YouTube channel owners and record/artist labels who have not agreed to the new terms of service that include the YouTube Red subscription service will have content on their channels blocked and made private in the United States. For this reason, this new service is currently negatively impacting fans of foreign music. Content from some major J-rock, visual kei, and K-pop bands and labels is being blocked, including videos from artists like the GazettE, SuG, BREAKERZ, and AKi. It is unclear at this time whether content from those labels will be made available again, or if those record labels will agree to the new terms of service. In the meantime, fans of foreign music may find that various videos discussed on this blog, and videos they've watched/favorited/play-listed in the past are now unavailable for viewing.
YouTube blog post here
hankschannel video on YouTube here
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