YouTube plans online TV bundle: sources
Los Angeles
YOUTUBE is working on a paid subscription service called Unplugged that would offer customers a bundle of cable TV channels streamed over the Internet, people familiar with the plan said.
The project, for which YouTube has already overhauled its technical architecture, is one of the online video giant's biggest priorities and is slated to debut as soon as 2017, one of the people said. YouTube executives have discussed these plans with most major media companies, including Comcast Corp's NBCUniversal, Viacom Inc, Twenty-First Century Fox Inc and CBS Corp, but have yet to secure any rights, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private.
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