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With 1.5bn viewers in tow, YouTube focuses on live TV, original content and VR

on Jun 23, 2017 | 0 comments

By Lisa Lacy

After launching in the “largest US markets” earlier this year, YouTube TV, the $35-a-month service that allows users to stream live TV from ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, ESPN and cable networks and record without storage limits, is expanding to ten US markets in a few weeks. These markets include: Dallas-Fort Worth, Washington DC, Houston, Atlanta, Phoenix, Detroit, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Miami-Fort Lauderdale, Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne and Charlotte.

YouTube chief executive Susan Wojcicki made the announcement at online video conference VidCon.

Wojcicki also unveiled 12 new original projects coming to YouTube Red, the ad-free subscription-based service that launched in October 2015.

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Source: The Drum