YouTube TV is the Internet television service that Google launched in the United States a few years ago to stand up to cable channels, and that allows access all your content where and when users want. YouTube TV offers access to both live broadcasts and major cable channels.
But it seems that this content is not attractive enough to be an option to consider in the United States, since the number of subscribers to this service is only 2 million. To try to reach a greater number of users and expand its television offering, YouTube wants to offer access to third-party subscription services.
As we can read in The Information, YouTube wants to offer access to third-party services such as HBO, CBS All Access, Starz, Showtime, Comedy Central among others, as well as currently offering both Apple TV Channels and Amazon Channels, this being the first one that added it to its service in 2015.
According to this medium, YouTube is in negotiations with different entertainment services to add their services, although at the moment the progress of the negotiations is so unknown like when they might be available if they finally get it.
It is unclear whether the new subscription content offering It will be linked to YouTube TV or it would be another access option that users have to pay independently of the YouTube TV monthly fee. Offering independent subscriptions would allow YouTube to improve its profit margins by earning a commission for sales through its platform.
Both Apple and Amazon, they stay between 30 and 50% of the amount of the subscriptions to these streaming services, a lucrative move that allows us to generate income that we have to revert in other areas, so they can be considered 100% profit.
