YOUTUBERS REACT TO YOUTUBE TV

- You can watch live TV?
And Keeping Up with the Kardashians?
- There's a lot of inherent flaws.
However, it's pretty cool to see YouTube content
surfaced along with mainstream content.
- When we first started, the cable TV networks,
everyone thought we were a joke.
And now THEY want to be on YouTube.
- Oh yeah. - So I'm like, "Heh-heh!"
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- "YouTube TV."
- What?
- Oh, I've heard of this.
- YouTube TV! I'm so glad you're making me watch this,
'cause I haven't learned about it yet.
- That says-- I don't know-- what? Huh?
(chuckles) TV?
- Kinda wish they said a little bit more about it.
- It's coming soon apparently. What is it? I couldn't tell you.
- I'm hoping that you're gonna teach me more about it,
'cause I feel like all I know about it is what I just saw.
- I'm excited to see what that's all about,
'cause I don't watch any TV.
So I'm assuming this will help me out with that.
- (FBE) So we're gonna have you click on the hyperlink
in the description. - "YouTube TV."
- (both) "Finally..." - "...live TV made for you."
- So YouTube is basically becoming like television?
Is that what we're going for?
- 35 bucks a month? YouTube's free though.
So... I'm just gonna keep doing that.
- You can watch live TV? That's actually kinda cool.
And Keeping Up with the Kardashians?
This is it.
- (FBE) What do you think?
You gonna sign up for their mailing list? - No, I'm not.
I could say that I've never as a human paid for TV.
- Oh, please, no. I already have YouTube.
I'm sure what's on the original YouTube is far more interesting
than what's on here.
- I don't know if this is gonna kind of bring on, like--
if it's gonna be a way to diversify YouTube
or if it's kinda gonna be a way to kind of
make YouTube to what television is,
which personally I'm not a big fan of.
- I'll be honest, I won't use it.
But I know so many people are gonna use it,
and it's a good move by YouTube.
- Yeah, of course. Absolutely.
It's gonna kill cable with a giant razor blade to the throat.
I'm all about it. I'm all about killing that cable.
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- (FBE) So what was your first reaction
when you heard about the launch of YouTube TV?
- Honestly, it was kinda-- it wasn't a reaction.
It was like, "Cool." And then I just passed right by it.
- I didn't care.
It's stuff I could watch anywhere else.
- My first reaction was kinda like, "What is it?"
- I actually was leaving a meeting,
and I opened my phone to Twitter.
And I saw YouTube TV was trending.
And I thought, "What is this?"
- I'm very curious to see where it goes.
I don't think creators are going to adopt it.
- I want to know more about it.
Do we really want, you know,
to get people involved with YouTube TV?
Do we really want to have a community?
Or is it just a money grab?
- I immediately asked, "How much?" (chuckles)
"How much are you gonna charge me for this?"
And I was so relieved that it's like 35 bucks a month,
a quarter of what it costs to have a cable subscription.
- I was just confused by it.
I didn't really understand what it was.
You can stream any network almost on YouTube?
Like, I still feel like I don't understand what it is.
- (FBE) How do you think YouTube did
in rolling out this announcement compared to other announcements
that they have made over time from a creator perspective?
- I didn't know about it.
But then again, I don't know about a lot of things that they do.
- I just think it was like, "Surprise, bitch. This is happening."
And I was like, "Oh, okay."
- It was a little bit of a sneak attack.
I didn't hear much about it, whereas YouTube Red,
it was, like, everywhere, and everyone was freaking out about it.
And it was such a big deal.
- It seems like they were way more subtle about it.
I think the YouTube community
can be a very opinionated community,
especially when they feel like they haven't been informed.
So it seems like they might be slow-rolling this launch
so that it doesn't ruffle any feathers with anyone.
- I don't understand companies that, like--
that launch a product without actually launching the product.
If I were a company and I was like,
"Hey, check this thing out. It's awesome,"
and then my potential customers are like, "Where do I get it?"
and you're like, "You gotta wait," you've lost 'em.
- (FBE) So YouTube TV works similarly
to other streaming services, charging $35 a month
to stream cable channels directly to YouTube.
Some of its selling points are that it allows
up to six logins for one account... - Okay, that's good.
- (FBE) ...and that it will apparently recommend videos
after completing a show that will include regular YouTube videos
that point directly to watch those videos on YouTube.
- Oh, that's cool.
- Oh, that's pretty cool.
I didn't know that they're trying to help promote the rest of us.
- (FBE) Some of its early criticisms include its starting price,
which is higher than some competitors,
and doesn't have all the channels that others have.
- Yeah, see. Like, that's why I was thinking, you need more--
either more channels to kind of fit the price
or just, you know, lower the price.
- (FBE) It also may become possible for creators
who make serialized content--
for example, shows like YouTubers React
could end up being available on the new service too.
So overall, do you think that YouTube TV
is a good idea or a bad idea?
- I think this isn't better for YouTube.
I think this is better for TV, 'cause a lot of people on YouTube,
like a lot of my viewers especially,
they're gonna start watching TV again maybe.
So maybe it's like a good thing.
- I'm open to the idea of it. I'd have to test it out, for sure,
to have a full final say on it.
- Anything that kills cable faster is good,
because the hold that cable TV has had over audiences
has been monopoly, and I'm against it. I think, break it up.
Break everything up. Break the banks. Break the cable dudes.
Break monopolies. Do it.
- It's another thing. It's not something new or groundbreaking.
It's just another thing we have to hear sold to us
over the next campaign for however many months it'll last for.
Then we're gonna forget about it and move on.
- I don't see it as competition.
People come to YouTube to watch YouTube-style videos.
They don't come to YouTube to watch TV.
They can do that in so many different ways.
But YouTube just has to stay YouTube,
and people love it for what it is.
- Yeah, you don't gotta be cool. - And be proud of it.
- What I'm curious about is how YouTube
is going to change this product over the course
of the next year or after launch.
There's a lot of inherent flaws.
However, it's pretty cool to see YouTube content
surfaced along with mainstream content.
- As someone that's had a television show,
I can say it is really difficult to get a digital audience
to a television set.
So if this makes TV shows more accessible in that way,
then that seems super beneficial.
- I'm excited at anything that can help, you know,
make YouTube seem like a valid network
and place to find quality content.
So if this is gonna help YouTubers
and help the YouTube community be respected, that's wonderful.
But of course I'm gonna be a little fearful
of hearing that all these mainstream networks
and mainstream TV shows who have, you know,
for the most part looked down on internet creators
being a part of this, um-- being a part of this platform.
It's a little scary.
- (FBE) So do you think that YouTube TV
will heavily impact YouTube creators in a large way?
Or is this not directly related to YouTube creators?
- I don't think it's gonna affect the YouTube creators at all,
because if you love a favorite personality or YouTuber,
there's nothing else in the world
that can really stop you from them.
- I don't think it has any threat.
YouTube Red didn't take people away
from other people's channels.
They're introducing an orange,
and the apples are getting afraid they're gonna get replaced. No.
- I love being on YouTube,
and I really wanted to work with Netflix,
because I loved their newer model of television.
It's cool to see that ABC and NBC and all these other networks
are trying to put their live stuff on to YouTube,
or YouTube TV is trying to bring it all
so that it's all live there. But at the same time,
I feel like people are kind of moving away from watching live TV.
- It could offer opportunities for a new audience
to see creator content that's relative or related to, you know,
this traditional streaming series that are happening.
So it's an opportunity for more eyes, which is always great.
It might be an opportunity to create original series
that are different and independent
of what current content creators
make on their channels right now.
To me, at this moment, my initial impression is that
there seems to be slightly more good qualities
than negative qualities.
- It could be beneficial if we're targeting an audience
that isn't already on YouTube. But other than that,
creators aren't going to really adopt it.
And therefore, it's not gonna really have a super-direct impact.
Unless their game is to step into that TV mainstream studio era
and revolutionize it, then maybe,
if I'm not seeing that trajectory,
then maybe there's something here.
But if they're just trying to capture the audience
that mainstream media has,
I don't know if that's gonna work out too well.
- (FBE) This announcement comes not too long after YouTube Red,
which is another paid service for premium content.
And that content will be provided as part of YouTube TV.
So what do you think YouTube TV means for YouTube Red,
if anything? - Well, hopefully it means that
everyone who has a YouTube Red series
will be able to get their work shown by more eyeballs.
Like, that'd be awesome, to really elevate those shows
that my colleagues have worked so hard on making.
- YouTube Red didn't have enough power alone to stand by itself
and ask for people to be charged for it,
'cause it just didn't have enough content on it.
But now that there's YouTube TV,
now it's like a good little bundle package
that would probably entice more people into getting it.
So it's a good move.
- Maybe how they're trying to position themselves is,
if you have all these channels,
like Fox or whatever, whatever, whatever,
and then you're able to co-brand YouTube Red with them all,
then maybe five years down the line,
the goal is to see YouTube Red as if it is ABC.
- So they're just trying to be like another Hulu or Netflix
to legitimize YouTube. Maybe. - "Get us in there!"
- YouTube TV is a way to potentially legitimize YouTube Red,
not necessarily YouTube.
There are so many people that don't understand the benefits
of YouTube Red and why it needs to exist,
because they didn't clearly communicate
why it's awesome for creators.
It may potentially help YouTube Red exist.
But we'll have to wait and see.
- (FBE) Finally, what are your thoughts that,
here we are years later, and YouTube.com is partnering up
with all of these major TV networks,
and it's now going to be streaming live TV?
- I'm indifferent.
I feel like I didn't think it was gonna go towards the media,
because I thought it's already grown such a different platform.
I'm open to the idea of it.
- YouTube was created to be this free space of media
that anyone can create and contribute to.
And this is basically bringing it back
to what we tried so hard to free ourselves from:
you know, network television.
- Since so many young people are on YouTube
more than they're on cable, now YouTube can control both things.
And they can introduce this whole new audience
into the cable landscape and control it all.
So it's smart on YouTube's part.
- They're just moving more towards the mainstream
and kind of what everybody else is doing.
They're like, "Oh, they're doing this. This works.
So we should do it too."
But, you know, just don't forget where you came from.
Don't forget your roots.
- It's kinda cool, because we were out pitching TV shows
and thinking, you know, here's another platform to get on.
Here's how we could get some fresh new eyes.
But now that they're coming to us, we're like,
"Maybe we made the right choice by staying on YouTube."
We've been on YouTube for 10 years.
And when we first started, the cable TV networks,
everyone thought we were a joke.
And now THEY want to be on YouTube.
- Oh yeah. - So I'm like, "Heh-heh!
We got the last laugh, bitch!"
- I do think that YouTube in some way or another
has an upper hand on television.
Television is definitely doing the right move
by hopping onto YouTube.
- It feels like TV finally is getting the message of like,
"Oh, we should stop fighting this thing
that's actually taking over
what we were in charge of for so many years
and see what we can do to work together."
So if anything, it seems like, cool. Good stuff's happening.
People are starting to collaborate.
- It almost feels like it's trying to go back
to what we were moving away from.
But it also feels kind of cool that all the networks are like,
"Hey, we want to be a part of this thing."
I'm just gonna stay positive
and hope that this is just gonna legitimize YouTubers
as professional, talented people
and finally will have that merge we've been wanting
for over a decade between online content and, you know,
the mainstream media.
(clang!) - (FBE) Truth!
We hope?
- Thanks for watching this episode of YouTubers React.
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- Thanks for watching, everybody! Goodbye!
- Hey, guys. It's Kyle, a producer here at FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode of YouTubers React.
What do you guys think about YouTube TV?
Are you gonna get it when it comes out?
Let us know in the comments.
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YOUTUBERS REACT TO YOUTUBE TV

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