YouTube launches $9.99 ad-free 'Red' subscription service in the USA

 

YouTube is launching a subscription plan in the U.S. called Red that combines ad-free videos, new original series and movies from top YouTubers like PewDiePie, and on-demand unlimited streaming music for $10 a month.

Red builds on Google's existing music streaming service by providing ad-free access to YouTube programming, along with features such as the ability to download videos to mobile devices and have music playing in the background while using other mobile apps.

Current subscribers to the $10-a-month Google Play Music service will also get access to Red.

YouTube is part of Google, a division of the newly created holding company Alphabet Inc