YouTube Confirms Plans To Take On Cable With ‘Channels’, Names Dozens Of Partners

YouTube's ambitions to challenge cable television head-on are getting a big boost tonight: the world's largest video site is announcing that it's lined up a slew of new content partners who will be developing shows for the site, covering everything from sports to comedy to music. The news had been rumored for some time, including a report last week in the WSJ. In a blog post announcing the news, YouTube says its goal with these channels is to "[give] you more reasons to keep coming back again and again". The post references the so-called "defining channels" born out of cable, like MTV, ESPN, and CNN, and says that the next generation of these will emerge on YouTube.

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