YouTube's first original series released on YouTube Red subscription service
Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The first episodes of original shows made for YouTube's subscription service, YouTube Red, have been released. In exchange for $10 a month, subscribers to YouTube Red, get ad-free videos, offline viewing and a background media player, allowing them to stream music from the site while doing other things on their phones. Among the first four programmes released on the service are Scare PewDiePie, in which Swedish gamer Felix Kjellberg experiences real-life horror games, A Trip to Unicorn Island, which follows rapper, dancer and comedian Lilly Singh on her first world tour, and Lazer Team, a comedy film created by Rooster Teeth and Fullscreen Films, which follows the exploits of four friends who discover an alien battle suit. YouTube have said they intend to share the "vast majority" of YouTube Red revenues with partners whose videos are watched through the service, so if these original shows make it take off, it could be a boon to the community as a whole.
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