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YouTube shifts to make new exclusive shows, movies free to users

Silhouttes of users seen next to a screen projection of YouTube Logo. [Photo: Reuters]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - YouTube plans to make all future original programing available to users for free with advertising, as the video streaming unit of Alphabet Inc’s Google seeks a bigger audience for shows and movies that had mostly been restricted to paid subscribers.

The shift in strategy means that starting in 2020, a YouTube Premium subscription will no longer be the only way to watch most original programs, with all users having some access.

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