{"id":50026,"date":"2024-04-22T15:46:08","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T13:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=2029151"},"modified":"2024-04-22T17:27:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T15:27:06","slug":"watcher-entertainment-move-off-youtube-and-subscription-streaming-service-explained-where-can-i-watch","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/watcher-entertainment-move-off-youtube-and-subscription-streaming-service-explained-where-can-i-watch\/","title":{"rendered":"Watcher Entertainment move off YouTube and subscription streaming service explained: Where can I watch?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rssexcerpt\"> The move has sparked backlash among fans. <\/p><p class=\"rssauthor\">By Molly Moss\n                \t\t<\/p><p class=\"rssbyline\">Published: Monday, 22 April 2024 at 13:46 PM<\/p><hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/><?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" standalone=\"yes\"?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><body> <p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watcher Entertainment has announced it will be moving from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tag\/youtube\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a> to its own subscription service.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Former BuzzFeed creators <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Steven Lim, Ryan Bergara and Shane Madej have amassed <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a huge fanbase for their unscripted and comedic videos on YouTube, and will now offer their original series, which include Ghost Files, Mystery Files and Puppet History, exclusively on their new subscription-based streaming service, Watcher.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The trio, who created the YouTube channel back in 2020, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wearewatcher\/status\/1781322050608451635\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">announced<\/a> the news on Twitter, which was recently re-branded as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">X,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> on Friday, revealing \u201cWe\u2019re leaving YouTube\u201d. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They also posted a link to their \u2018Goodbye YouTube\u2019 video.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re Leaving YouTube <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/N9CGFDXJOf\">https:\/\/t.co\/N9CGFDXJOf<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OpQIz4sTOJ\">pic.twitter.com\/OpQIz4sTOJ<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Watcher (@wearewatcher) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wearewatcher\/status\/1781322050608451635?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 19, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"\/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lim told <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2024\/digital\/news\/watcher-goodbye-youtube-subscription-streaming-service-1235974091\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Variety<\/a> that YouTube, on which they\u2019ve racked up 400 million views and amassed 2.9 million subscribers to date, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">has been a wonderful home for us to sharpen our skills as filmmakers, grow as human beings, and connect directly with our fans\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He added: \u201cI never thought we\u2019d leave YouTube, so this move to [Watcher\u2019s own] streaming [service] is a bittersweet one.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Lim continued. \u201cBut with the evolution of our content, along with the maturation of our fans\u2019 taste, this feels like the best move \u2013 putting the future of our company squarely into a platform that allows us to further our relationship with the people who watch and support us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bergara added: \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From the very start of Watcher, our goal was to make television-quality unscripted content, and while YouTube helped us start that journey, the only way we can fully realise that vision is to do it on our own platform. So while it\u2019s scary to leave a place that has been an amazing home to us, we know that this is a risk worth taking, just like leaving BuzzFeed was back in 2019.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, how can you watch the new streaming service and how much does it cost? Read on for everything you need to know about Watcher.<\/span><\/p> <h2><strong>Watcher Entertainment: Where can I watch the new subscription streaming service?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The beta version of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watchertv.com\/checkout\/subscribe\/purchase\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watcher<\/a> service is available to watch now, and<\/span>\u00a0is priced at $5.99\/month or $59.99\/year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Those who sign up before 31st May will receive 30 per cent off the first year and will also unlock the opportunity to revive \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a previously discontinued cult-favourite series by members-driven vote\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>What content is going on the new Watcher streaming service?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">To date, Watcher Entertainment has produced 22 series in the paranormal activity, food and edutainment spaces.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Watcher will keep its backlog of videos on YouTube, and will also put the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">first episodes of new seasons on the platform, but full <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">new seasons will be exclusively available on the Watcher streamer going forward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">New series will include a reunion of the team behind Buzzfeed\u2019s food show Worth It, as well as a<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> new series called Travel season, which is being billed as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a \u201cglobetrotting food and travel odyssey\u201d beginning in Seoul, South Korea.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"post__content\">\n<div class=\"editor-content mb-lg hidden-print js-piano-locked-content\" data-placement=\"Body\">\n<div class=\"post__content\">\n<div class=\"editor-content mb-lg hidden-print js-piano-locked-content\" data-placement=\"Body\">\n<div>\n<p><strong>Check out more of our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/entertainment\/\" data-outlook-id=\"c6a632ce-70e9-44b0-86e4-e67093867f6e\">Entertainment<\/a>\u00a0coverage or visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/tv\/tv-listings\/\" data-outlook-id=\"ff92d571-0a80-41db-a8f7-b2a3ee53434b\">TV Guide<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/streaming-guide\/\" data-outlook-id=\"8579ff08-f1fc-4f9d-b5b6-a8a785a97dae\">Streaming Guide<\/a>\u00a0to find out what else is on. For more from the biggest stars in TV, listen to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/audio\/podcasts\/\" data-outlook-id=\"16026967-1d0f-4818-9769-967c0c07a547\">The Radio Times Podcast<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div> <\/body><\/html>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> The move has sparked backlash among fans. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":50027,"template":"","categories":[1,5],"acf":[],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/watcher-entertainment-move-off-youtube-and-subscription-streaming-service-explained-where-can-i-watch.png",2321,1556,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/watcher-entertainment-move-off-youtube-and-subscription-streaming-service-explained-where-can-i-watch-150x150.png",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/watcher-entertainment-move-off-youtube-and-subscription-streaming-service-explained-where-can-i-watch-300x201.png",300,201,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/watcher-entertainment-move-off-youtube-and-subscription-streaming-service-explained-where-can-i-watch-768x515.png",768,515,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/watcher-entertainment-move-off-youtube-and-subscription-streaming-service-explained-where-can-i-watch-1024x686.png",800,536,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/watcher-entertainment-move-off-youtube-and-subscription-streaming-service-explained-where-can-i-watch-1536x1030.png",1536,1030,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/56\/2024\/04\/watcher-entertainment-move-off-youtube-and-subscription-streaming-service-explained-where-can-i-watch-2048x1373.png",2048,1373,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"The move has sparked backlash among fans.","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/50026"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50027"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50026"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}