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「正取代傳統電視節目」YouTube推付費頻道

YouTube開放付費頻道，首波內容包括53個各式各樣頻道。（記者陳炳宏翻攝網路）

〔記 者陳炳宏／台北報導〕擁有十億觀眾的谷歌影音網站YouTube，昨天正式推出付費頻道，首批包含芝麻街等幼兒節目、Big Think Mentor知識性節目、運動、時尚節目，甚至重型機車、跑車、ＵＦＣ美式摔角全新節目等共五十三個，呼應谷歌執行董事長施密特（Eric Schmidt）日前的說法：「YouTube正在取代傳統電視節目。」
首波含53個頻道 14天免費鑑賞
YouTube首批節目月租費○．九九美元起跳，最高達七．九九美元，每個頻道都提供十四天免費鑑賞期，且提供年繳折扣優惠，訂戶可透過電腦、手機、平板電腦或智慧電視觀看頻道。
３Ｃ 達人Kisplay表示，YouTube要吸引台灣觀眾，最重要的還是中文問題，雖然YouTube提供多國字幕功能，但如果用Google翻譯的字幕， 恐無法令人接受，得設法克服；另外，YouTube目前未提供雙語發音功能，對頻道經營商而言，要深入台灣市場勢必特別提供中文頻道，或開發切換語音功 能。
有一個二歲女兒的ＭＯＤ用戶Kate表示，首波開放的Baby First Plus頻道，是小女兒最愛的節目，以互動卡通教導孩童單字、數字及生活事物，除了ＭＯＤ，也可在智慧手機下載App，不過有些得付費。
將來如果YouTube頻道台灣可以訂閱，即使沒有中文語音與字幕，應不會影響小朋友觀看的興趣，可提早雙語教學。
YouTube表示，YouTube付費頻道已在美國、加拿大、英國、日本、法國、澳洲、西班牙、韓國、巴西與俄羅斯上線，台灣地區目前仍無法訂閱這些頻道，但正積極洽談中，預計很快就會上線。
台灣民眾已經擁有其他更多影音收視頻道選擇，包括在電子賣場看得到的價值二、三千元智慧電視盒，接上網路就可能收看各式電影。
可連網的智慧電視 多可付費收看
另外，業者統計，可連網的智慧電視今年出貨比例可達五成，其中絕大多數都可上YouTube，所以在新電視上看付費YouTube頻道，技術上不是問題，未來電視業者的競爭對手更多，觀眾的收視選擇也不必再被頻道系統商所侷限。