YouTube Group Studio



YouTube Group Studio will be the division of Google formed on January 10, 2022 by Darla K. Anderson, who formerly works at DreamWorks and Pluto TV. is a free, advertiser-supported video on demand (AVOD) It will be the successor to Google (such as CMT Cheer 24/7, TV Land Sitcoms, TV Land Drama, MTV Teen, VH1 I Love Reality, and Disney Channel, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network offshoots StarTV, GumballTV, SpongeTV, Dora TV and Totally Turtles) maintain theme formats offering speciality programming owned by other program library partners..

YouTube Group Studio launched its beta website on March 14, 2022.

On May 16, 2022, YouTube announced that YouTube Group Studio would launch in Latin America at of offering 17 channels available in Spanish and Portuguese at launch; additional channels

Programming
YouTube Group Studio is structured similarly to the traditional cable television model, offering its content as designated channels categorized by program content type into multiple channel categories:


 * Featured – new channels and special event content.
 * Movies – movie channels, it is consisting of both general-format and genre-based (e.g., comedy, action, horror, romance, animation) services.
 * Entertainment – varied general and specialty entertainment-based programming.
 * News + Opinion – consisting of mainstream news and opinion channels, as well as partisan, commentary-based outlets reflecting progressive and conservative viewpoints.
 * Reality – centered around reality and competition shows
 * Crime – crime-based programming, primarily dramas and reality shows
 * Comedy – comedy-based services, consisting of stand-up, sitcom/sketch comedy, and curated viral video channels.
 * Classic TV – channels focused on classic television shows
 * Home + DIY – lifestyle-oriented channels
 * Explore – consisting of travel, lifestyle, historical and special-interest channels.
 * Sports – includes live and previously-aired events, sporting news and analysis programs.
 * Gaming + Anime – technology, science, sci-fi, and geek culture-oriented channels.
 * Music – consisting of music videos and video concerts; previously, audio-based music channels from Dash Radio were among the selection, but were dropped in July 2020.
 * En Español – Spanish entertainment channels.
 * Kids – channels aimed at children and young teenagers.
 * Local – consisting entirely of the CBSN Local channels (which had previously been carried in the news section via geolocation)