Facebook Is Testing Subscriptions on Its Facebook Watch Video Destination

BritBoxTV, CollegeHumor Dropout, MotorTrend App and Tastemade Plus are the initial partners

Facebook will begin testing subscriptions on its Facebook Watch video destination in the U.S., with initial publishing partners BritBoxTV, CollegeHumor Dropout, MotorTrend App and Tastemade Plus.

The social network would not provide details on payments by publishers or on subscription costs.

However, Tastemade CEO Larry Fitzgerald told Peter Kafka of Recode that Facebook is providing “similar economics” to other platforms that carry Tastemade Plus, such as Apple, which retains approximately 30% of every monthly subscription sold.

And a spokesperson for MotorTrend said its Facebook Watch offering will cost subscribers $4.99

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