YouTube, making an expensive bet on original content, is planning to create dozens of channels featuring comedians, sports stars, musicians and other entertainers, the company said on Friday.The channels will receive programming from a long list of media companies, including big television production companies like FremantleMedia as well as small start-ups like Maker Studios, YouTube said.To read this New York Times report in full, see:
www.nytimes.com/2011/10/29/business/media/youtube-plans-to-create-new-online-channels.html