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Google debuts YouTube Premium for original video content

18 May, 2018

Our latest reports have revealed that the YouTube Red SVOD service has finally found itself an original hit show which follows as a Karate Kid sequel, Cobra Kai. The YouTube series came in at No. 1 on our US digital originals chart and No. 5 in the overall TV shows chart for the week that ended May 12. According to YouTube, the first episode of Cobra Kai had 11 million views, three days after it premiered – and by May 14, it had garnered over 26 million views.

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