Dude Perfect and Mark Rober may be the next YouTubers to get big streaming deals
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Netflix and other streaming platforms are stepping up efforts to sign YouTubers, which could mean big streaming deals for sports channel Dude Perfect or former NASA engineer Mark Rober, reports The Wall Street Journal.The Journal writes that streaming platforms creator-signing ambitions have shifted into overdrive in response to the success of MrBeasts Beast Games. Amazon has made at least $100 million in profit from the show and is apparently already working out deals for two more seasons. Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, is apparently asking over $150 million per season to renew. Rober and Dude Perfect have each been approached by Netflix, writes the Journal. But Netflix doesnt usually allow for sales promotions in shows that it pays to make something that has apparently been a sticking point in its talks with Rober, who sells robotics kit subscriptions through his channel. That sort of thing is more in line with Amazons business, making it a particularly attractive option for creators like Rober, the article says.Still, Netflix is no stranger to signing YouTubers. Its 2016 deal with Colleen Ballinger Evans, aka Miranda Sings, res …Read the full story at The Verge.
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