How YouTube took over our television screens
By
Binu Mathew
Two years ago, YouTube abandoned its audacious plan to beat Hollywood at its own game.
The video platform had tried to build the next Netflix but didn’t gain traction. So it canceled the shows and fell back on the user-created content that had made it a household name.
It looked like a major concession — a failure, even. It turned out to be just a speed bump.