Dude Perfect and Mark Rober may be the next YouTubers to get big streaming deals
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 platformsa creator-signing ambitions have ashifted into overdrivea in response to the success of MrBeastas Beast Games. Amazon has made aat least $100 milliona 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 adoesnat usually allow for sales promotions in shows that it pays to makea a something that has apparently abeen a sticking pointa in its talks with Rober, who sells robotics kit subscriptions through his channel. That sort of thing is more in line with Amazonas business, making it a aparticularly attractivea 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 …