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The official YouTube channel of the KIA Tigers in professional baseball eventually canceled its paid membership operation plan.
Kia Tigers KIA TIGERS, the official YouTube channel, announced its official position on the operation of paid memberships on the morning of the 1st.
KIA said, "Hello, I'm KIA Tigers," and added, "I checked the comments of subscribers in the 2026 membership operation plan video published yesterday (January 31st)."
"We will humbly accept the opinions left by subscribers and reconsider the membership process in 2026," he explained, adding, "We will reflect the opinions of subscribers and make efforts to operate the channel more carefully in the future." Thank you for sending me your precious opinion," he said.
Earlier, KIA's official YouTube channel announced that it will introduce a new operating system from 2026, and that it will start a new YouTube membership only for some fans who want to.
The cost was 1,390 won for the first stage and 3,990 won for the second stage.
Among the benefits of the KIA Tigers YouTube (Gyativ) membership stage, the first-stage benefits include "Gift of a cup of coffee to the production team working for the content and the participating team," "New video priority viewing rights: We will give you a spoiler even for an hour before the full release of the content (for some contents)," "Certification badge by subscription period: The V1 to V12 winning emblem will be shown as an authentication mark next to the ID" and "Members-only emoticon: You can use the Tigers mascot emoticon in the comments."
Then, as a second-stage benefit, you can experience "content behind-the-scenes, vivid voices of players, and time to listen to the stories now." (Step 1 benefit), "Members-only content: We also regularly produce live broadcasts and contents that are not aired on a regular basis every month while maintaining the entire public content)," "Members-only events: We visit with surprise online events and gifts," and "Long-term membership goods gifts: We send special gifts to members who have worked hard for more than six months."
In summary, the benefits included new content priority viewing rights and membership-only video viewing (pre-release benefits for watching the video before regular subscribers, exclusive behind-the-scenes video only for membership members), member authentication badges and membership-only emojis (only badges displayed next to names and customized emojis for KIA Tigers during comments or real-time chat), direct sponsorship of club content production through membership subscription, and closer communication through membership-only mode during real-time streaming.
In general, it is known that the general YouTube paid membership provides a sense of belonging and exclusive authority beyond just the concept of sponsorship. It is characterized by acquiring information before others through pre-release, and creating a channel together as a fan through classification through badges and ending credits. Numerous channels are already using these paid-for strategies to make money.
However, opinions were divided among some fans over the fee, and in the end, KIA's official YouTube channel announced its reconsideration policy less than a day later.
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