Google's plans for professional, live YouTube channels are near completion, insiders claimed Monday. Deals were billed by the WSJ as near-final for pro skater Tony Hawk as well as major production studios such as The Office's ShineReveille, X Factor's FremantleMedia, and several others. The core of the deals is typical for YouTube and would skim revenue from ads running on each show, although the split between YouTube and the content providers wasn't mentioned.
