YouTube Signs Deal With Hollywood Studios

With movie streaming becoming more and more popular, it seems only a matter of time before video-sharing behemoth YouTube begins renting and possibly selling video-on-demand content.

A report on entertainment website The Wrap today suggests that YouTube will begin streaming movies from major Hollywood studios as soon as next week. Quoting executives from YouTube familiar with the situation, the report suggests that YouTube has been waiting to tie up all major studios before announcing the deal - but still has a number of deals to broker. Studios such as Universal, Sony and Warner Brothers have all signed up to licence their films to be rented or sold by YouTube but others such as Disney, Paramount and Fox are yet to sign on the dotted line.TrustedReviews

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I welcome this piece of news. I just hope that the movies will be available regardless of the region one is in.

Another website that allows people to rent digital copies of movies....because there weren't enough places like that already. JML897

Yay I guess. Don't really see the point overall, apart from perhaps the name recognition that YouTube has.

And the downfall has begun...anihimz

[QUOTE="TrustedReviews"]With movie streaming becoming more and more popular, it seems only a matter of time before video-sharing behemoth YouTube begins renting and possibly selling video-on-demand content.

A report on entertainment website The Wrap today suggests that YouTube will begin streaming movies from major Hollywood studios as soon as next week. Quoting executives from YouTube familiar with the situation, the report suggests that YouTube has been waiting to tie up all major studios before announcing the deal - but still has a number of deals to broker. Studios such as Universal, Sony and Warner Brothers have all signed up to licence their films to be rented or sold by YouTube but others such as Disney, Paramount and Fox are yet to sign on the dotted line.Hexagon_777

The above is only an excerpt. You can read the full article here, yeh?

I welcome this piece of news. I just hope that the movies will be available regardless of the region one is in.

[QUOTE="JML897"]Another website that allows people to rent digital copies of movies....because there weren't enough places like that already. Hexagon_777

[QUOTE="Hexagon_777"][QUOTE="JML897"]Another website that allows people to rent digital copies of movies....because there weren't enough places like that already. DarkOfKnight

But why would I pay to watch the movie on youtube when I can just watch it for free on youtube?gameguy6700

There's already a thread here.angeldeb82