Warner Bros., Sony and Universal are about to be confirmed as content providers for YouTube's year-old movie rental service, several media sources said. Fox, Paramount and Disney apparently won't be in the mix, at least for a while. Their resistance comes in reaction to Google and YouTube's sketchy policies on piracy and copyright … [Read more...]
Par, MGM, Lionsgate films stream to Netflix
Many of us are in a love-like relationship with Netflix's Watch Instantly streaming video feature. The bugs seem mostly ironed out, and you do get a glimpse of home video's future via its user-friendly menus and features. We're seeing more high definition movies via the stream, which look pretty good on a big-screen. The biggest problem, … [Read more...]
Watch Instantly reels in 300 indie titles
Netflix's streaming video service goes arthouse with the addition of 300 new indie and foreign titles, from the likes of the Criterion Collection and Kino Lorber. Other distributors announced as part of the Watch Instantly expansion into the indie arena include Gravitas Ventures, Music Box Films, Oscilloscope Laboratories and Regent … [Read more...]
YouTube loses top content deal maker
YouTube's chief of content partnerships, Jordan Hoffner, is leaving after three years on the job. Hoffner helped YouTube get into the premium content game in some fashion, making deals with Disney/ABC and Time Warner, and setting up an internal movie "channel." Hoffner is off to Barry Diller's new multimedia production unit at IAC, joining Ben … [Read more...]
YouTube in talks for new Hollywood movies
YouTube appears poised to enter the movie rental business, offering streams of current Hollywood movies at the going rate. The Wall Street Journal web site broke the news that Google's amateur video giant has been in talks with Sony, Warner Bros., MGM and Lionsgate for full-length Hollywood fare. At least some of the video rentals would be … [Read more...]
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