YouTube signs content deal with Hollywood studios

YouTube, which is owned by Google, has signed a content deal with several Hollywood movie studios, Reuters reports. Among the studios that will be offering free full-length films and TV shows on YouTube are Sony Pictures, CBS, MGM, Lionsgate, Starz, and the BBC, according to the AP. Google, which bought YouTube for $1.65 billion in 2006, hopes that the new Hollywood content will boost the site’s attractiveness to advertisers. YouTube’s main competitor is Hulu, a streaming-video website owned by NBC Universal and Fox.

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Mulciber
Thu 04/16/09 10:59 PM

Yes! CBS! That is some great news to me.

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JayBone
Thu 04/16/09 11:03 PM

Maybe if they didn’t limit videos to under 10 minutes they wouldn’t have had a problem competing against hulu.

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JayBone
Thu 04/16/09 11:04 PM

Maybe if they didn’t limit videos to under 10 minutes they wouldn’t have had a problem competing against hulu.

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Great! …
Thu 04/16/09 11:09 PM

…if you live in the U.S.A.
For the rest of the world, this will be as useless as Hulu…

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Adam
Thu 04/16/09 11:34 PM

Screw Hulu! Thank you youtube
http://tvdonewright.com/

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davidsask
Fri 04/17/09 5:13 AM

I would like to know why these companies don’t allow world wide status for their deals such as hulu, if youtube does the same thing people going to revolt!!! Can someone clear this up for this article asap.

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davidsask
Fri 04/17/09 5:13 AM

I would like to know why these companies don’t allow world wide status for their deals such as hulu, if youtube does the same thing people going to revolt!!! Can someone clear this up for this article asap.

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davidsask
Fri 04/17/09 5:13 AM

I would like to know why these companies don’t allow world wide status for their deals such as hulu, if youtube does the same thing people going to revolt!!! Can someone clear this up for this article asap.

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davidsask
Fri 04/17/09 5:13 AM

I would like to know why these companies don’t allow world wide status for their deals such as hulu, if youtube does the same thing people going to revolt!!! Can someone clear this up for this article asap.

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moody
Fri 04/17/09 7:09 AM

srcew Fox, they take down everything you try put to you tube, It sometimes looks like Fox own them,

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nrifun
Sat 04/25/09 7:02 AM

Hi,
I like the screw of this site. nrifun.com

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