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Studios might use YouTube to sell, rent movies

Los Angeles : CA : USA | 3 months ago  
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The most popular site for watching video on the Internet may soon get Hollywood's most popular movies. Google Inc.'s YouTube is in talks with several major studios -- including Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and Lionsgate -- about streaming movies when the DVDs become available in rental stores and kiosks,...
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  • News Source: International Business Times | 3 months ago
    Shares of Netflix fell about 4 percent to $40.10 while shares of Blockbuster declined about 10 percent to $1.08.  A deal between YouTube, owned by Internet search giant Google Inc, and studios could pose stiff competition to Netflix's online...
  • News Source: The Christian Science Monitor | 3 months ago
    As the Wall Street Journal first reported , YouTube is in talks with major movie studios to introduce a rental scheme that would stream movies to users from the first day they’re available on DVD...The deal has already been dissected at length...
  • News Source: Dallas Observer | 3 months ago
    Sony Pictures Entertainment and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. are talking with YouTube about offering new releases, said the people, who asked not to be named because the talks aren't public...YouTube, which gets the bulk of its videos from users,...
  • News Source: Los Angeles Times | 3 months ago
    I'm bringing this up because Hollywood is on the verge of making the same mistake the sports leagues did 30 years ago. Rather than build their own online platforms, they're looking to cut deals with middlemen such as Google's YouTube. (For more on...
  • News Source: Uinta County News | 3 months ago
    YouTube working on a deal to rent movies to visitors Google paid a premium for video streaming site YouTube and so far by Google's own admission, the website has failed to live up to its profit potential. YouTube continues to be the poster child for...
  • News Source: The Motley Fool | 3 months ago
    The planet's most popular free video site is talking tollbooths. YouTube is in talks with several major movie studios to begin streaming movie rentals. YouTube visitors would pay about $3.99 to stream a new release, in line with what Apple charges...
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