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CNET: YouTube in Talks to Add Full-Length Sony Movies

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on April 6, 2009 - 9:15am.
San Francisco - Google's (NASD: GOOG) YouTube is in talks to license full-length Sony Pictures (NYSE: SNE) films for streaming on the site, CNET News.com reported, citing sources familiar with the negotiations.

Sony Pictures is already streaming more than 60 feature films on Crackle.com, the video site it acquired for $65 million in 2006, and has previously licensed films to other websites such as Hulu and AOL.

CNET speculated that a deal wouldn't include more than 15 or so Sony films, which would not be embeddable for viewing outside of YouTube.com.

YouTube recently licensed TV clips from Disney, and is reportedly in talks to add full TV episodes.

 

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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10212585-93.html

Published in DMW Daily, April 6, 2009
tags: Video | Advertising | Movies | Sony Pictures | Google | YouTube | Crackle |



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