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WSJ: YouTube in Talks with Studios on Web Movie Rentals

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 2, 2009 - 11:11am.
San Bruno, Calif. - YouTube, the popular online video site owned by Google (NASD: GOOG), is in talks with movie studios Lionsgate, Sony (NYSE: SNE) and Warner Bros. (NYSE: TWX) about the possibility of streaming movies that site visitors could view for a fee, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

The agreements likely would include newer titles, in some cases launching on YouTube the same day they are released on DVD for around $3.99.

Other movies, the Journal reported, could be available for free, accompanied by advertising.

 

Related Links:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125192241524880801.html

Published in DMW Daily, September 2, 2009
tags: Video | Movies | Sony Pictures | Warner Bros. | Google | YouTube | Lionsgate |



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