online.wsj.com - 9/2/2009
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BY SARAH MCBRIDE, JESSICA E. VASCELLARO AND SAM SCHECHNER Google Inc.'s YouTube is in discussions with major movie studios about streaming movies on a rental basis, a test of whether the online video giant can persuade its millions of users to pay for premium content. For Hollywood, the move ...
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YouTube looking to enter rental movies on demand business, says WSJ
Engadget —
... Sounds like Google has found the best way to monetize YouTube yet, and it puts itself in a pretty competitive spot versus the likes of Netflix, Amazon VOD, and Apple's iTunes movie store. According to Wall Street Journal, the company's currently ...
Rumored YouTube streaming rental gambit could flop
Ars Technica —
... YouTube is allegedly already in talks with several major movie studios to offer paid rentals for premium content (aka full-length movies that aren't decades old), according to a recent report in the Wall Street Journal. Those studios include Lions Gate Entertainment, MGM, Sony, and Time Warner, according to the paper's sources, with Universal seemingly missing from the list. The details have yet to be hammered out, but the agreement would generally allow users to stream premium content for a fee (expected to be around $3.99) while other movies will be ...
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