YouTube, Sony partnering for streaming films?
Short-form video site YouTube and Sony Pictures are rumored to be in negotiations for a new content deal. Sources close to the talks have told CNet the agreement could make full-length films like Sony Pictures’ “Spider-Man” and the 1998 remake “Godzilla” available for free on YouTube.
Although YouTube has ruled the roost in short-form online video, the site has always been light on full-length content. After its 2006 purchase by Google, YouTube became the go-to destination… Continue Reading
Hulu could catch YouTube in 2009 — in revenue, not traffic
Maybe you’ve read some of the headlines this morning about the NBC and Fox-backed online video site Hulu “catching” or getting “bigger” than YouTube. Hopefully you read deeper into those articles, because while the headlines suggest that Hulu is catching YouTube in traffic, that’s not the case. What they mean to say is that Hulu could match YouTube’s U.S. revenue by next year, according to The Financial Times.
And really, that’s not all that surprising. Everyone knows… Continue Reading
Let’s hope Quantum of Solace isn’t as lame as its iPhone app
Today, the new James Bond film, Quantum of Solace, opened in the United States. I’ve been waiting for it ever since I left the theater after seeing the last one, the great Casino Royale. To temper my excitement, I decided to download the James Bond – 007 application for the iPhone. All I can say is that I hope the movie isn’t as lame as this app is.
The app is good for exactly one thing:… Continue Reading
Finally, I can avoid watching Bulletproof Monk on YouTube too
YouTube is set to announce a deal with movie studio MGM that will allow for some of its content to be viewed on the extremely popular online video site, The New York Times reports. This deal, which had been previously rumored (though the studio involved wasn’t clear at the time), will bring feature films to YouTube — legally. That’s big news, but it’s not all great news.
While it always seemed likely that any studio would… Continue Reading