YouTube negotiates about full films with Sony
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YouTube is in talks to acquire licensing rights to full-length content from Sony Pictures, home of such films as “The International” and “Spider-Man.” Details about what a final agreement could look like are sparse, but any partnership between the two powerhouses would likely benefit both. Representatives from both companies declined to comment. Word of the negotiations comes a week after Disney announced it had licensed short-form content to YouTube. Those clips will come from a range of Disney brands, including ABC and ESPN. For YouTube, obtaining short-form clips from Disney is an important step but still doesn’t provide what YouTube needs most.
Founded in 2005, YouTube made a name for itself by showcasing amateur-made snippets as well as hosting scores of illegally posted clips from the best TV shows and films. YouTube has done much to rid the site of pirated content, but the flip side is that most of the hot shows and films that generated big viewership are gone. At the same time, a host of Web video services are offering full-length films and TV episodes online. To compete, YouTube is trying to get access to the same premium content but has so far only acquired a handful of films from the archives of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Sony Pictures’ Web video property, Crackle, could mean a major boost to YouTube’s long-form hopes.
Source: Cnet
Comments(8)
cool now i can put my paper there
ha
it was youtubes sudden zero tolerance policy removing anything even remotely sexy that killed it
You tube is too late… people have moved to better sites.
Hallo,
When will the fast and furious STG come's out?
Thx.
Dude, I never even heard of crackle.com before you mentioned it in your post. Just went there and they have a cool little original series starring Zoe Bell and written by Ed Brubaker that kicks ass. Thanks for something to watch.
they'd do well to do something with a sports broadcaster such as sky. the largest single remover of video clips, as seen on youtomb, is a legal comapny that works on behalf of sports broadcasters.
The name YouTube doesn't deserve to be called You because it's not "ours" anymore, due to the "video cannot be played in your country/region"
watching full length movies on crappytube ??? no thank you!