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MGM First To Post Full-Length Features To YouTube

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the users-finally-dictating-consumption? dept.

Lithal13 writes to tell us that MGM studios will soon be the first major movie studio to post a complete feature-length film on YouTube. Some credit commercial video site Hulu.com for the mended relationship between YouTube parent Google and Hollywood. "YouTube has developed systems that help keep pirated clips off the site and is developing video players that present clearer images than the site's standard player. When it comes to financial terms, Google has proven much more flexible than in the past, according to three studio sources. [...] The only obstacles to Google and YouTube getting more studios to post full-length movies is Google's insistence on a particular ad format, say the sources. They declined to say which ad unit Google prefers. The other hurdle is that some studios are skeptical that users will accept all the ads that need to accompany a feature film in order to make it profitable."

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  1. Re:Just what nobody needed by corychristison · · Score: 5, Informative

    Come to think of it, ever tried to fast forward through an flv file? Just doesn't work properly -ever

    Youporn.com has done something right, then. Seeking to the 75% mark of a video (before any buffering) jumps to and loads quite quickly and easily. ;-)

  2. Huh? by argStyopa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "The other hurdle is that some studios are skeptical that users will accept all the ads that need to accompany a feature film in order to make it profitable."

    You mean, aside from the 10 minutes of previews and actual commercial ads that precede theater films, or the 15 minutes of ads, unskippable warnings, and "DON'T BE A DVD PIRATE! PIRATING IS STEALING" infomercials that precede the feature on every goddamn dvd?

    No, I don't believe I'll be surprised at whatever Hollywood deems "necessary" to make something profitable. I mean, according to Hollywood accountants Spider Man, Forrest Gump, and Lord of the Rings all failed to make a profit, right? Of course we can trust them.

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    -Styopa
  3. Re:Speaking of youtube by Eccles · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone else having problems going to it right now? I'm getting 500 errors

    Wow, that's a lot of errors. I probably would have given up after 9 or 10 myself.

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    Ooh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention.