JamesG
04-16-2012, 01:48 PM
MGM Greenlights 600 Movies for YouTube Rental
4/16/2012
by Alex Ben Block
Metro Goldwyn Mayer has become the latest studio to partner with YouTube and Google Play to make movies from its library of films available for online rental in North America.
MGM is making 600 titles from its library of about 4,100 films available.
According to an announcement by YouTube, those include "timeless love stories like 'West Side Story' and 'Moonstruck', as well as sci-fi action films like 'The Terminator' and 'Robocop' and modern classics like 'Rain Man' and 'Rocky'."
YouTube launched the movie rental service in May.
It has since made similar deals with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros., Universal Studios, Lionsgate and Walt Disney, which also is part of a co-branded channel. That channel is one of more than 100 channels launched at the same time as the online rental service.
The only major movie studio that has not yet made a deal with Google and YouTube is 20th Century Fox.
There is a reason the studios have made deals like this with YouTube.
The YouTube/Google announcement cited a study by HIS Screen Digest which predicts that "online movie watching in the U.S. will double this year and will make up the majority of people’s home entertainment viewing."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mgm-movies-youtube-google-play-312441
4/16/2012
by Alex Ben Block
Metro Goldwyn Mayer has become the latest studio to partner with YouTube and Google Play to make movies from its library of films available for online rental in North America.
MGM is making 600 titles from its library of about 4,100 films available.
According to an announcement by YouTube, those include "timeless love stories like 'West Side Story' and 'Moonstruck', as well as sci-fi action films like 'The Terminator' and 'Robocop' and modern classics like 'Rain Man' and 'Rocky'."
YouTube launched the movie rental service in May.
It has since made similar deals with Sony Pictures Entertainment, Warner Bros., Universal Studios, Lionsgate and Walt Disney, which also is part of a co-branded channel. That channel is one of more than 100 channels launched at the same time as the online rental service.
The only major movie studio that has not yet made a deal with Google and YouTube is 20th Century Fox.
There is a reason the studios have made deals like this with YouTube.
The YouTube/Google announcement cited a study by HIS Screen Digest which predicts that "online movie watching in the U.S. will double this year and will make up the majority of people’s home entertainment viewing."
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/mgm-movies-youtube-google-play-312441