Cyclists: Let the Backlash Begin (or Not)
Muni Ticket Agent Arrested After Assaulting Juvenile
So Much For That Plastic Bag Ban
Verizon Droid: Big Deal? Or Just Another Late Arrival Rival?
Feinstein : Will She Or Won't She?
In a majorly unexciting development, YouTube has struck a deal with several studios to offer full-length movies and television shows on its platform. YouTube parent Google is hoping this will bring a new era of higher quality ads to YouTube, but don't expect to be seeing Benjamin Button or The Watchmen anytime soon. The deal so far only covers existing content partners who will start by offering up some of the oldest shit in their catalog -- Lionsgate, for instance, will be offering up episodes of Alf, which for all its stoner/cult appeal might not have been our first choice.
Sony, the biggest partner in the deal, will be offering only 15 full-length movies including hot titles like St. Elmo's Fire and every pedophile's fave, The Blue Lagoon.
Says Lionsgate digital content guy, Curt Marvis, "We look at this as a real shot in the arm. [YouTube's] first real effort to put a spotlight on long-form content."
Yeah, good luck selling ads for Alf, Marvis. All the kids are dying to watch that shit.
add to stumble upon
add to reddit
tweet this
post to facebook
Quality of these shows aside, shouldn't they be offering content that isn't already on Hulu?
Gordon Shumway rules.
I don't know how this venture will possibly compete with Hulu.
having more than one place for content is never a bad thing. Also youtube will allow responses, and all kinds of things (good and bad) that will actually give second life to these shows in a way that hulu can't. so I think its a good thing.