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YouTube Finally Embraces HD, Launches Huge Video Player And Topical Portals
TechCrunch —
... , and Movies. Each portal uses a different set of data to surface the most popular YouTube videos of the moment: News culls recent news videos from Google News, while Music monitors popular playlists, rising songs, and artists. Perhaps most notable is the Movies portal, which features movies from both the site’s studio partners (like MGM) as well as indie films. ...
YouTube rolls out HD enabled landing pages
D' Technology Weblog —
... to a wider layout for videos. Just click “watch in HD” under an HD-enabled video and it will automatically play in HD. You can also visit the new HD videos section to browse HD videos. If you need to prepare your videos for the new widescreen format, click here for the FAQ.
Another addition is new niche landing pages for YouTube. The new pages are for News (http://www.youtube.com/news), Music (http://www.youtube.com/music), and Movies (http://www.youtube.com/movies). ...
First Look: YouTube TV, Movies: A Starter House—Not A Mansion
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If your current idea of online video is slickster Hulu, prepare to be whelmed during your first visits to YouTube's new showcases for movies and full-episode TV. It's a starter house and not fully furnished, at that. But it's the kind of structure the Google (NSDQ: GOOG) video unit needs to prove it can build in order to move up to newer full-episode programming, higher-end movies and the kind of advertiser it needs to succeed. (And if you saw Hulu in alpha and public beta, you know how far it's come in just over a year.) ...
YouTube Finally Goes to the Next Level
WebProNews Feed —
... YouTube has finally announced after months of talks about deals with major media companies that they are now offering new sections on the site dedicated specifically to movies and ...
News Bits: YouTube Gets More Professional
Contentinople: —
YouTube Inc. has stepped up its commitment to professionally produced content, rolling out a slight redesign and a new "Shows" tab to highlight full-length TV shows and movies produced by major media companies. With the new design, the Google (Nasdaq: GOOG)-owned online video portal will feature long-form television and movie content from Sony Pictures Digital Inc. 's Crackle , CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS), Lions Gate Entertainment , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. , and Starz Entertainment LLC . With ...
Netflix Needs To Worry About Comcast, Not YouTube
Silicon Alley Insider —
... First, because it does not have any compelling content on it. Have you seen the full-length movies and TV shows on YouTube? They are the kind of titles you'd buy for $3.99 at Walgreen's. And that's not likely to change soon. Movie studios don't get much money from Internet ads, and they still get a lot of money from DVDs, so they're not in a hurry to put anything great online for free. ...
YouTube’s Doing Just Fine, But Thanks for Asking
WatchMojo.com Business & Technology —
... Myth 1: YouTube is limited to short-form user-generated content. We have thousands of premium content partners, from Sony to Disney to Universal Music, and fans can find hundreds of full-length feature films and thousands of full-length ...
YouTube Inches Closer To Renting Movies But Nothing Imminent
paidContent —
... its approach to movies in April, creating a showcase environment for library films from Sony’s Pictures (through Crackle using its own player), MGM and Lionsgate. This would expand YouTube’s horizons from competing with Hulu for movies that have reached the ad-supported stage to competing with Amazon ( ...
Five ways YouTube can make rentals work
Macworld —
... and take with you for, say, air travel. Knock down the price and I'll consider it. 4. Don't kill the free stuff Right now, YouTube has a selection of free movies , including Supersize Me and Night of the Living Dead . These are generally old releases that aren't wildly popular, so there should be no reason to squash them when the paid stuff comes around. Free movies could even be a great promotional tool for related paid content. 5. Don't kill the community When YouTube started ...
Six ways to watch movies on your Mac
Macworld —
... I’ve yet to see a stream that comes close to the look of a DVD (or iTunes or Amazon content), much less HD. But it’s hard to beat the price, particularly if you’re already a Netflix subscriber. 4. YouTube Of course YouTube has movies… no, real movies. Okay, some are real old movies, but movies nonetheless. And they're free. If you’ve been wanting to catch up on your spaghetti westerns or B-movie drive-in fare (and a few gems thrown in for good measure), point your browser at YouTube’s Movies channel . And keep YouTube bookmarked. Reports are that YouTube is talking to ...
YouTube Turns Up The Heat On Hulu
Mac|Life all RSS Feed —
... The battle for online cinema dominance has been heating up in recent months. YouTube, once a vast, wild West-style wasteland full of dancing babies and funny animal videos, is going in a more commercial direction with advertising and even full-length motion pictures and TV shows in an effort to compete with other free services such as Hulu. ...
