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YouTube to offer full-length TV shows, feature films from MGM archive

Monday, November 10, 2008 - 10:30 AM EST

"YouTube, the largest video-sharing website, will show full-length television shows and films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's archives in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing, the company told Reuters on Sunday," Jui Chakravorty Das and Yinka Adegoke report for Reuters.

"The site, owned by Google Inc, plans to make the announcement about the new partnership on Monday," Das and Adegoke report.

"MGM Studios will kick off the partnership by posting episodes of its decade-old 'American Gladiators' program to YouTube on one channel," Das and Adegoke report. "On another channel, MGM will post full-length action films like 'Bulletproof Monk' and 'The Magnificent Seven' and clips from popular movies like 'Legally Blonde.'"

Das and Adegoke report, "YouTube in October forged a similar partnership with CBS Corp to run full-length archived shows."

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Nov 10, 08 - 10:32 am Comment from: Mac User since 1984

Flash? or H264?
Will this work on our iPhones?

Nov 10, 08 - 10:43 am Comment from: maclover

whats the catch? ads?
I don't watch TV, but I went over a friends house the other day and was bombarded with commercials in between the shows and it made me sick to my stomach. Once you start living a clean, healthy, ad-free life, it's damn near impossible to go back. I don't even want to see movie trailers on a dvd - I fast forward it.

Nov 10, 08 - 10:48 am Comment from: MikeR

American Gladiators? Give me a break!

Nov 10, 08 - 10:55 am Comment from: ron

American's Gladiator. Is he?

Nov 10, 08 - 11:44 am Comment from: Mute Button Enthusiast

I don't watch TV, either. And at a friend's house recently I was dismayed that a 2-hour movie took all of 3 hours to watch because of the ads and commentary. One interruption after another made for a viewing experience that was tiresome at best.

Nov 10, 08 - 11:46 am Comment from: Awesome!

Now if only Universal / WB etc would all follow suit. I'm more than willing to put up with the ads. I love Hulu and abc's full episode player. I understand that they need to make money somehow. There's no such thing as a free lunch right?

Nov 10, 08 - 12:38 pm Comment from: Jeff

International

Nov 10, 08 - 01:13 pm Comment from: old

eventually Google/YouTube will offer Pay-per-view using Google Checkout

Nov 10, 08 - 01:27 pm Comment from: almux

A whole movie at bad image quality? Waow! What a headacke!

Nov 10, 08 - 01:28 pm Comment from: KingMel

My tolerance for commercials has plummeted since acquiring a DVR. I can watch a '30 minute' show in 18-22 minutes, and an hour show in less than 40 minutes. The 30 second forward skip button is perfect for football games - hit is as soon as a guy gets tackled and you are typically within a few seconds of the next snap. I like doing my own instance replays at 1/4 speed, too.

It has gotten to the point that I refuse to watch a show in "real-time" anymore. I'll put it on pause while I build up a 10 to 20 minute cushion so that I can skip the commercials.

Nov 10, 08 - 06:31 pm Comment from: Benito Movielini

IMDb.com already shows free movies and TV on their site.

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