Get more into movies on YouTube

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Post by ssclafani » Mon, May 09, 2011, 8:35 PM UTC

Get more into movies on YouTube
youtube-global.blogspot.com

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Post by ChuckMcM » Mon, May 09, 2011, 9:11 PM UTC

I guess the monetization efforts are bearing fruit.

It will be interesting to see if Google boosts its infrastructure so that folks used to the 'old' performance levels of YouTube will see that kind of performance again.

If not it will be a good pricing exercise in terms of figuring out how ad revenue is affected on the free side by videos pausing a lot.

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Post by bgentry » Mon, May 09, 2011, 10:24 PM UTC

Skimmed through a few seconds of The Patriot on here. Unfortunately the quality was not very good, and there are no resolution options like normal YouTube videos.

Are they all this bad? Why can't we watch movies at the same quality we get on cable TV? Ad revenues are that much lower, or are the studios just clinging to old business models?

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Post by adrianwaj » Mon, May 09, 2011, 10:25 PM UTC

I find it inefficient to have an entire film download in the background when a user may close up at the 10 min mark. Either optimized download speed, or on-demand live streaming would be a better idea.

Maybe there's a technical solution that could be developed by a startup in the issue - reduces YT's total upload amount, and saves money on both sides.

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Post by waterlesscloud » Mon, May 09, 2011, 11:22 PM UTC

Is there no link to the service from this blog post? I hope I'm just missing it...

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Post by aphexairlines » Mon, May 09, 2011, 11:58 PM UTC

...and funnel more money into the copyright lobby.

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Post by Apocryphon » Tue, May 10, 2011, 12:07 AM UTC

YouTube is trying to compete with Hulu here, aren't they? What a turning of tables.

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Post by mikeryan » Tue, May 10, 2011, 12:30 AM UTC

Apocryphon wrote: post #7

YouTube is trying to compete with Hulu here, aren't they? What a turning of tables.

I wouldn't say Hulu who does first run TV shows. More Netflix and Amazon.

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Post by smaher » Tue, May 10, 2011, 12:37 AM UTC

waterlesscloud wrote: post #5

Is there no link to the service from this blog post? I hope I'm just missing it...

http://youtube.com/movies

It is linked from the blog post..."the addition of thousands of full-length feature films from major Hollywood studios available to rent in the US at youtube.com/movies"

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Post by MatthewB » Tue, May 10, 2011, 12:37 AM UTC

I love the fact that more companies are getting in on the content delivery game. I just "cut the cord" pretty much the same day that Hulu Plus was available on my Xbox. Total savings per year is about $1,000 and I don't miss regular television for a second.