YouTube Moving Toward Paid Content
The top online video service is reportedly in talks with movie studios to offer streaming rentals
Google appears close to inking partnerships with several major Hollywood studios to offer streaming movie rentals on YouTube in what would be the first foray toward paid content on the world's largest video site.
The negotiations are laying the groundwork for a three-month trial that would see YouTube begin offering streaming movie rentals ahead of the title's DVD sales date, with the studios receiving about 60 percent of the revenue, the Associated Press reported.
Google spokesman Chris Dale declined to comment on the negotiations, but reiterated the company's interest in building partnerships with the entertainment industry.
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