Comments on: Watchout Netflix & iTunes, YouTube Might Offer Movies for Free!

By: DeeMX

DeeMX — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 07:28:26 +0000

This is the step to uploading HD movies in YouTube!

By: Robert

Robert — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:50:40 +0000

Still a long way away. I’ve got one of the better residential internet packages at home and it’s hard capped at 3GB… would I get a movie for that? Not a HD blockbuster, that’s for sure.

Until more of the world has unrestricted broadband access I don’t see this being feasible. But who knows what the future holds?

By: MB Web Design

MB Web Design — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:11:15 +0000

Sounds like a sure-fire way to cripple the business model of most ISPs offering “unlimited” broadband packages, at least here in the UK.

By: Top Rated

Top Rated — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 20:57:57 +0000

I would definitely watch movies that way. I think, it would give even more incentive to the big movie makers to make quality movies. The more views, the higher their revenue. This could also potentially cut down on all the bittorrent illegal downloading of movies as well. I'm a little skeptical, that the movie makers will bite though. Top Rated's last blog post..Absolutely The Best Point And Shoot Digital Camera

By: Joe Hall

Joe Hall — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:33:43 +0000

Full featured movies on Youtube would be awesome, and that might be Google's plan but I highly doubt that it will happen anytime soon. In my opinion the movie industry has taken the slow road to realizing the true potential of the internet that you just described with the Youtube example. A great example of how they are hindering innovation would be the choice of films on Netflix "Watch Instant" option. They are mostly all movies that NOBODY wants to see anymore. I would say that if Google signs a deal with any movie house it will be for low demand budget films that aren't going to attract large audiences. Or at least that's the way it would be for awhile. Joe Hall's last blog post..RE/MAX is the most searched for Real Estate company on the internet.

By: Otilia Otlacan

Otilia Otlacan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:33:40 +0000

I think this will really intensify the efforts to monetize medium and long video content. Most providers of such type of content (think of Joost, for example) don't seem to have found the holy grail on how to properly drive revenue from their sites. This, in addition to the fact that the online video advertising industry is a wild, unregulated jungle in terms of specs and standards, will probably open doors to many changes. Curious to see if the IAB will hurry to provide updated recommendations and hopefully standards for in-video advertising. Otilia Otlacan's last blog post..Microsoft Gets Ahead in Video Advertising Through the YuMe and Navic Deals