YouTube rents movies online

**Dragos** · 01-25-2010 02:54 PM

YouTube is making the first steps in the renting movies online business, by launching on January 22 a service that will initially make available five films.
YouTube will initially provide for rental only five films, which participated in 2009 and 2010 at the Sundance festival. In the first phase, this service will only be available in the United States.

Responsible from the film industry in the U.S. believes that the YouTube's action for renting films online could be the first step for launching other payed services, such as "pay-per-view".

**adbox** · 01-25-2010 08:11 PM

Originally Posted by Dragos

YouTube is making the first steps in the renting movies online business, by launching on January 22 a service that will initially make available five films.
YouTube will initially provide for rental only five films, which participated in 2009 and 2010 at the Sundance festival. In the first phase, this service will only be available in the United States.

Responsible from the film industry in the U.S. believes that the YouTube's action for renting films online could be the first step for launching other payed services, such as "pay-per-view".

So youtube is renting for their userbase? And not making available for rent?

**Dragos** · 01-26-2010 08:33 AM

The five movies from YouTube will be available for their users to "rent", as I understood.

**Luq** · 01-26-2010 04:56 PM

The five ffilms that will be available for now are:
1. The Cove
2. Bass Ackwards
3. Homewrecker
4. Children of Invention
5. One too Many Mornings

Other films will be available in the coming weeks.

**BuckBennett** · 01-28-2010 01:11 AM

Youtube can make a decisive plan to rent the movies on line as a business. This is a courage to do what it dare to want . Good beginning is half of the sucesss. I wish it is very promising . Good luck.

david-aim · 01-28-2010 02:36 AM

Originally Posted by Dragos

YouTube is making the first steps in the renting movies online business, by launching on January 22 a service that will initially make available five films.
YouTube will initially provide for rental only five films, which participated in 2009 and 2010 at the Sundance festival. In the first phase, this service will only be available in the United States.

Responsible from the film industry in the U.S. believes that the YouTube's action for renting films online could be the first step for launching other payed services, such as "pay-per-view".

wow, thats nice.. but if you have poor internet connection, this is not good.