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Get more into movies on YouTube

31 points by ssclafani 15y ago

ChuckMcM 15y ago
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.
bgentry 15y ago
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?
adrianwaj 15y ago
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.
- BoppreH 15y ago
  I think the problem is that the user may want to seek parts of the movie. Maybe downloading just the next minutes and lowering the quality for a few seconds after a seek could help. Not so much wasted data and still acceptable seek time.
waterlesscloud 15y ago
Is there no link to the service from this blog post? I hope I'm just missing it...
- smaher 15y ago
  http://youtube.com/movies 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"
aphexairlines 15y ago
...and funnel more money into the copyright lobby.
Apocryphon 15y ago
YouTube is trying to compete with Hulu here, aren't they? What a turning of tables.
- mikeryan 15y ago
  I wouldn't say Hulu who does first run TV shows. More Netflix and Amazon.
MatthewB 15y ago
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.
JeffL 15y ago
Hmm, "industry standard pricing"? Seems to me that $3 - $4 is maybe a little high? You can get recent movies from Redbox for $1 and get DVD quality and watch on your TV without jumping through any hoops, or for the price of 2-3 of the YouTube movies, get a month subscription to Netflix and watch all you want in a month. I admit, though, I have no idea how much PPV movies cost, but still, anyone else think their price point seems high?
primigenus 15y ago
Most important part of this announcement? The unannounced part: http://www.youtube.com/movie/zalman-kings-red-shoe-diaries-3 http://www.youtube.com/movie/zalman-kings-red-shoe-diaries-3
jgamman 15y ago
sigh - still US only

31 points by ssclafani 15y ago

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.

bgentry 15y ago

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?

adrianwaj 15y ago

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.

BoppreH 15y ago
I think the problem is that the user may want to seek parts of the movie. Maybe downloading just the next minutes and lowering the quality for a few seconds after a seek could help. Not so much wasted data and still acceptable seek time.

waterlesscloud 15y ago

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

smaher 15y ago
http://youtube.com/movies 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"

aphexairlines 15y ago

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

Apocryphon 15y ago

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

mikeryan 15y ago
I wouldn't say Hulu who does first run TV shows. More Netflix and Amazon.

MatthewB 15y ago

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.

JeffL 15y ago

Hmm, "industry standard pricing"? Seems to me that $3 - $4 is maybe a little high? You can get recent movies from Redbox for $1 and get DVD quality and watch on your TV without jumping through any hoops, or for the price of 2-3 of the YouTube movies, get a month subscription to Netflix and watch all you want in a month. I admit, though, I have no idea how much PPV movies cost, but still, anyone else think their price point seems high?

primigenus 15y ago

Most important part of this announcement? The unannounced part: http://www.youtube.com/movie/zalman-kings-red-shoe-diaries-3 http://www.youtube.com/movie/zalman-kings-red-shoe-diaries-3

jgamman 15y ago

sigh - still US only