YouTube and Google Play Expand Movie Offerings with MGM Deal
By emeadows
April 17, 2012
April 17, 2012
- Google continues to expand its movie rental service on YouTube and within Google Play, announcing a deal with MGM to make about 600 of the studio’s movies available.
- This is in addition to Google’s deal with Paramount, announced just weeks ago, that brought about 500 movies to YouTube and Google Play.
- “Google promises to add more MGM titles to its catalog ‘in the weeks ahead.’ It’s not clear if this deal just focuses on older movies, though, or if more recent MGM titles like ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ will also be included in the YouTube rental catalog,” reports TechCrunch.
- Now Google has agreements with five major U.S. studios and more than 10 independent studios.
- “Overall, this looks like a good addition to YouTube’s and Google Play’s catalog,” suggests the post. “Viewers, after all, rate streaming services based on the availability of the movies they want to see. As a newcomer in this market, Google still has some catching up to do, but it’s slowly becoming competitive.”
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