04-17-2009, 12:08 AM
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YouTube signs Sony, preps site for studio content
Move over Hotforwords, Lonelygirl15, and all the other YouTube stars. The video site is bringing in more professionally made content and plans to make it a marquee product.
Some of YouTube's most-watched contributors will get some competition from the likes of Sony Pictures.
The Internet's largest video site on Thursday announced that it has struck deals with a host of entertainment companies, including Sony Pictures, CBS (parent company of CNET News), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Lionsgate, Starz, and the BBC, to acquire "thousands" of TV episodes and hundreds of films. The new content will only be available in the United States.
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10221459-93.html
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Google bringing pay-per-view to YouTube
So far, YouTube has been a free, advertising-supported service, but Google plans to build payment mechanisms into its video-sharing site.
"With respect to how it'll get monetized, our first priority is on the advertising side. We do expect over time to see micropayments and other forms of subscription models coming as well," said Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt after the company reported first-quarter profits Thursday. "We'll be announcing additional things in that area literally very, very soon."
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http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10221501-93.html
Hulu, here they come! 
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