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Dec 2, 2009, 11:05 AM
 
YouTube Launching iTunes Killer

Google is in talks with TV networks and studios to stream episodes of television shows for a fee on YouTube, Peter Kafka reports.

YouTube wants to sell streams of individual episodes for $1.99 a pop. It would be akin to what Apple offers through iTunes, or Amazon offers on its site. The main difference: You can only stream the episodes, not download them.

If YouTube and the networks can work out a deal, it will be interesting to see how consumers react. Why would anyone pay to stream an episode when it was available at the same price as a download from Amazon or iTunes? (Which you can stick on your iPod, for example, or on your laptop to watch on a plane.)

Kafka reports YouTube and the TV networks are optimistic they can work something out, since deals like this already exist.

If YouTube pulls this off, it will be another part of its diversifying strategy. The site is testing pre-roll ads, working with Vevo, the music industry's video site, and streaming plenty of professional content, in addition to all its user generated content.
     
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Dec 2, 2009, 11:09 AM
 
Not likely.
     
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No chance.
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Dec 2, 2009, 11:23 AM
 
Psh.
     
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Dec 2, 2009, 12:37 PM
 
If it's full HD (1080p) and I can stream it as often as I like in perpetuity, it might be okay, though not at $1.99 each. 50¢, maybe 99¢. But not $2.
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Dec 2, 2009, 12:39 PM
 
I hope it fails. I don't want to see hulu and others screwed into a similar pay per view scheme.
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Originally Posted by Oneota View Post
If I can stream it as often as I like in perpetuity
If that's a feature it's the only way this service even has a remote chance.
     
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Dec 2, 2009, 01:12 PM
 
Originally Posted by osiris View Post
I hope it fails. I don't want to see hulu and others screwed into a similar pay per view scheme.
thought hulu announced already that they will have a "premium" service; where most of the "good stuff" will be moved to?

edit; nevermind. it would be an add on; premium above and beyond what is free. my bad
     
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Dec 2, 2009, 07:57 PM
 
Hmm.... 99 cents you say.

Darn, if only the torrent sites out there on the web weren't free...
     
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Dec 2, 2009, 11:21 PM
 
When did people start this idiotic habit to replace "competition" with "killer"?

It makes no sense.
     
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Dec 2, 2009, 11:28 PM
 
Oh, that's great. 1080p streaming video. That means if you use Comcast you can watch maybe 5 minutes of the movie, then your connection won't be fast enough to stream it anymore.
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