MUMBAI: Online video sharing site has entered into a deal with Sony, Universal and Warner for rental of films.
According to the deal, in addition to the hundreds of free movies available on the site since 2009, users will now be able to find and rent some of their favourite films.
These films include Caddyshack, Goodfellas, Scarface, and Taxi Driver as well as new releases like Inception, The King‘s Speech, Little Fockers, The Green Hornet and Despicable Me.
Movies are available to rent at industry standard pricing, and can be watched with one‘s YouTube account on any computer. The new titles have begun appearing at www.youtube.com/movies; the deal covers 3000 films.
YouTube already hosts movie trailers and showcases a variety of independent films in the Screening Room. Last year it had announced the ability to rent movies from Sundance Film Festival; and this year at Sundance premiered Life in a Day, a documentary film about a single day on earth filmed by thousands of YouTube users, produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald.
With 35 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube, there‘s a sea of content that can add to the movie experience.
Many movie pages feature YouTube Movie Extras -- free behind-the-scenes videos, cast interviews, parodies, clips and remixes from YouTube‘s unique community of content creators. Movie pages also showcase reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, so one can see feedback from critics before deciding what movie to get into. Over time, YouTube will also be adding additional videos and features to YouTube Movie Extras so that fans can get more movies on YouTube.
