Sony in talks to put movies on YouTube?

by Richard Lawler Apr 15th 2009 @ 7:09AM

Is YouTube looking to go upscale? The rumor goes that Sony is in talks to post full length movies on the site, helping to boost the amount of high quality video available. Of course, Sony already has movies available on Crackle.com, and Hulu's been streaming full length flicks for a while, but neither of them are available with all the "HD" YouTube provides or are as easily viewable on many devices beyond computers, so there's plenty of reasons to find a potential deal intriguing.

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Tags: internet, movies, sony, youtube

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koehler83 @ Apr 15th 2009 8:15AM

Hopefully they improve their strobing frame rate in HD. I feel like Im going to have seizures when I watch YouTube HD videos.

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brn @ Apr 15th 2009 12:08PM

Does this mean it'll finally stream nicely, direct to my PS3?

PlayOn has been problematic lately.

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Ron @ Apr 15th 2009 2:19PM

Interesting..

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Chad @ Apr 16th 2009 9:03PM

Just wanted to let you know that this is confirmed, as we just launched the revamped YouTube channel today. Check it out, let me know what you think!

http://www.youtube.com/crackle

Thanks!

Chad
Community Manager, Crackle

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