Jason Dunn
08-28-2010, 12:35 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.youtube.com/movies' target='_blank'>http://www.youtube.com/movies</a><br /><br /></div><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1282931683.usr1.jpg" style="border: 1px solid #d2d2bb;" /></p><p>YouTube.com/movies? Yes, it's finally here - but it's not exactly off to a big start. There are about 400 movies in the collection, but I haven't heard of any of them. I can only imagine how hard it would be for YouTube to get any good content in here from the start - we know that the content providers hold on to their content with fierce determination, even when there are paying customers willing to buy it. So is this just an experiment from YouTube's perspective? Or the start of something much bigger? I find it hard to believe that the single ad at the beginning of the video would be enough to pay for the bandwidth and server resources used. My guess is that by this time next year, YouTube's movie site will be history.</p>