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MGM to put Full-length Movies on YouTube
Wireless/Networking | Reads from WWW
Tue 11 Nov 2008



In a bid to combat the threat that is Hulu, MGM and YouTube have formed some sort of an alliance. The financially troubled film studio have just announced that they will be posting full-length movies from their archives on YouTube. This represents yet another attempt by Google to turn YouTube into a profitable venture, since purchasing it for $1.65 billion two years ago.

International Herald Tribune - Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios will kick off the partnership by posting episodes of its decade-old "American Gladiators" program to YouTube, along with full-length action films like "Bulletproof Monk" and "The Magnificent Seven" and clips from popular movies like "Legally Blonde." These will be free to watch, with ads running alongside the video.

Free movies, why not? To read on, click here.