{"id":217849,"date":"2010-01-22T02:50:44","date_gmt":"2010-01-22T07:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/?p=6495"},"modified":"2010-01-22T02:50:44","modified_gmt":"2010-01-22T07:50:44","slug":"youtube-enters-video-rental-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/217849","title":{"rendered":"YouTube enters video rental business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='snap_preview'><\/p>\n<p>Looks like the focus is small and independent filmmakers who need more than ad-supported revenue. With all the competition between console games, video-on-demand services, web-based content and the rest of the video watching\/music listening\/game playing\/et.al. options out there, the lines between types of media and delivery systems are becoming blurrier and blurrier every day.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/blog\/editors\/24701\/?nlid=2686&amp;a=f\" >This YouTube effort could be quite the boon for independent filmmakers<\/a>. Since it&#8217;s supposedly going into effect today sometime, it is also quite bereft of important details. Little things like cost and, more importantly, how the service is going to work.<\/p>\n<p>From the link:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Starting tomorrow, YouTube will offer video rentals, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/youtube-global.blogspot.com\/2010\/01\/youtube-to-sundance-independent.html\" >post<\/a> on the site&#8217;s official blog. The first available content will be five films from the 2009 and 2010 Sundance Film Festivals, and they will be online until January 31.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Also from the link:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Exact details of how the rentals will work aren&#8217;t yet available, but the company says they will post more tomorrow. It has said, however, that money will be collected through Google Checkout.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6495\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6495\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godelicious\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6495\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/delicious\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6495\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gostumble\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6495\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/stumble\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6495\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/godigg\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6495\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/digg\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6495\/\" \/><\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/goreddit\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6495\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/reddit\/davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com\/6495\/\" \/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=davidkirkpatrick.wordpress.com&#038;blog=2464417&#038;post=6495&#038;subd=davidkirkpatrick&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looks like the focus is small and independent filmmakers who need more than ad-supported revenue. With all the competition between console games, video-on-demand services, web-based content and the rest of the video watching\/music listening\/game playing\/et.al. options out there, the lines between types of media and delivery systems are becoming blurrier and blurrier every day. 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