In the very near future, the popular video hosting service will provide its visitors with a new service - movie rental. By paying a few dollars, you can watch online any new film from well-known and not so film studios.
Owner YouTube, companies Google managed to reach an agreement with such major film companies as Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal и Warner Brothers. The new service is expected to compete directly iTunes, which has been providing movie rentals since 2008. And serious competition YouTube much more popular, and you don’t need to install additional software to rent a movie.
The cost of rental will depend on the film itself, but, as Google promises, it will be from 2 to 4 US dollars. At the same time, it is also stated that films will appear on the service simultaneously with the release on DVD.
It should be noted that in fact the rental service was presented Google even last year. But only old films could be viewed there. Now we are talking about blockbusters. It took such a long time to reach an agreement with film studios.