The largest video site, YouTube, which currently offers some older movies for free, is talking with major Hollywood studios about a potential deal that would let visitors view newer full-length movies for a fee. According to comScore, users in the US alone watched nearly 9 billion clips on the site in July, which is more than 10 times the number of clips watched on sites owned by its closest competitor, Viacom.
If a deal is reached with major Hollywood studios, it could be a huge change for YouTube, and put them in direct competition with Netflix, Amazon and Apple but according to analysts, it’s too early to gauge the financial impact such a deal could have on YouTube, since the terms are still unknown.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/03/technology/internet/03tube.html?ref=business
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