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Full-Length MGM TV Shows and Movies Coming to YouTube

By soulxtc

Will first offer episodes of “American Gladiators" along with films like “Bulletproof Monk” and “The Magnificent Seven.” Sometime today YouTube is expected to announce a new partnership with MGM Studios that allows it to begin offering full-length TV shows and movies for free streaming on its MGM Studios Streaming Channel. According to the NY Times, it will reportedly have two channels, one for TV shows and the other for movies, with initial programming to include episodes of "American Gladiators" and movies like "Bulletproof Monk" and "The Magnificent Seven." Now it's not clear how many MGM movies will appear on YouTube after the launch, but  Jim Packer, MGM’s co-president, did say the studio was rolling out content slowly on the site, and doesn't plan on putting up too much of the studio's catalog "anytime soon." “We will have some long-form videos up on YouTube, but I don’t think that’s the platform to have 30 or 40 movies up at once,” Mr.

Full post as published by ZeroPaid on November 10, 2008 (boomark / email).