Topic: YouTube launches free UK movie streaming service

[Simon]

YouTube has launched a free film-streaming site in the UK, opening with a catalogue of more than 400 titles.

The on-demand YouTube Movies is the first step in a catalogue that it hopes to expand over time, and will use rate-adaptive streaming to deliver films over broadband.

The announcement follows deals with US movie studios, including MGM and Sony, as well as UK-based film streaming website Blinkbox.

The library is effectively an exercise in marketing, according to Blinkbox, which usually rents movies for between 99p and £2.99 per stream.

“We hope that people will try them and then come back and use Blinkbox, although we are making some revenue from adverts sold around the service,” Blinkbox CEO Michael Comish told PC Pro.

Read more: http://www.pcpro.co.uk/news/broadband/360661/youtube-launches-free-uk-movie-streaming-service

[Rik]

And we thought the World Cup hit bandwidth.

[Simon]

Yup, and if FTTC is struggling now, what about us poor buggers still on ADSL/2+?   

[Rik]

We'll not notice given the speeds we get. Especially Clive.

[Clive]

Free and fast.  Two words which excite me.   

[Rik]

We're talking about broadband, Clive, not women.

[Simon]

At his age, Clive needs slow women, so he can catch them.   

[Rik]

 

[Clive]