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Lovefilm deal would be easy for Virgin to arrange as its now owned by Amazon and they have stuff to stream as well.
Amazons size would lead the film studios etc to not ignore it like they did Lovefilms in the past.
VM could simply set up a fiber link to stream content direct to us so even HD is possible.
On top of that Google is reportedly planning to launch an unlimited movie subscription service in the UK.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02...e_says_report/
The company is still desperately searching for ways to make money out of its online video-sharing website YouTube, which – despite various content deals with big name record companies – remains something of a pet project at Mountain View.
According to a report from the New York Post, Google is looking to offer a service similar to that provided by US-based Netflix and Amazon, which has been fiddling with its own film streaming service, after buying LoveFilm in January this year.
The YouTube brand will be wrapped around the UK launch of Google's own movie subscription service. If successful it will expand into Europe and the US, said the newspaper, which cited execs briefed on the proposal.
Google is understood to have set aside $100m for deals with Hollywood studios and other content providers to get such a service off the ground.
The Register has asked Google to comment on the story, but hadn't heard back at time of writing. ®
New York post story. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/busines...jy3ueJyRkKlk6O
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Wonder if this would work under the TiVo YouTube app.
Would be amazing if it did as would make TiVo even more desirable
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I think the streaming \ VOD rights are different, therefore even if VM had a deal with lovefilm they would still need to do a deal with the proper studios in order to get access to the content.
I could be wrong on the above though
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I doubt it, it would be the same as now with aps on computer, tv's, iphones etc.
VM would be acting as an isp in this reguard not supplying content and charging Lovefilm etc by bandwidth used or a cut of the sub like itunes do now.
They are already talking to Lovefilms among others for services like this on TiVo.
http://paidcontent.co.uk/article/419...-tv-explosion/
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Subscription services welcome
In the States, TiVo Premiere also offers third-party entertainment services from Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI), Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX), Pandora, Rhapsody, MusicChoice, Live365 and more. So could Virgin’s Brit TiVo offer equivalents like Lovefilm and Spotify?
“We’re talking to everybody - all those that you named and more,” says Rose. “We’re very open to all of them. It’s just a question of doing the right deal, making sure our customers actually want it - power to the people; we’re a Virgin company. We’ve got an online forum we’re moderating to ask what they want.”
FilmFlex is still the primary movie VOD partner going through Virgin - but Rose says that’s not prohibitive to someone like Lovefilm: “It would have to be the right deal commercially and add value. If Lovefilm came along and said ‘we’ve got something that adds to this’, we’d be the first ones to embrace them - we’re not precious about that.
“Let a thousand flowers bloom! It’s a managed environment but we’re really open in terms of who we host on the platform - as long as the commercials are right and customers are interested in it.”
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