YouTube adds movies to rent

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YouTube is adding more than 3,000 mainstream movies for users to rent.

11 May,2011 08:44 pm

Each Hollywood blockbuster, independent and foreign movie will cost from 99 cents up to $3.99. Most of the movies on the site are priced around $2.99.YouTube signed deals with major studios including Time Warner Incs Warner Bros, Sony CorpsJ Sony Pictures, Comcast Corps Universal Pictures and Lions Gate Entertainment.YouTube will allow users of movie rentals to share the movies on Facebook and Twitter but if the recipient clicks on the link they will see a trailer unless they have also rented the movie. Another feature is YouTube Movie Extras with behind-the-scenes videos, cast interviews, parodies and remixes made by YouTube users. The goal for YouTube is to drive more views of its videos in a fast-evolving Web content sector.The new service is available only in the United States.