April 6, 2009 by James Oliver
These days it seems YouTube gets more professional by the day. The site has been moving away from its amateur, homemade roots for a while now, though the pace has accelerated over the last six months or so, which have seen legitimate music content hit its channels, HD content, even a downloadable speech from President Obama. Now it seems that another frontier is about to be broken by YouTube, full length feature films.
YouTube are currently rumoured to be in talks with Sony Pictures regarding a contract that would make feature films available on the site. The details of any potential deal are not known, though if YouTube really have decided to make this jump, it’s unlikely to surprise too many people, the site badly needs to find some kind of response to the growing number of Hulu-style sites that are licensed to show premium content.
YouTube has thus far been a dirty word in the film and TV industry. They’ve become something of a scapegoat for the decline in viewing figures as the way people enjoy film and TV has adapted over the last few years. However, since being bought out by Google the site has been working to repair its image and become more of a corporate entity.
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