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YouTube to Show MGM Films and TV Shows

by Tim Stevens on November 10, 2008 at 11:01 AM

YouTube Getting Full Films and Episodes from MGM
After pioneering and dominating the online video market for so long, YouTube is currently in danger of being made a has-been by services like Hulu, which offers full episodes and films online without the nagging guilt or worry that comes with watching something illegally. As even DirecTV seems to be pondering getting into the online video realm, Google-owned YouTube is doing its best to keep up -- today it's announced a partnership with Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM) to offer some films and television shows for free.

Coming not long after a partnership with CBS, this new agreement will see a (seemingly quite limited) selection of films and television shows, all available in their entirety for free with advertisements shown along the side. Right now, the only titles specifically mentioned are episodes of 'American Gladiators' (the old one, not the new one), plus the films 'Bulletproof Monk' and 'The Magnificent Seven.' We're guessing more content will be coming from this partnership soon -- at least, we hope so, for YouTube's sake. [From: The New York Times]

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