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In a world where YouTube is now viewed on TVs and large tablets, the video network has quietly added the ability to watch feature films – for free.

YouTube has an agreement with the MGM film studio to offer more than 100 movies, including "Rocky" and "Pink Panther" movies, the original movie "Terminator", "Legally Blonde", "Zookeeper", and so on.

It lacks movies from other studios, such as 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney, Sony, Warner Bros. and Paramount, but it's a start.

The short video is best known for YouTube, although some of the YouTube video creators, such as Shane Dawson and Logan Paul, have recently experimented with longer original productions.

In addition, YouTube offers longer originals as part of its YouTube Premium offering, which offers a way to watch ad-free videos and access exclusive content.

Some 1.9 billion people visit YouTube each month.

YouTube movies contain ads unless you subscribe to the monthly YouTube Premium offer of $ 9.99. They appear directly in the recently released collection of movies and television shows that YouTube currently offers for rent and for sale.

"We've seen this opportunity based on user demand, beyond the simple pay-TV offer," said Rohit Dhawan, Director of Product Management at YouTube, Ad Age.. "It's also a great opportunity for advertisers."

For the current product, YouTube offers a broader base of titles, including recent hits such as "Crazy Rich Asians" ($ 19.99 to own) or "The Incredibles 2" from Disney, for rent, for 4, $ 99. The current successes, "A Star is Born" and "Bohemian Rhapsody" are announced in the movies section as being forthcoming.

YouTube also features episodes and seasons of popular TV shows, such as AMC's "Better Call Saul", NBC's "The Good Place" and the first-ever Star Trek Classic Edition at $ 2.99 per episode, or between $ 9.99 to $ 14.99 for the full season.

This pricing is similar to that used by Apple on iTunes and Amazon with Prime Video.

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Movies and shows are on YouTube Movies, which has more than 70 million subscribers.

In recent weeks, AT & T's decision to remove FilmStruck's movie subscription service has sparked an uproar. It's one of the few places online where movie fans could have access to watching old classics through streaming.

Many moviegoers have wondered where today 's generation might see classics like Charlie Chaplin' s City Lights, Marx Brothers' "Duck Soup" or "Casablanca," with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.

They are all available on YouTube. Same for Amazon, iTunes and Vudu. But they cost between $ 2.99 and $ 3.99 for viewing, and the $ 9.99 monthly FilmStruck was clearly a better deal.

Vudu and Tubi also broadcast free films in advertising broadcast with advertising support.

Although YouTube's offers are for the most part older titles that many have not heard of (apart from "Rocky", "Pink Panther" and a few other titles), they may well be suitable for people looking for something to be entertained on YouTube. .

Nearly 20% of YouTube views are now on TVs, either on smart decors with a built-in YouTube app, or via streaming players such as Roku or Apple TV, which allow you to upload the YouTube app to YouTube. televisions.

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