YouTube in talks to offer full versions of British-owned shows

With news emerging that Hulu, the American free online video-on-demand service backed by News Corp, NBC Universal and Disney, is in similar negotiations and gearing up for a September British launch, the race is on to dominate British online TV market. The Telegraph reports.

According to a senior TV executive close to the negotiations, The Telegraph understands that any deal ITV or Channel 4 could strike with YouTube, would not be mutually exclusive, allowing both parties’ content to be broadcast across the two online platforms.

Currently Google-owned YouTube officially only shows clips of these stations’ content.

... Additionally CBS-owned TV.com, which offers a rival VoD service to Hulu in America, is also said to be competing in similar negotiations.

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emily | 7:37 AM | YouTube |
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