YouTube to Feature Full-Length TV Shows
In its latest attempt to extract revenues, Google has decided to run favorite TV shows on YouTube with advertisements liberally strewn through the full-length episodes.
A YouTube blog announced Monday that it was launching full-length screenings of popular TV shows. The shows will be available on regular view as well as on YouTube’s new “theatre view” which makes use of gimmicks like fake curtains to frame the online video show as well as “lights off” feature to provide a realistic feel to the online experience.
Besides full length TV shows, Google is also experimenting with a new advertising method which will play fifteen-second ads at the beginning of the video. Under this format, commercials will also roll in during video playback as well as at the end of the show.
For the time being, the full length screenings of TV shows on YouTube are only available for viewers within the United States and non-US viewers trying to access the videos are informed that the service is not available in their country.
Google is the leader in online search and advertising markets while YouTube has amassed an incredible fan following over the Internet for its variety of online videos which range from breaking news and entertainment to the incredible and quirky.
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