YouTube is introducing ‘YouTube Box Office’, is a channel for movie buffs.Youtube Box Office will pick a box office hit and show one per month.
The YouTube Box Office channel will also feature other popular movies which users can watch for free from the YouTube catalogue of movies which includes over 1,500 titles, including regional language films.
Movies on YouTube is no longer a novelty. YouTube already has a movies section that houses a sizeable number of films that can be watched for free, including those from Bollywood. But YouTube BoxOffice is a new push to bring more big banner films online, with support from advertiser. Intel is the inaugural sponsor for the channel.
Due to this new launched ‘Youtube box office’ it can prevent from the piracy movies download.What YouTube BoxOffice can do is bring the big releases to the web much sooner than before and therefore has a potential to curb piracy that has been eating into the film industry’s revenue.
Internet speed and penetration in India can be a deterrent, it is much better than what it was a few years ago.So that you can watch your favorite movie from YouTube BoxOffice.
This free of service will be starting with Yash Raj Films ‘Band Baja Barat’.
Globally, Youtube has a channel called YouTube Screening Room, which it describes as a platform for top films from around the world to find the audiences they deserve. It was launched in April, 2008 and has 61,812 subscribers.
