Google is adding 600 movies from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer to the
titles it has available for rent on YouTube and also Google
Play, its digital content store for Android-powered mobile
devices.
MGM, whose film library includes classics like "Rocky" and
"Rain Man," joins five other major studios offering movies
for rent through Google: Viacom's Paramount, Comcast's
Universal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and The Walt Disney
Co.
Several smaller studios including Lions Gate Entertainment
and The Weinstein Company also rent movies online through
Google.
YouTube is available on computers and mobile devices, as well
as on Google TV, an Internet-connected TV platform available
on certain Sony televisions and Blu-ray players and the
Logitech Revue set-top box.
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