YouTube strikes deal to stream movies, TV content

October 9th, 2009 Machine guns are capable of quickly felling a tree. (National Geographic Feature) Now imagine what it can do to your body.

September 30th, 2009 LA-based bank strikes deal in discrimination caseLOS ANGELES — Federal prosecutors have announced a settlement with a Los Angeles-based bank that was sued along with two auto dealerships for allegedly charging non-Asian customers higher interest rates on car loans. Under the agreement, Nara Bank will pay up to $410,000 to customers who were overcharged, according to a Department of Justice news release.

August 28th, 2009 Jaycee Lee Dugard 11-year-old in 1991 was kidnapped in 1991 outside her South Lake Tahoe home. Garrido, 58, and his wife Nancy, 55, were arrested on Wednesday for abducting Jaycee in 1991.

July 23rd, 2009 Disney CEO: Hulu could charge for contentPASADENA, Calif. — Walt Disney Co.

May 6th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Kids watching adult-stuff on TV slyly during childhood may have sex early, according to a new study. These findings by Children's Hospital Boston (CHB) are based on a longitudinal study tracking 754 children aged six to 18 years, of which 365 were males and 389 were females.

April 30th, 2009 Disney joins NBC and News Corp. with Hulu stakeLOS ANGELES — Disney movies and ABC TV shows will be available on Hulu.com now that Walt Disney Co.

April 28th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes have a unique way of relaxing at home - they watch three films in a row. "We like to watch three movies in a row," People magazine quoted Holmes as saying at the Swarovski and Independent Filmmaker Project's 30th annual gala Sunday night at Cooper Square Hotel.

April 28th, 2009 LONDON - Hollywood couple Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes unwind themselves by watching back-to-back movies. The couple, who have a three-year-old daughter Suri, love watching several films in a row after a busy day at work, reports femalefirst.co.uk.

April 22nd, 2009 Amazon launches HD movie rental, TV show salesSEATTLE — Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. said Tuesday it is adding high-definition video to its on-demand service, offering consumers the ability to rent movies and purchase television episodes shown in HD.

April 22nd, 2009 Second Life to let users filter adult contentNEW YORK — Second Life is getting a little less steamy for people who want to use the virtual world for a myriad of PG-rated experiences, such as taking classes, prototyping buildings or designing virtual goods. For those who don't, Second Life is moving adult-oriented content to a new, X-rated "continent" so they can continue to frolic as their heart desires.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Going all guns to attract voters in the national capital for the Lok Sabha elections, the state Election Office has uploaded a video on using the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) on popular video-sharing website YouTube. 'Sometimes people are confused and unaware of how to use EVMs.

April 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Going all guns to attract voters in the national capital for the Lok Sabha elections, the state Election Office has uploaded a video on using the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) on popular video-sharing website YouTube. 'Sometimes people are confused and unaware of how to use EVMs.

April 17th, 2009 NEW YORK - In another step in its transformation from an online jumble of amateur videos to a destination for mainstream TV programs and movies, YouTube said Thursday that it had signed deals with Hollywood studios to showcase thousands of TV episodes and hundreds of movies on its Web site. Google, which owns YouTube, said it might eventually bring another innovation to the site: payment for some premium content.

March 26th, 2009 LONDON - Former Spice Girls singer Mel B will invest in a new TV channel which shows French movies. Mel B is investing in Sky's CineMoi which shows art house movies of acclaimed French filmmakers like Jean-Luc Godard, Francois Truffaut and Claude Chabrol, thesun.co.uk reports.

March 11th, 2009 LONDON - Video sharing website YouTube has blocked all premium music videos for British users after it failed to reach an agreement with the Performing Right Society (PRS) over licensing issues. Contactmusic.com reports that while YouTube's director of video partnerships Patrick Walker said the move was 'regrettable', the PRS has expressed its 'outrage' at the decision.