Watch movies online… legally!

Posted by Abhijith as Uncategorized

www.hulu.com(US IP addresses only, so far)
www.rajshri.com(Hindi, Tamil movies and serials)
www.igcinema.com(Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Malayalam, Kannada movies)
www.erosentertainment.com(Bollywood)

At last, the entertainment industry has realised that the internet is not an enemy, but an ally, or rather the future.

I will put things in order of my discovery:in the US, www.hulu.com, a site by NBC/Universal and FOX primarily for their shows and movies. The US industry has been very apprehensive about online content: they fiercely take down any online presence of their content, sometimes without ensuring an alternative to those clips. All the networks now offer online content, and a study released by CBS shows that providing an online exposure for their shows actually increased TV viewership, rather than decreasing it, because people were drawn to shows, expelling the notion that viewers would skip TV premieres for the web show.

Moreover, DVD rental companies are aggressively exploring renting movies via the internet: Netflix, Apple with Apple TV(I guess). This makes perfect sense because this means no more going to the store, no more mailing dvds, no more remembering last dates.

As far as India is concerned, I was very very surprised to find T/B/Kollywood stuff online.. Rajshri, Eros Ent and India Glitz have launched online media sites: with free movies supported by ads (as well as paid downloads for the first two).

These sites have a multitude of content: old movies, recent ones, good ones, watchable ones… A good venture. The internet connection may not be favourable in India, but IGCinema has a very well designed player to take care of that. Rajshri also is impressive.

Though there are a hundreds of illegal-online-movie viewing sites still active, I can see their number coming down once these companies start taking action against the video hoster. Though they will not be eliminated, some good advertising should make these services popular. So save yourself the trouble of being hounded by sleuths[:P] and play safe, if you want to watch a movie online, point to these sites. Cheers.

PS: I wonder if there are more sites like these.

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August 3, 2008 | Filed Under Uncategorized 

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