Media | YouTube YouTube to Offer Movie Rentals Sundance flicks will be the first ones available on Friday By Nick McMaster Posted Jan 20, 2010 5:31 PM CST Copied The marquee at the Egyptian Theatre on Main Street promotes the Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Peter Kramer) YouTube will launch a video rental service on Friday, allowing movies from the Sundance Film Festival to be streamed for a price. It's an experiment by YouTube and parent company Google, which want big-name studios to eventually join them. Users will pay for the films through Google Checkout, and Google will split the proceeds with the creator of the content, reports the Wall Street Journal. The Sundance films will be cost $3.99 for a 48-hour rental period. Read These Next Two state troopers were shot in Pennsylvania Kelly Clarkson's ex died a day after she disclosed he was ill. Something James Carville said made Melania Trump's lawyer unhappy. Vance's office says it wasn't involved in the river-raising. Report an error