google's youtube announced the expansion of its movie rental service by adding 3000 new films. youtube finally signed deals with the major hollywood studios including warner brothers,sony,universal,and lionsgate. most movies will be priced at $2.99. No subscriptions are required,it's a la carte. In addition,google is spending $300 million to produce its own content,making deals with hollywood and New york production companies as a way to avoid hefty commissions paid to these same studios for their content.Imagine,The Google Comedy Hour