SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google Inc’s decision to screen Sony Pictures’ film “The Interview” may help legitimize its YouTube platform as a serious rival to paid video streaming services, Netflix and Amazon.com Inc.
A man walks by the poster for the film ”The Interview” outside the Alamo Drafthouse theater in Littleton, Colorado December 23, 2014.
A man walks by the poster for the film ”The Interview” outside the Alamo Drafthouse theater in Littleton, Colorado December 23, 2014.
Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks during an interview with Reuters in Tokyo February 15, 2014.
A logo is pictured outside Sony Pictures Studios in Culver City, California December 19, 2014.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (front C) gives field guidance at the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 20, 2014.