It looks like the next big thing in online video is coming this summer. Soon we will be able to view popular TV shows like "24" for free and not only that but full length movies like Borat, once again, all for free.

From last week's Telegraph:


Fox parent News Corp. and NBC Universal said Thursday they will launch a free online video site this summer, featuring full-length movies and television shows in a challenge to Google Inc.’s YouTube.

The move underscores how serious a threat YouTube has become to media companies, which fear losing a new generation of viewers that are as likely to be found in front of computers as television screens. Media giant Viacom Inc., parent of MTV and other properties, filed suit against Google last week, seeking more than $1 billion for unauthorized use of its videos on YouTube.

While NBC and Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. compete fiercely for television and movie audiences globally, their partnership shows the risks executives are willing to take to regain control over content as more consumers look to YouTube and other alternatives like Apple Inc.’s iTunes, for entertainment.

The two companies also enlisted three of Google’s largest rivals — Yahoo, Microsoft and Time Warner Inc.’s AOL — as distributors of the entertainment on their Web sites.

Content will include such popular TV shows like NBC’s ”Saturday Night Live” and “The Simpsons,” and hit films such as ”The Devil Wears Prada” and “Borat” from Fox.