April 16, 2009 6:07 PM

YouTube to bring premium quality to a laptop/PC near you

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YouTube is getting a makeover with some fresh and legal content from TV shows to movies after sealing several deals with Hollywood studios, the Wall Street Journal reports.

The Google-owned video site already streams a very select few TV shows, but the new content will allow the world's largest video site to compete with studio-run sites like Hulu, which features only premium content.

It's not apparent exactly which studios YouTube, has signed with.

On a blog post, YouTube only said that it was announcing a new destination for TV shows and an improved page for movies, without elaborating.

During a conference call, YouTube said that it would add two new tabs

"The 'Shows' tab allows you to browse shows by genre, network, title and popularity," YouTube said in a statement. "The 'Subscriptions' tab will grant logged-in users one-click access to fresh content from their favorite creators.

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