The Los Angeles Times reported yesterday (registration required) Yahoo! is quietly knocking on Hollywood doors for new original material content deals.
People familiar with the discussions say Yahoo is pressing entertainment-industry producers and talent agents to start pitching new shows and short films that the Internet giant could license for broadcast online.
Yahoo!, according to the Times, thinks consumers are ready for broadband content since the number of high speed Internet connections at home is on a huge upswing.
Beating the same dead horse, this story falls in line with what I was blogging on regarding News.com's story about Yahoo!'s push towards new forms of entertainment for subscribers.
