NEW YORK-- Sundance Channel announced a relationship with YouTube which will make excerpts from Sundance Channel content available on YouTube in 2007.

The arrangement will kick off with content produced by Sundance Channel from the 2007 Sundance Film Festival and will continue throughout 2007.

Coverage of the 2007 Sundance Film Festival will include a Sundance Channel-branded area on YouTube that will host a range of video clips including "Festival Dailies,” profiles of filmmakers in competition at the Festival, archival video clips from past Festivals and in-depth coverage of the Festival by YouTube users. New content will be published each day of the Sundance Film Festival and will be featured prominently on YouTube.

"We are thrilled to announce this relationship with YouTube to extend the reach of Sundance Channel video content. Sundance Channel's coverage of the Sundance Film Festival is a great way to start things off and we hope to build a community of YouTube fans throughout 2007," commented Christopher Barry, Vice President, Digital Media and Business Strategy, Sundance Channel.