Google Video Marketplace
Google sold television and sports downloads protected by its player, then switched off both the store and customers' purchased videos eighteen months later.
Quick facts
- Existence state
- Officially Gone
- Peak stage
- general availability
- Research confidence
- high
- Last verified
What it was
A formally released download-to-own and rental marketplace inside Google Video.
Customers bought or rented protected programmes and played them through Google's desktop video software.
Existence timeline
Google begins selling and renting video downloads.
Television, sports and independent titles enter the store.
Google stops the transaction programme.
Customers are told purchased files will become unusable.
Google promises cash refunds after criticism.
Google Video returns to search and hosting functions.
Why it ended
Google ended sales in August 2007 and initially revoked playback while offering expiring Checkout credit before reversing to refunds.
Last confirmed trace
Customer emails, official blog posts, reporting and downloaded metadata document the vanished store.
What it left behind
The shutdown became an early warning that digital purchases tied to a remote licence could be withdrawn.
How we classified it
The archive unit reached normal public release or operation and is no longer obtainable in its original public form.
Verified normal public availability maps to 100 under Arrival Score V1.
Sources & verification
Last reviewed 2026-08-01. Sources are linked so readers can inspect the evidence directly.