Google’s YouTube is planning an unlimited subscription service for movies to take on Netflix and Amazon and the UK will be the test bed says a report in the New York Post.

Google has been talking with Hollywood studios for months and is looking to launch the streaming service first in the UK and Europe before expanding to the US, the report says. Google is said to have earmarked $100 million for content deals with studios and other premium content providers.

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