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Lights, camera, YouTube: Feature films coming to the world’s video portal?
Lights, camera, YouTube: Feature films coming to the world’s video portal?
Watch out distributers of premium content online, a 900-gorilla just crept into the room: YouTube . For the past few years, the service has become far and away the world’s most popular online video platform on the backs of its user generated content and often legally questionable ...
Feature films coming to YouTube
Feature films coming to YouTube
news.cnet.com — UPDATE 8:16 a.m. PT: to include mention of ZDNet's review of YouTube's filtering system. YouTube will begin... offering feature films produced by at least one of the biggest Hollywood movie studios possibly as early as next month, according to an ... (more) Feature films coming to YouTube
MGM to Post Full Films on YouTube
MGM to Post Full Films on YouTube
nytimes.com — With advertising dollars flowing to Hulu, the popular online video hub, YouTube is playing catch-up. >... (more) MGM to Post Full Films on YouTube
Ashwin Navin Leaving BitTorrent, Forming New Venture With YouTube’s Chen, Others
Ashwin Navin Leaving BitTorrent, Forming New Venture With YouTube’s Chen, Others
newteevee.com — BitTorrent Inc. co-founder Ashwin Navin is leaving his post as president of the company to form an... incubator-like endeavor with a group of other tech executives that includes YouTube co-founder Steve Chen. Navin announced the news via email and ... (more) Ashwin Navin Leaving BitTorrent, Forming New Venture ...
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Google's epiphany: Great video is hard to make
Coop's Corner — ... What's surprising is that it took management so long to reach this conclusion. I'm not going to nitpick but what's more surprising is that even with an improved wide-screen video player, YouTube still lags Hulu in terms of picture quality. Maybe that doesn't matter for wonder-of-me moments shot with my home video recorder. It matters a lot when you're sitting down with prospective advertisers, freaked out by a disastrous economy, about where to put their money. So it is that MG Siegler correctly asks whether any of Google's exertions to date are enough to really matter. ...

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