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YouTube Begins Streaming Full-Length Shows from CBS
In another move towards earning more revenue from its huge audience, YouTube has started streaming full-length TV shows that will include advertising. The content, which includes Star Trek, The Young & The Restless, and Beverley Hills 90210 comes through a deal with CBS. Advertising will ...
Will Video Search Ads Be YouTube's Money Mint? - Advertising Age - Digital
Will Video Search Ads Be YouTube's Money Mint? - Advertising Age - Digital
adage.com — Will Video Search Ads Be YouTube's Money Mint? Google's Video-Sharing Site Is Racking Up as Many Queries... as Yahoo By Abbey Klaassen Published: October 13, 2008 NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- Google is borrowing from its most successful money-minting product, ... (more) Will Video Search Ads Be YouTube's Money Mint? - ...
Hungry for more? YouTube now serving full-length TV dinners
youtube.com — We are starting to test full-length programming on YouTube, beginning with some fan favorites requested by you.... Let's see if you know your full-length TV ... You asked to be beamed up with Scotty , to devise a world-saving weapon using only gum and ... (more) Hungry for more? YouTube now serving full-length TV dinners
Youtube Audio Preview
Youtube Audio Preview
blag.xkcd.com — Wow. It seems someone at YouTUBE took this comic seriously and decided to add an “Audio Preview”... feature. Now you can hear your comments read aloud to you. Of course, it’s an optional button using speech synth rather than a ... (more) Youtube Audio Preview
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YouTube vs Hulu: Game On
The Inquisitr » Technology — ... The lineup isn’t huge, as Adam Ostrow points out, but it’s a first step into legal free television streaming, a space currently dominated by Hulu. YouTube is the 1000 pound gorilla in the room, and should it be successful in signing more content partners, and is capable of finding advertising for that content, the Hulu team will be sleeping a little less well tonight, and in the months to come. ...

YouTube Goes Downloadable
Technologizer — ... This isn’t earthshaking news–for one thing, tools like KeepVid have allowed YouTube fans to snag videos and save them for a long time. The YouTube videos are in unprotected MPEG4 format: I assume this means that YouTube isn’t going to enable downloading on the massive amount of stuff it offers that consists of short, unauthorized clips of copyrighted material. And while YouTube is also experimenting with streaming official versions of Hollywood content, it seems unlikely that the entertainment industry is ready to allow DRM-free downloads of current shows. At ...

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