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YouTube Founder Compares Online Video To Nascent TV Market
YouTube Cofounder Chad Hurley spoke at the MIPCOM Conference in Cannes, France yesterday. In the talk, which is transcribed below, Hurley compares the current state of online video to the nascent years of television. In 1941, he says, “CBS has just launched its new television network ...
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YouTube rejects McCain request for DMCA takedown fix
news.cnet.com — YouTube has rejected a request from John McCain's presidential campaign for a legal review of political videos... that are the subject of deletion requests. The Google-owned company said Tuesday evening in a response to McCain's organization ( PDF ... (more) YouTube rejects McCain request for DMCA takedown fix
@ Mipcom: Chad Hurley Keynote: 'No Silver Bullet' To YouTube Profit
@ Mipcom: Chad Hurley Keynote: 'No Silver Bullet' To YouTube Profit
paidcontent.org — A standard and clear business pitch from an initially nervous YouTube CEO to international TV execs at... Cannes' Mipcom broadcasting conference: "We want to continue to be your partner ... let's talk backstage". Well, YouTube may have over 900 pro ... (more) @ Mipcom: Chad Hurley Keynote: 'No Silver Bullet' To ...
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Pilgrim’s Picks for October 16 - Book Winners Edition
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim — Apparently a lot of you would like to learn how to make your "Content Rich" because our book contest had a lot of entries. Did you win? Find out after these Picks. Google TV Ads has two partnership announcements today. One with COREMedia Systems and the other with Harris Corporation. YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley explains that online video is still in its infancy–just like TV was back in the 40s. I first fell in love with Polldaddy two years ago. Today, the online polling site has been acquired by ...

YouTube’s Chad Hurley On The Future Of Internet Video
Podcasting News — ... hours of video content is watched per month while over 3 million mobile phone subscribers use their phone to view a video The online video advertising market is set to be worth over a billion dollars by 2010, will reach over $3 billion by 2012, and over $5 billion by 2013 While Hurley’s speech targets mainstream media content creators, he makes a compelling case that Internet video is where television was in 1941 - the nascent future of media.  via TechCrunch

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