Nice job by the National Hockey league, inking a deal with YouTube to distribute clips of highlights, and opening up its own “web channel.”
TechCrunched By YouTube
MIchael Arrington of TechCrunch.com probably did not even finish his morning coffee before rifling through papers on his desk and discovering a cease and desist letter from YouTube.
Google To Hold $200 Million In YouTube Deal
The rumor that Google was setting aside $500 million for their deal with YouTube is false. Its only $200 million. CEO Eric Schmidt previously denied the rumor that Google would use the money to fend off any lawsuits regarding copyright infringement.
YouTube Is Being Hypocritical
If Michael Arrington hadn’t posted the actual cease and desist letter from YouTube’s attorney, I probably wouldn’t have believed the company had asked him to remove a tool that allows people to download and store YouTube videos.
Google Cements Deal With YouTube
Google has announced they have cemented the purchase of YouTube. The price of the acquisition is $1.65 billion. Google issued 3,217,560 in shares to buy the video giant. YouTube has been wildly popular for the past year and has also seen sky rocketing growth.
Competing With YouTube
The speculation over how YouTube will continue to operate and if any other web-based companies can compete with the web video giant is never ending. The comparisons to Napster are inevitable. They have had issues with copyright infringement and have been trying to work out licensing deals.
Is MySpace the YouTube Killer? No!
MySpace has some claws and they want to sink them into YouTube. The question is, can the place for friends “broadcast itself” to a higher number of visitors than YouTube?
CBS Hunting For The Next YouTube
CBS is looking to buy the next YouTube. Just which site that will be is the billion-dollar question. The front-runners could be Blinkx, which boasts 6 million hours of video, blip.tv or Veho. Also there is a start up called The Venice Project, which could launch before the end of this year.
YouTube To Go on V Cast
Subscribers to Verizon wireless services will soon be able to carry YouTube with them thanks to a deal to bring the popular website together with V Cast.
TIME Magazine Names YouTube Invention of the Year
TIME Magazine has listed their best inventions for 2006 and YouTube has been named Invention of the Year: