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New FCC Rule Could Benefit Cord Cutters
The FCC is considering changes that would benefit cord-cutters, people that decided that connecting their laptops and using services like Netflix and Hulu makes satisfies them enough to not have a cable TV account with Comcast, AT&T, etc. The FCC is considering changing the definition of “multichannel video programming distributor” (MVPD) to include websites like Netflix, Hulu, or YouTube. MVPDs have always been clearly defined as content providers like satellite and cable companies. Networks are required to sell their content to any MVPD that wants it. If the FCC includes YouTube, Hulu, and Netflix as an MVPD, these websites could purchase content from networks like CBS and the network would be forced to sell. CBS is one out of a few networks that has refused to put their content on Hulu.
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RUMOR: Google To Invest In Machinima
Machinima is a YouTube channel that has over 109 million subscribers, 792,000+ network videos, and network views of over 26.6 billion. Machinima’s YouTube channel is known for hosting video game trailers, reviews, and tips. Now it is rumored that Google and other investors are going to invest $30 million into Machinima. This would be the first time that Google would be taking equity stake in a YouTube content provider according to AllThingsD.
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YouTube To Spend $200 Million To Promote Premium Channels
On Wednesday night, YouTube hosted a huge event to inform advertisers that they are spending $100 million for their new “channels” as a way of bringing in premium content. Jay-Z, FloRida, Jennifer Beals, the Neon Trees, and Eric Schmidt were in attendance at the event. YouTube also announced that they will be spending $200 million on campaign across Google’s Content Network to push the channels.
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Categories Eric Schmidt, Google, Robert Kyncl, YouTube
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Google Testing Google+ Button Instead Of Likes On YouTube
Google Inc. has been pushing the Google+ social network as much as possible. New Google users are automatically given a Google+ account and there are G+ buttons next to every search result. Actor Wil Wheaton noticed that Google is testing out Google+ buttons as a replacement to the YouTube “like” and “dislike” button. Wheaton wrote this on his Tumblr as a response to seeing that:
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Categories Google, Google Plus, Wil Wheaton, YouTube
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U.S. Government Does Not Want Megaupload To Hire Andrew Schapiro
Megaupload was planning to retain the services of Andrew Schapiro, the legendary lawyer that led YouTube to a summary judgment in their copyright trial against Viacom according to TorrentFreak.com. The U.S. government has filed documents that object to Schapiro’s law firm working with Megaupload. They cited conflicts of interest that involved Google, Disney, Fox, and YouTube.
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Categories Andrew Schapiro, Google, Megaupload, YouTube
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YouTube Founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen Working On New Project Called Zeen
After selling YouTube to Google, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen launched a company called AVOS. AVOS acquired Delicious from Yahoo! and revamped it. Now AVOS is working on a new project called Zeen, which allows people to “discover and create beautiful magazines.” Currently the service is not available, but you can secure a username. Multimedia sharing will be a core part of the service and a browser bookmarklet will be available with the service.
Categories Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, YouTube, Zeen
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The Appeals Court Rejects Viacom’s Arguments Against YouTube
Back in 2010 a district court threw out Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube because the video website was protected by the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. Viacom appealed the case based on certain legal theories that would get around the DMCA safe harbors. However many of their arguments were not as receptive by the court system as they had anticipated.
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Viacom’s $1 Billion Lawsuit Against YouTube Moving Forward
Just when you thought Viacom’s $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube was over, the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan has ruled that YouTube will need to defend themselves from the lawsuit by Viacom in court. Viacom filed the $1 billion lawsuit against YouTube in 2007. Viacom said that YouTube was responsible for a huge amount of copyrighted material uploaded by YouTube users.
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Categories Google, Viacom, Viacom Inc, YouTube
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Disney Channel Starts Adding Free TV Episodes To YouTube
The Disney Channel and YouTube’s content deal has started. This means that there are now 70 episodes from various Disney Channel shows available for free on YouTube. Some of the shows currently available include The Emperor’s New School, The Proud Family, That’s So Raven and the Suite Life of Zach and Cody. It is great that YouTube is now starting to offer premium content, but they have a serious user interface problem. Hulu and Netflix have a much cleaner interface when it comes to individual episodes. YouTube essentially arranged all the TV show episodes into “Playlists.” [AllThingsD]
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Southern Indiana Tornado Footage Gets Caught On YouTube [VIDEO]
Last week when tornadoes and windy storms hit the Midwest, parts of Missouri, Illinois, and southern Indiana were destroyed. Many people died as a result and the small Indiana country towns Marysville and Henryville were struck. One sheriff was quoted as saying “Marysville is completely gone.” Above is a video of the tornado as caught on YouTube.
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