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Re: Big Media Walks on YouTube’s Wild Side

Kite board — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 06:46:59 -0000

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Re: Big Media Walks on YouTube’s Wild Side

mightybigmedia — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:22:39 -0000

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Re: Big Media Walks on YouTube’s Wild Side

Ling — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 08:49:49 -0000

Advertising on Youtube is a massive sleeping dragon. Once Google gets really serious about it, you'll see advertisers lining up and pouring free content on Youtube. Big media, as usual, are a bit behind the curve.

Re: Big Media Walks on YouTube’s Wild Side

PaulGlazowski — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 16:28:18 -0000

By the way, looking at the header image once more, that could make for some pretty humorous captions. Any suggestions? "Disturbia," "McCain," "Gas Tax," "Moratorium"....

Re: Big Media Walks on YouTube’s Wild Side

PaulGlazowski — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:35:41 -0000

Yeah, the fight was pretty wasteful. It still is, in Viacom's case.

Re: Big Media Walks on YouTube’s Wild Side

PaulGlazowski — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:34:53 -0000

The thing about creating their own sites (I'm assuming you're thinking of sites separate from YouTube) is that it's all scattered. YouTube has kind of become the one-stop shop. That's why it's beneficial for media companies to utilize the place proactively.

Re: Big Media Walks on YouTube’s Wild Side

modemlooper — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:17:53 -0000

media is soooo stupid. When I want to know what's worth watching a user will upload the content. There have been small clips of things on YouTube and I found out what it was and then went to see it or purchased. UGC wether copyright or not is FREE advertising and way more effective.

Re: Big Media Walks on YouTube’s Wild Side

Independent — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 12:02:53 -0000

When the internet and sharing first came around, the media companies had just completed a decades-long goal of establishing a total distribution monopoly.

At first they would spend any amount of money to try and stop the internet from becoming a real media distribution outlet, but I think they have to realize eventually that its not a zero-sum game and they need to co-operate and deal with the fact that they can't have an total government-backed monopoly on the flow on information & data.

Re: Big Media Walks on YouTube’s Wild Side

thom singer — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 11:20:53 -0000

As a consumer of media, if I miss something like "Saturday Night Live" I now expect to be able to find the good parts quickly on line. The media companies should have seen this trend long ago and created their own sites where I can go see clips.

While copyright is important, we are moving to a society who expects instant access. Where the large media complex was not providing such things, it does not take a PhD to realize that people will pirate things that the masses want.

I hope to see YouTube and other outlets that will have more access to mainstream media. If the media companies do it right they will see more ad dollars, not less.