I think that YouTube is doomed in the end. They just have too much copyrighted material on the site. I give it 6 months to a year.
Sharpshoot
· 3 years ago
Dan, I don't think YouTube will be doomed just because the NBC and Disney deals are indicators of a change in strategy.
I think the online Video market will follow the same trend as p2p downloading of music in that now that YouTube has established credibility as a destination of choice it will evolve into a distribution mechanism for proprietary video content.
I can envisage YouTube going head to head with iTunes as video content matures. In addition user generated content and enhanced social features will pull in the crowds. Now YouTube has the brand loyalty, such a change of strategy will be necassary to no just be a 2 year flash in the pan.
If they do go under, i can envisage, like napster that someone will buy the brand.
Nick Gavronsky
· 3 years ago
Dan, I wouldnt go as far to say that they are doomed. Obviously they will have issues with copyrighting, but, as more and more studios/networks begin to work with them I think that threat will die down. Also, if copyright was going to be a huge issue for them, I think it would have happened a while ago.
Also, they need to really start working on monetizing their product and get some kind of advertising campaign going on their site to make money.
Christian B
· 3 years ago
They are doomed to fail as long as they don't get mainstream content. Look at NBC, there is more value to advertisers there than on youtube. As an advertiser, I would like to know what I put my money on. I have some well known brands sitting besides awful content; even banner-wise it is a bad call.
Plus, I dont get the NBC deal. What can't NBC just upload stuff onto youtube, revver and waits for the magic to happen ? Unless Youtube promotes NBC videos among its network I dont see why NBC would have to pay a cent to Youtube. Isn't it free to add new videos to youtube ? Are they only buying banners to be on the homepage ? I guess they don't even need it and they should have done that as a second move.
Can someone explain it to me ?
instajunky
· 3 years ago
I agree with Dan, eventually they get taken over and the large corp takes issue with copywrite infringement because it's a liability. Thet can't win.
As soon as they try to go legit, all the freebie freaks that power these user gen content sites, will up and leave.
TAD
· 3 years ago
The biggest value that YouTube has is in it's direct connection to youth culture. If the YouTube folks can figure out how to distill that and sell it to marketers the other problems will work themselves out.
Also, as soon as we see some higher budget super popular 10 minute shorts on YouTube, their market share will explode even further. I'd also like to believe that YouTube is working with advertisers and networks to place more of their defunct pilots on YouTube and eventually turn some of these dead-ducks into money makers.
The potential for making money with YouTube is astounding. And, for the record, if they're forced to shut down because of copyright fights, that will only usher in the era of live-streaming torrents downloaded from places like ThePirateBay. Such a thing will NOT be monetized by the networks. It's certainly not in their best interests to see YouTube die.
Oh, and Justin, I wanted to read your blog entry, but there was a horrible stuttering-about banner ad up at the top and a red flashing ad on the right column that made it so I just couldn't look at it. Any chance you could re-post it someplace more friendly on the eyes?
Anshul
· 3 years ago
YouTube by no means is doomed. If there was a problem with copyrighted content on the site, it would have never seen such growth. Their main problem is how to generate cash. Also, big studios such as NBC and Disney cannot pull YouTube down by saying that there is copyrighted content just because the site has brand loyalty which any studio can make use of. Giving away some copyrighted material on the site in exchange for user loyalty doesnt sound a bad deal right.
STT
· 3 years ago
The ability to embed their videos all around the web was a great idea and probably the reason for their viral growth. Lets just hope as they become more and more corporate they keep this open mentality (especially with their API's).
Robert Dewey
· 3 years ago
Oh, I'm sure they will keep the embedded videos -- without it, their viral growth would stop. MySpace played a decent roll in YouTube growth, but I'm going to say that they successfully tapped the blogosphere of +60M authors (and then the associated readers).
Where did I first see YouTube? Blogs... and then an internet forum... And lastly, a MySpace page or two.
Youtube supporter
· 3 years ago
Ha! Look at youtube now! There's a new anime show in Japan (PPGZ) and it has been a HUGE hit on youtube..one episode received 80,000 views the day the first episode came out...also, many people who make their own episodes have series on youtube, and that helps boost views a lot more..
stigma will
· 3 years ago
every other fire glows and grows until,inevitably, it can't any more:Youtube will definitely float up the fancies but then will walk the tough business road.
Anthony Solt
· 2 years ago
As you know the digital streaming media industries is on of the fastest growing industries. right now its a 2 billion dollar industry and experts, such as foresters research, are saying in the next 18-24 months it is going to be a 12 billion dollar industry. You tube is capitalizing on this industry. but are you. If you are interested in how you to can capitailize on this industry contact me tsolt@vmdirect.com. this is not an opportunity you want to miss. Capitalize on the digital stremaing media industry now.
star map
· 1 year ago
"The social features are impressive too: YouTube realized that the creative class wants to interact with media, so they star map sure to add commenting, groups, favorites, user ratings and all kinds of social filters to help you find the best stuff. What’s more, they continually add new features: if you’ve used the site in the last few days, you’ll have seen that YouTube now prompts you to view related videos once the current one has finished - you can even hover over the video to skip to the next clip. Clearly, this is a trick to make sure users stick around as long as possible. "
Ha! Look at youtube now! There's a new anime show in Japan (PPGZ) and it has been star map hit on youtube..one episode received 80,000 views the day the first episode came out...also, many people who make their own episodes have series on youtube, and that helps boost views a lot more..
froutz
· 4 months ago
wow i see some of these posts that say "Youtube is doomed because of copyright issues, i give it a life of six months".... and here it is years later and youtube is one of the top five most viewed sites on the internet. wow.
here's another incredibly fast start-up website and cool place to hang out: www.mindreign.com lots of intelligent discussion and you can even buy books
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I think the online Video market will follow the same trend as p2p downloading of music in that now that YouTube has established credibility as a destination of choice it will evolve into a distribution mechanism for proprietary video content.
I can envisage YouTube going head to head with iTunes as video content matures. In addition user generated content and enhanced social features will pull in the crowds. Now YouTube has the brand loyalty, such a change of strategy will be necassary to no just be a 2 year flash in the pan.
If they do go under, i can envisage, like napster that someone will buy the brand.
Also, they need to really start working on monetizing their product and get some kind of advertising campaign going on their site to make money.
Plus, I dont get the NBC deal. What can't NBC just upload stuff onto youtube, revver and waits for the magic to happen ? Unless Youtube promotes NBC videos among its network I dont see why NBC would have to pay a cent to Youtube. Isn't it free to add new videos to youtube ? Are they only buying banners to be on the homepage ? I guess they don't even need it and they should have done that as a second move.
Can someone explain it to me ?
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Also, as soon as we see some higher budget super popular 10 minute shorts on YouTube, their market share will explode even further. I'd also like to believe that YouTube is working with advertisers and networks to place more of their defunct pilots on YouTube and eventually turn some of these dead-ducks into money makers.
The potential for making money with YouTube is astounding. And, for the record, if they're forced to shut down because of copyright fights, that will only usher in the era of live-streaming torrents downloaded from places like ThePirateBay. Such a thing will NOT be monetized by the networks. It's certainly not in their best interests to see YouTube die.
Oh, and Justin, I wanted to read your blog entry, but there was a horrible stuttering-about banner ad up at the top and a red flashing ad on the right column that made it so I just couldn't look at it. Any chance you could re-post it someplace more friendly on the eyes?
Where did I first see YouTube? Blogs... and then an internet forum... And lastly, a MySpace page or two.
(PPGZ) and it has been a HUGE hit on youtube..one episode received 80,000 views the day the first episode came out...also, many people who make their own episodes have series on youtube, and that helps boost views a lot more..
Ha! Look at youtube now! There's a new anime show in Japan
(PPGZ) and it has been star map hit on youtube..one episode received 80,000 views the day the first episode came out...also, many people who make their own episodes have series on youtube, and that helps boost views a lot more..
here's another incredibly fast start-up website and cool place to hang out: www.mindreign.com lots of intelligent discussion and you can even buy books