The legal spate between Viacom and Google over clips on YouTube has generated acres of coverage. For one of the best illustrations of how ridiculous the whole thing, head over to The Daily Show. In a section labelled “Professional Important News”, it exposes how silly the whole thing is. The clip, is of course, available online. But Viacom would rather you watch it at Comedy Central, than search for it
PDF File under news of the obvious. According to a poll for the BBC, Brits who watch video over the internet or by mobile watch less TV. Unsurprisingly, online and mobile video is far more popular among the young, with 28% of those aged 16-24 saying they watched more than once each week. This does not mean that TV is going to go away any time soon. But it does mean
CBS is getting into a frenzy about YouTube in this press release. The two are best pals now, a month into their partnership that offers CBS clips on YouTube legally. CBS has uploaded more than 300 clips since the service launched on October 18. It says these have been viewed 29.2 million times on YouTube, which is an average of 857,000 views daily. In the words of Quincy Smith, President,
I tend to think of Google as a media, rather than a technology, business. And now it has thrown itself headfirst into the business of online video, snapping up YouTube for US$1.65bn. The deal ends a weekend of speculation. More significantly, it is a huge vote of confident in the future of video over the internet by one of the most influential companies around. Quoted in The Times online, Google’s