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YouTube's Content Head Jordan Hoffner Leaving To Join Ben Silverman's New Venture
Jordan Hoffner, the head of content partnerships for YouTube, is leaving the company, and joining Ben Silverman’s new content venture at IAC (NSDQ: IACI), we have learned. The move from YoutTube was announced internally today. This is the second senior digital exec to join Silverman’s venture, after we first...
Tags: Venture, IAC/InterActive Corp., YouTube Inc., Business Structures, Finance, Features, Exclusive, Industry Moves, Companies, Google, YouTube, IAC, Rafat Ali
External links 2009-11-03
YouTube/PRS Details: Advance Payment, Three-Year Deal, Figures Secret
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is putting up another wadge of advance cash for the revised terms of its renewed license for YouTube to use music in the UK, an agreement that ends an at times acrimonious dispute see our earlier report.“The deal goes back to January. It runs to June...
Tags: Payment, YouTube Inc., PRS, Corporate Communications, Advertising & Promotion, Operational Accounting, Marketing, Finance, Entertainment, Music, Companies, Google, YouTube, Robert Andrews
External links 2009-09-03
Five and Sony to promote on-demand service
UK broadcaster Five is teaming up with Sony to provide a video-on-demand service via Sony's Bravia TV sets. Five will be the first UK broadcaster to provide content for Sony's planned Bravia internet video service. Five's strategy director Charles Constable says: "It's vital for broadcasters and other industry stakeholders...
Tags: Sony Corp., VoD, On-demand, Broadcaster, Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Managed Hosting, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Five, YouTube, Editorial, NetFlix Inc.
Articles 2009-09-02
YouTube Resolves UK Music Royalties Dispute, Will Start Paying Again
Eight months after letting its PRS For Music license expire in protest at “ridiculous” rates, YouTube has agreed new terms with the UK music royalty collector, meaning the reintroduction of thousands of official music videos.New terms have not yet been disclosed but will be backdated to January, when YouTube’s...
Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, PRS, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Entertainment, Music, Companies, Google, YouTube, Robert Andrews
External links 2009-09-02
YouTube Inches Closer To Renting Movies But Nothing Imminent
YouTube’s move into content that people might pay for—instead of click on enough to make advertisers happy—is inching toward the next step: joining the online rental movies crowd. The Wall Street Journal is reporting, and paidContent has confirmed, that discussions are underway with Lionsgate, Warner Bros. and Sony (NYSE:...
Tags: YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Entertainment, Movies, Companies, Apple, Google, YouTube, Sony, Time Warner, Staci D. Kramer
External links 2009-09-02
Vevo seeks funding at USD300m valuation
Music video service Vevo is seeking funding at a USD300m valuation to support its launch later this year. Sony, Universal and YouTube are behind the project and seek to capitalise on the popularity of music videos, with YouTube providing the infrastructure and network for the joint venture. Vevo will show music videos from Universal...
Tags: Sony Corp., Valuation, YouTube Inc., Music, Vevo, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Sony Music, Universal Music Group, YouTube, Jasper Jackson
Articles 2009-08-31
YouTube to show Time Warner clips
YouTube is set to show clips from channels such as CNN, the Cartoon Network and TNT after striking a deal with Time Warner, which will sell ad space alongside the clips and share the revenue with Google. ?Working with YouTube, we expect to improve our ability to monetize...
Tags: Google Inc., Time Warner Inc., Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, YouTube, Jasper Jackson
Articles 2009-08-20
YouTube Tests New Recommendation Systems To Get Vistors To Watch More Clips
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) continues to strike deals to up the amount of professional and long-form content on YouTube, but it’s simultaneously pursuing a more straightforward strategy in order to get more money from the site: It’s trying to get YouTube visitors to watch more of the content that’s already...
Tags: YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Social Media, Video, Companies, Google, YouTube, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-20
YouTube's Hurley Bankrolling US F1; Plans Video Content, Social Media
His video site may not yet be as profitable as hoped, but YouTube co-founder and CEO Chad Hurley’s a wealthy young man in need of an outlet. He has becoming the “primary investor” for US F1, the motorsports team debuting in next year’s season.Hurley, who recently met Formula One...
Tags: Team, Social Media, YouTube Inc., Video, F1, Obviously Video, Team Management, Management, Entertainment, Sports, Companies, Google, YouTube, Robert Andrews
External links 2009-08-20
Shareholders Sue To Stop Google's Purchase Of On2
Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is offering a 57 percent premium to purchase video firm On2 Technologies—but that's not enough to satisfy a cadre of On2 shareholders, who are suing to block the deal. Investors say that there's "no evidence that On2's directors shopped the company in order to obtain the...
Tags: Shareholder, Google Inc., On2 Technologies, Financial Accounting, Finance, Legal, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Google, YouTube, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-08-13
Google buys video compression firm On2
Google is acquiring On2 Technologies, a firm that specialises in video-compression technology, in an all-stock deal worth USD106.5m. The agreement, which is due to close in Q4, is likely to give support to YouTube and Google's Android platform, easing bandwidth costs and boosting video playback performance. ...
Tags: Google Inc., Video Compression, On2 Technologies, YouTube Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, YouTube, Andrew McDonald
Articles 2009-08-04
Music videos back on UK YouTube
YouTube has come to an agreement with royalty collectors PRS for Music which will allow UK users to watch official music videos on the Google-owned network for the first time since they were removed in a dispute over fees six months ago. The new compromise deal lasts until 2012...
Tags: YouTube Inc., Video, Music Video, Corporate Communications, Free Trade, Marketing, Finance, YouTube, PRS for Music, Jasper Jackson, Google Inc.
Articles 2009-09-03
YouTube Movie Rentals: An Intriguing But Dubious Idea
[by Will Richmond, VideoNuze] Last week it came out that YouTube is in talks with Lionsgate, Sony (NYSE: SNE), MGM and Warner Bros. about launching streaming movie rentals. On the surface this is an intriguing proposition: the 800 pound gorilla of the online video world tantalizing Hollywood with its...
Tags: Advertisement, Movie, YouTube Inc., Features, Leading Voices, Companies, Google, YouTube, Rafat Ali
External links 2009-09-08
YouTube officially inks VoD deal with Channel 4
YouTube and Channel 4 are entering a three-year partnership to bring full-length TV shows from Channel 4’s video-on-demand VoD service to the Google-owned video network. Channel 4 will sell advertising on the YouTube pages that feature its content, as well as on some other YouTube pages. It will hand...
Tags: VoD, YouTube Inc., Video On Demand (VoD), Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Channel 4, YouTube, Jasper Jackson, Google Inc.
Articles 2009-10-14
YouTube Begins UK Long-Form TV VOD: C4 Signed, May Get ITV
YouTube has secured its first long-form on-demand UK TV content, doing a deal that sees Channel 4 add the same shows to the service that are already carried on the broadcaster’s own 4oD service.Nearly 3,000 hours of shows - including Hollyoaks, Skins and Peep Show - will be available...
Tags: Advertisement, YouTube Inc., U.K., C4, Hulu, Video On Demand (VoD), TVs, Tv & Home Theater, Broadband Internet, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Telecommunications, Consumer Electronics, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, Channel 4, Google, YouTube, ITV, Robert Andrews
External links 2009-10-15
YouTube Praises Itself On Its Google Birthday
Google’s attempts to turn around negative perceptions of its $1.6 billion purchase of YouTube continue: In a post marking the three year anniversary of the deal, YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley praises the site’s “tenets” and announces it now gets “well over a billion views a day.” The post is...
Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Corporate Communications, Marketing, Research & Metrics, Metrics, Companies, Google, YouTube, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-10-09
Warner Music Hands Over Video Ad Sales To Outrigger
Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) has a vision for how it’s going to make money with digital content this time around—and it includes a few key tech platforms and sales partners. On the sales end in the U.S., the company is giving the reins to Outrigger Media, a New...
Tags: Video Advertisement, YouTube Inc., Video, Warner Music Group Corp., WMG, Outrigger Media, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Corporate Communications, Sales, Marketing, Entertainment, Music, Companies, Google, YouTube, Tameka Kee
External links 2009-10-08
Report: YouTube Beefing Up Video Rights Detection
YouTube is reportedly looking to please broadcasters by enhancing its Content ID database through deals with three video transcoding companies.NYT says the site will on Wednesday announce deals with Harmonic, Telestream and Digital Rapids: “YouTube said it would be able to identify clips almost immediately after a program or...
Tags: YouTube Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Companies, Google, YouTube, Robert Andrews
External links 2009-10-07
Google Paid $1 Billion More For YouTube Than It Thought The Site Was Worth
So, how much of a premium was Google (NSDQ: GOOG) willing to pay for YouTube back in 2006 to make sure that none of its competitors got control of the company? In a deposition, cited by CNET, Google CEO Eric Schmidt says that while he believed that YouTube was...
Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Governance, Corporate Communications, Operational Accounting, Personal Finance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Finance, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Google, YouTube, Joseph Tartakoff
External links 2009-10-06
Warner signs YouTube video deal - Rumour
Warner Music Group has reportedly signed a deal with YouTube to bring music videos from artists such as U2 and Madonna back to the video-sharing website. The videos were removed from the site in December following a row over royalty payments. ...
Tags: YouTube Video, YouTube Inc., Video, Warner Music Group Corp., Music Video, Ad Revenue, Corporate Communications, Sales Strategy, Marketing, Sales, YouTube, Vevo, Sarah Vizard
Articles 2009-09-27
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