NBC Universal confirms end of YouTube deal
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Company that played a pivotal part in YouTube's rapid rise is pulling out of a promotional deal so it can boost prospects of own video site, Hulu.com.
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NBC Universal is ending  production on its low-rated daytime talk show "In the Loop With  iVillage."
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Google Inc.'s  YouTube  has agreed to a breakthrough deal with major music label EMI  Group Plc  to give users of YouTube's video sharing site  broad access to music videos by EMI artists.
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NBC Universal has decided not to renew  its contract to sell television shows on iTunes, becoming the  second major media company to challenge Apple Inc&#39;s dominance  in digital entertainment.
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YouTube &#038; Warner Strike Music Licensing Deal YouTube and Warner Music have announced an advertising revenue sharing deal with will distribute and license Warner Music Group Corp&#8217;s copyrighted songs and other material through YouTube. Under the deal, Warner Music has agreed to license its songs to the people who upload their videos to YouTube. Meaning that any [...]
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Chad and Steve (and their investors) have to be glad they don&#8217;t own YouTube anymore. After failing to reach an agreement (apparently) with Viacom, YouTube said it will comply with the company&#8217;s request and pull the 100k videos. From the WSJ article: YouTube, a unit of Google Inc., said it will comply with the request. &#8220;It&#8217;s [...]
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YouTube, the video-sharing site owned by Google Inc., agreed to remove more than 100,000 clips produced by Viacom Inc. after they were posted without permission.
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The deal would authorize YouTube.com to show Warner Music videos and user-created clips that incorporate Warner music.
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Sony is dusting off abridged versions of its hit shows for YouTube.
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(InfoWorld) - Users of YouTube's online video service will soon be able to view news, TV series, documentaries, and other programs from the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC). Under the nonexclusive partnership, the BBC and its commercial subsidiary BBC Worldwide will create its own advertising-funded commercial "channels" on YouTube, the companies said Friday. The deal comes on the heels ofÂ revenue-sharing agreementsÂ YouTube has reached with other content providers, including Wind-up Records and the National Basketball Association, which plans its own NBA channel. The BBC is keen to broaden its audience and, in particular, use YouTube to generate new revenue. By promoting current programming via YouTube, the broadcasting company also hopes to attract users to its own Web-based, on-demand iPlayer service, formerly known as iMP (integrated Media Player). While the BBC, the U.K. public broadcaster, will provide advertising-free clips of news shows and promotional content linked to TV series such as "Doctor Who" and "Life on Mars," its commercial unit will offer an ad-funded entertainment channel, "BBC Worldwide," featuring clips from programs including "Top Gear," "Spooks" and "The Catherine Tate Show." Another channel, BBC World, will deliver around 30 news clips per day, with up-to-the-minute news and analysis from around the world. The content will come from the BBC Global News Division. Users will be able to comment on clips and post their own video responses to communicate with the BBC and other viewers. Advertising-funded clips will be available only to users outside the U.K. The BBC's deal with YouTube could spark criticism from media companies that accuse the broadcasting company of bending the rules of its public service broadcasting mission, funded by a compulsory license fee, by moving into commercial Web ventures. The company's new on-demand offerings, including the iPlayer service, are currently undergoing a "public value test" by the BBC Trust, which works on behalf of license-fee payers. The offerings have been given provisional approval pending a further consultation and final decision by May 2.
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Goodbye, $1.99 iTunes. Hello, free NBC rentals.
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The unnamed-until-now joint venture between News Corp and NBC Universal now has a name: Hulu. But can the two media giants really challenge Google and the online video dominance of YouTube?
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NEW YORK The National Broadband Company, NBC Universal&#39;s Web syndication service (NBBC), will merge into the unnamed NBCU/News Corp. joint online video venture.
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(InfoWorld) - Hearst-Argyle Television and YouTube announced a joint effort Monday to add news, weather, and entertainment videos and original Hearst television programming in five local markets to YouTube. Beginning Monday, Hearst TV stations in Boston, Sacramento, Pittsburgh, Baltimore, and Manchester, N.H., will begin posting local video to dedicated YouTube channels. The deal marks the first distribution agreement between Google subsidiary YouTube and an independent television broadcaster, according to YouTube and Hearst. YouTube announced a deal with EMI Group last week to begin showing music videos and performances on the site. "We're constantly looking at innovative ways to not only bring the YouTube community the best content out there, but also to find ways to bring them the most relevant programming," said Jordan Hoffner, head of premium content partnerships for YouTube, in a statement. "Local creates relevance, and this agreement will ultimately deliver Hearst-Argyle's programming to an even broader audience looking for local content." For Hearst's part, the deal fits within its overall strategy to distribute its content on TV, the Internet, and mobile phones, said Executive Vice President Terry Mackin. As part of the deal, Hearst will also use YouTube as part of its new digital video project and will broadcast high-school football and basketball and local amateur entertainment on YouTube. Web sites operated by Hearst television stations nationwide generate 1 billion page views each year and provide Wireless Application Protocol content, podcasts, Web-based newscasts, Web videos, and blogs in various markets.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. _ Scoring a deal with one of the hottest companies in online entertainment, Sacramento-based Digital Music Group Inc. said Monday it will distribute its videos and some music through YouTube Inc., the video-sharing site owned by Google Inc.
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The video-sharing site YouTube agrees a deal with Warner Music giving it legal use of their artists' material.
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InfoWorld - NBC Universal&#39;s pullout from the iTunes online store is more of a loss for Apple and points to fierce resistance among media companies to potential Apple dominance of online video sales, an industry analyst said.