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@ MusicTank: Lavigne To Rake $2 Million From YouTube Plays - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 17 Jul 2008 08:16 AM PST

Avril Lavigne is set to score a big pay day thanks to YouTube revenue. Nettwerk Management CEO Terry McBride told MusicTank’s Face To Face With The Millennials in London today:…

Spain’s Telecinco TV Channel Sues YouTube, Seeks Damages - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 20 Jun 2008 01:06 AM PST

Joining the Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and TF1 lawsuits, Spain’s Telecinco channel is the latest to sue YouTube, claiming intellectual property infringement. Mario Rodriguez, general secretary of the country’s number-one network,…

As Expected TF1 Sues YouTube; Seeking €100 Million In Damages - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 16 Apr 2008 01:03 PM PST

As was first reported last December, French TV network TF1 has filed suit against YouTube alleging copyright infringement. French newspaper Les Echos, via Reuters (NSDQ: RTRSY), said the network was…

Broadband Content Bits: BBC Video Increase, Video Traffic Up - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 27 Mar 2008 03:38 AM PST

- BBC video: Switching from RealMedia and Windows Media Video to Flash video is giving BBC News a ten-fold increase in the number of times a video is viewed. Trialled…

YouTube Contributor Rev Share Now Open In UK - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 31 Jan 2008 02:54 AM PST

Skateboarding dogs, happy slappers and karaoke queens can, from today, start earning a slice of the ad revenue YouTube makes from their escapades. The UK is first outside the US…

@ MidemNet: YouTube’s Hurley Seeks License Reform, Will Ramp Up Rev Share - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Sun 27 Jan 2008 12:02 PM PST

YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley called on Europe to simplify its content licensing systems. “It would be great, at this point, on the publishing side, if they were able to streamline…

TF1 To Sue Dailymotion, YouTube With €140 Million Copyright Claim: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 14 Dec 2007 09:59 AM PST

French TV network TF1 will sue YouTube and Dailymotion in the coming weeks for letting pirated copies of its shows be published online, according to French news magazine Le Point.…

YouTube Says ‘Hallo, Deutschland’ With Music License Agreement - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Fri 09 Nov 2007 01:58 AM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has finally struck an agreement with Germany’s royalties collection agency for performed and reproduced music to launch YouTube in the country. Germany was not included in July’s…

UK Web Video Consumption Nearly Doubles, YouTube Gobbles Up Our Eyeballs: Research - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 06 Nov 2007 03:00 AM PST

We Brits are now spending nearly twice as much time watching TV, video and movie websites as we did last year. Nielsen Online data out today shows such time increased…

Content Bits: Joost/Meebo Chat, O2 Czech IPTV, Newspapers RSS - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 06 Nov 2007 01:13 AM PST

- Joost: The P2P PC TV platform has done a deal with web-based IM chat service Meebo to offer its instant messaging facilities through the application. London-based Joost had run…

New Web TV Entrant WorldTV Republishes Online Video As Playlists With Ads - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Mon 05 Nov 2007 08:01 AM PST

WorldTV, an online TV startup letting users mix clips from video sharing sites as well as from their webcam, launches next Wednesday, aiming to let folk make their own internet…

Broadband Content Bits: ITN On iTunes; YouTube NZ - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 24 Oct 2007 01:16 AM PST

- ITN: The multi-tentacled, multi-platform assault from the multi-media ITN On division continues. The news agency is making news bulletins available via the iTunes Store. It’s the same stuff ITN…

Last.fm Adds Music Videos Mashed From YouTube - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 23 Oct 2007 04:22 AM PST

Last.fm is adding music videos from YouTube to pages corresponding to individual tracks. A couple of Last.fm-inspired mashups had already begun matching YouTube videos to songs off-site; now CBS’ (NYSE:…

Broadband Content Bits: ITN/YouTube, Archers Podcast, Kewego/Truveo - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 16 Oct 2007 01:56 AM PST

- ITN: The TV news agency’s ITN On interactive division has done yet another online distribution partnership; this time, it’s a further deal with YouTube. The new ITN channel is…

@ Mipcom: BBC Worldwide Fancies Sponsored Online TV Model - 1 Comment
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 10 Oct 2007 04:50 AM PST

BBC Worldwide digital media director Simon Danker said the corporation would like to introduce sponsorship as one monetisation method. Speaking in Cannes on a panel with online video distributors YouTube,…

@ Mipcom: GooTube ‘Not Killing TV’, Prefers Storyline Over Screen Resolution - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 10 Oct 2007 04:49 AM PST

So says Google (NSDQ: GOOG)/YouTube’s head of video partnerships Patrick Walker, speaking on a panel: “Is the internet killing television? The answer is ‘no’ - we have seen for the…

@ Mipcom: Turner Adding Snackable TV Clips to YouTube, Joost, Dailymotion - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Wed 10 Oct 2007 04:45 AM PST

Turner Broadcasting System used Cannes to announce it’s inked digital distribution deals with three online video platforms. The company will this month add short-form content from the CNN International channel…

Google Growing EU Engineer Count; Countering Negative US Reputation - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 27 Sep 2007 12:48 AM PST

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) wants to get a better reputation in Europe - and give the rub to those who think all its innovations come out of California or India -…

YouTube Reaches Deal With UK Music Society on Royalties - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Wed 29 Aug 2007 01:55 PM PST

YouTube (Nsdq: GOOG) has done an agreement with MCPS-PRS Alliance, the music collection society in UK, under which the society licenses 10 million pieces of music to YouTube, in return…

Broadband Content Bits EU: YouTube, Telegraph, Canal+ ADSL, Aardman, BBC iPlayer - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 28 Aug 2007 03:34 AM PST

- YouTube: The video sharing site’s policing policy has brought more controversy in Europe. Germany’s Central Council of Jews is reportedly considering suing Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) for allowing videos that…

Broadband Content Bits: NBC/AP Olympics, ITV Local, Easy Living. CondeNet - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 21 Aug 2007 12:49 PM PST

-- Olympics: NBC will provide video from the 2008 Beijing Olympics to a forthcoming multimedia website offered to Associated Press clients. The news agency has teamed with the broadcaster, which…

Music Publishers Join British Soccer League Class Action Suit Against YouTube - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 06 Aug 2007 07:30 PM PST

Despite a number of agreements with content owners and the promise to put a new copyright filtering system in place next month, YouTube’s legal troubles continue. The National Music Publishers…

Broadband Content Bits UK/EU: BSkyB/Jalipo; C4/Emap; Nuts TV; YouTube - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Tue 24 Jul 2007 05:19 AM PST

-- Jalipo-BSkyB: BSkyB has signed a distribution agreement with new service Jalipo that puts its Sky News 24/7 rolling TV news channel on the recently-launched U.K. web TV platform. Jalipo…

BBC Targets Million Annual iPlayer Users, Allows Some YouTube Abuse - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 28 Jun 2007 10:28 AM PST

Some more details off the back of yesterday’s announcement BBC’s iPlayer will be available, ahead of latest schedule, in July:- - Targets: BBC is targeting 500,000 users after six months,…

Corrected: Euro Soccer Leagues Encourages Members To Join YouTube Suit; Objects To Localized Sites - 0 Comments
Posted By Robert Andrews - Thu 28 Jun 2007 05:00 AM PST

Correction: The Association of European Professional Football Leagues (EPFL) announced its support of the would-be class action against YouTube and Google; it did not join the suit but encouraged its…