A few days ago, we suggested that YouTube Needs To Grow A Spine, arguing that YouTube needs to “unequivocally state that they will defend your right to privacy, even if that means taking this all the way to the Supreme Court”.

Now others are starting to weigh in, and it looks like we are not alone in thinking that YouTube needs to grow a spine, if not more….

Internet media isn’t just being used by people wanting to limit the role of government in the US; it’s also being used the the goverment itself to attract people to serving in the military. 70 percent of the US Army’s new prospects are attracted via online video campaigns, according to digital ad agency MRM. The […]

NBC, in a surprisingly candid statement, admits that it doesn’t know how people want to use the Internet, mobile phones, podcasting and other technologies to follow the Olympics. Instead, the company is trying to measure everything it can and try to react in real time to what it learns. “I have no idea how people […]

YouTube has responded to a federal court order requiring the company, as part of Viacom’s billion dollar lawsuit, to give Viacom copies of YouTube’s server log files. These log files are needed by Viacom to help it determine the extent to which YouTube has been used to distribute copyrighted content without permission. However, Viacom doesn’t […]

Google is following up on its promise to make generating revenue from YouTube its top priority. They’ve announced additional partners that let AdSense publishers embed their videos and share in the ad revenue. They’ve also introduced new video ad units, for additional flexibility. Their program works by letting you generate revenue for clicks or impressions […]

Google has a problem. It’s got the biggest video destination on the Internet – YouTube – but it’s struggling to find a way to make money with the site. Meanwhile, Hulu is “kicking YouTube’s ass”, and building a business on long tail video that’s advertiser-friendly. Google’s problem, in a nutshell, is the fact that most […]

There’s been a lot of discussion today about the Roku Netflix Player, focusing on the idea that Roku could its cheap Player to establish a foothold in people’s living rooms, and then add additional services to establish itself as a major Internet television solution. According to a Forbes report, “Later this year, a simple software […]

Educators and home-schoolers interested in getting educational multimedia for K-12 students can now find it in Apple’s iTunes U. While iTunes U originally was created to support the distribution of educational podcasts for colleges & universities, it’s been expanded to support elementary and secondary education as part of an initiative  by several state education agencies […]

Silicon Alley Advisor’s Michael Learmonth has an interesting analysis today about Hulu – calling it a consumer success, but still a small business.

“On the low end, we estimate that Hulu.com will generate close to the revenue generated by, say NBC.com, which is said to generate “tens of millions” in revenue this year. On the high end, Hulu would net $90 million in gross ad sales — in the same league as some estimates for YouTube.”

It’s a good analysis – but Learmonth misses a key difference between Hulu and YouTube….

Google and Seth MacFarlane, creator of Family Guy, have teamed up on a new project to bring short, original animated videos to the Internet. In September, MacFarlane, will introduce Seth MacFarlane’s Cavalcade of Cartoon Comedy, a Net-only animation series. Google will distribute the series through AdSense ads to thousands of sites that match the show’s […]