I'm curious why the CBC reports on Hulu, given that Canadians can't actually access the service.
On 11/18/08, Tinder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > That's interesting. > > I had no idea that Hulu would become so popular so fast. It's true > though that YouTube is full of crap, which makes it less desireable > for people who are actually looking for quality content. Google should > really introduce some sort of moderation on the videos that are > uploaded to YouTube. If they're no good, can them. > > My $0.02. > > -------- > Tinder > Get your Complete Series DVDs at http://www.completeseriesdvds.com > > On Nov 17, 5:01 pm, "Trevor Trevor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hulu will catch YouTube in drawing ads next year: analyst > > > > http://www.cbc.ca/arts/story/2008/11/17/tech-youtube.html > > > > YouTube's much smaller rival Hulu is expected to pull even with its > > rival in terms of advertising revenue next year, which analysts say > > could pronounce Google Inc.'s purchase of the video website two years > > ago as a mistake. > > > > Hulu, which is backed by News Corp. and NBC Universal, is expected to > > earn about $70 million US in U.S. advertising this year, compared with > > YouTube's $100 million US, according to Arash Amel, an analyst at > > media research firm Screen Digest. Both websites are expected to pull > > in about $180 million US next year. > > > > YouTube earns about half its advertising revenue in the United States > > and the rest internationally. Hulu, however, has not yet expanded into > > international markets. > > > > YouTube is considerably larger than its rival, drawing 83 million > > unique U.S. viewers in September. Hulu pulled in six million viewers > > in the same time frame, according to ratings tracker Nielsen. > > > > Google paid $1.65 billion US for YouTube in 2006. The site was already > > massively popular but featured mainly user-generated content or > > pirated video, neither of which is useful in drawing advertising > > dollars, Amel said. > > > > "YouTube is in a very tough place right now," he told the Financial > > Times. "Most of that user-generated content is worthless or illegal. > > The next 18 months will determine whether or not it was just an > > expensive mistake for Google." > > > > YouTube has over the past few months signed deals with television > > networks, including CBS and TVO in Canada. The website is also in > > talks to offer feature-length films. Much of its content is still made > > up of short, amateur-produced clips. > > > > Hulu main content consists of network-produced shows, such as NBC's > > The Office and Fox's The Simpsons. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Like TV only smarter. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
