OK the BBC seem to have got more detail on this, the story is currently a main headline on their UK news site...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6305957.stm Important new info includes: "The system would be rolled out in a couple of months, he said, and use a mixture of adverts, including short clips shown ahead of the actual film." "The audience of the YouTube website will not have to put up with overly long "pre-roll" adverts. Mr Hurley said a clip of three seconds length was one of the options, although the details had not been worked out yet." Cheers Steve Elbows --- In [email protected], "Enric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, Liz has a prior article on "Google Video Transitions to Video > Search" with only YouTube for video hosting. And providing video for > AdSense customers: > > "We'll be working with a wide set of content providers, grouping > together high quality video content from providers with high quality > ads and offering them as playlists which publishers can select from > and display on their AdSense sites." > > http://tinyurl.com/3ase4l > or > http://newteevee.com/2007/01/25/google-video-transitions-to-video-search/ > > -- Enric > -======- > http://www.cirne.com > > --- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <steve@> wrote: > > > > Alternatively its because they are about to try to open up an > > advertising revenue stream through their service, and know that they > > have to be careful with this and at a minimum make a token gesture > > that the creators who make the site what it is will get a piece of > > that pie? > > > > Ive no idea what they've actually got planned, at this stage > > competitors probably wont be sure whats going to happen either - > > theres no detail so its hard to speculate much, balancing adverts so > > they dont alienate viewers, and revenue sharing so it doesnt alienate > > creators, is the 64 million dollar question right now given that more > > radical ideas about alternative revenue models are hard to come by. > > > > Cheers > > > > Steve Elbows > > > > --- In [email protected], "David" <david@> wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for sharing the news Enric. Here's a transcript of what he > > > said: > > > > > > "In terms of paying users revenue against the content that they're > > > uploading, we're definitely going to move in that direction. But we > > > didn't want to build a system that was motivated by monetary reward. > > > We wanted to really build a true community around video. When you > > > start out with giving money to people from day one they'll just > > > switch to the next provider. The people you do attract will just > > > switch to the next provider that's paying more. So we feel we're at > > > a scale now that we'll be able to do that and really still have a > > > true community around video." > > > > > > I don't quite follow his reasoning: By not compensating creators you > > > get them to stick around but by compensating them you give them > > > incentive to abandon you? I think YouTube is as big as it is for > > > some other reason -- like first mover advantage or something like > > > that. And when he says they're moving in that direction, I wonder > > > how long it will take. We could put our videos on YT right now with > > > ads attached, except for their TOS. If they want to move in that > > > direction then how about changing those TOS now? The only reason YT > > > is "moving in that direction" is that other sites are nipping at > > > their user base. This is good news for the small YT competitors. > > > > > > > > > --- In [email protected], "Enric" <enric@> wrote: > > > > > > > > Liz Gannes at NewTeeVee reports that "YouTube CEO Chad Hurley said > > > > today his company (now owned by Google) "is going to move in [the] > > > > direction" of rewarding video creators for their content, as part > > > of a > > > > panel discussion at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos.": > > > > > > > > http://tinyurl.com/268fju > > > > or > > > > http://newteevee.com/2007/01/26/youtube-to-share-revenue-with- > > > creators/ > > > > > > > > -- Enric > > > > > > > > > >
