A collection of the day’s news coverage of YouTube.
- UAE blocks Israeli cartoon mocking terrorists from YouTube (ChattahBox.com)
“The cartoon shows attempts by older generations to urge the younger into suicide bombings and terrorist attacks being foiled, as the children turn against extremism and opt to fight against the extremists instead.”
[youtube:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXMIQDVOs98]
“The New York State Senate Rules Reform Committee announced today that they have launched a YouTube channel.”
“To try and boost their flagging membership, the twelve remaining nuns at the San Jose Convent near Seville, decided to advertise on YouTube.”
“The C-SPAN video of President Obama’s historic inaugural address has been viewed on YouTube 3.6 million times. Iman Crosson’s impersonation of Obama singing a version of a pop song by Beyonce has been viewed 4.9 million times.”
“Video [is] an increasingly more accepted method of communicating corporate earnings, as well as fulfilling reporting requirements . . . In almost every case . . . the video report and collateral is the cheaper option . . . the median print budget for an annual report last year was $97,500. At ICR, the average cost of a video report is about $45,000.”
“approximately 29% of broadband users (99% of whom currently subscribe to a Pay TV service) would spend at least $10 extra each month to get their TV programming delivered to their PCs.”
“While some might fear YouTube and other free streaming outlets to be the kiss of death for DVD and Blu-ray Disc, others are using the Web site to air their content — and seeing their disc sales rise as a result.”
“Murder charges were dropped against two men allegedly videotaped killing a Toronto teenager hanging out with friends near a mall, a prosecutor said Thursday.”
‘The Government has published a report that analyses the first shooting spree, that of Pekka-Eric Auvinen – the so-called YouTube killer – an 18-year-old who used a newly acquired Sig Sauer pistol to murder his headmistress, the school nurse and six other pupils, before killing himself.”
“A YouTube video of a hysterical Chinese woman after she missed a flight out of Hong Kong has become an online sensation, with TV stations around the world picking up the story. But responses to the clip – more than 4.7 million hits on YouTube – has got some media experts worried about discrimination and “Chinese bashing” – especially among the Chinese themselves.”
“The gyrating geek, a Lexington High School senior, has become a YouTube sensation ever since fellow Garden partiers posted footage of him dancing wildly to Bon Jovi’s “Livin’ on a Prayer” at the Nov. 10 game against the Raptors. Multiple clips have surfaced on the video-sharing Web site that show the dancing fool’s antics, and the in-the-stands booty-shake has been viewed nearly 500,000 times!”
- Devin Harris Is a Stud, YouTube Style! (Bleacher Report)
“The stud has had nearly 1,000,000 hits over YouTube since the Nets’ victory over the Sixers Monday night.”
“YouTube, the largest video-sharing website, will show full-length television shows and films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer’s archives in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing.”
“Monty Python’s decision to let viewers watch free clips of its content on YouTube has paid off for the British comedy act, sending sales of its DVD box-set soaring within days.”
- Online video exposes mall streaker (NBC2News)
“A teen streaked through the Port Charlotte Town Center Mall Saturday night. A security guard from the mall found video of the incident online and turned the information into the sheriff’s office.”
“Librarians in Nebraska are under investigation by local news media and the state after a youtube video surfaced of these book-lovers setting up and playing Rock Band and Dance Dance Revolution.”
- On the Net: Sites aim to be TV Guide for the Web (AP)
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