A collection of selected news coverage on YouTube and online video.
- Dreaming of cutting the subscription TV cord
CNET News – San Francisco
The economy is in the toilet, and I know I’m not the only person in America who is looking for ways to cut costs. Top on my list in 2009 is finding a way to eliminate my $100 a month cable TV bill.
- YouTube yanks Freeview parody clip
The Age – Melbourne, Australia
Responding to a copyright violation claim, YouTube has removed a parody video which mocked the free-to-air television networks’ Freeview marketing campaign . . . The video attracted almost 12,000 views in just a few days before it was removed from the site. However, Freeview’s attempts to quash its momentum are likely to backfire as new versions of the clip have already been published on YouTube and other video sharing sites such as FunnyorDie.com, Dailymotion.com and Break.com . . . With the global economic crisis biting and research indicating that Australians are spending more time on the internet than watching television, free-to-air networks are struggling to maintain advertising revenue on their existing channels, let alone sell enough ads to fund additional content on new digital channels.
- Teen behind Muziic likely to irk YouTube
CNET News – San Francisco
A 15-year old has created a free-music service by harnessing YouTube’s music-video library. Muziic, created by teen developer David Nelson, has built an iTunes-like interface on top of YouTube. The service enables users to stream YouTube’s music to their PCs without fiddling with videos. Users can build playlists and organize songs in a way similar to iTunes.
- Promoters of all kinds take a shot at online video
USA Today
Media companies are facing new competition for the attention of Web users who like to watch videos. Businesses, colleges and nonprofits are leaping into online video production as the audience for clips soars and production costs decline. Online distribution is now “close to free.”. . . Forrester expects that 187 billion videos will be streamed over the Internet in 2009, up 24% from last year
- Bangladesh Blocks YouTube Over Mutiny Tape: Government Source
CNNMoney.com – USA DHAKA (AFP)
Bangladesh has blocked the video-sharing Web site YouTube for hosting a recorded conversation between the newly elected prime minister and the country’s powerful army officers, officials said Sunday. Internet users were unable to access the site after it hosted the audio tape, which appeared to show angry officers shouting at Sheikh Hasina over her handling of a bloody mutiny that has threatened Bangladesh’s recent return to democracy.
- Bangladesh imposes YouTube block
BBC News – UK
The video-sharing web site YouTube has been blocked by Bangladesh after a recording of a meeting between the PM and army officers was posted. The meeting took place two days after a mutiny by border guards in Dhaka that left more than 70 people dead. The recordings cover about 40 minutes of a three-hour meeting and reveal how angry many in the military were at the government’s handling of the crisis.
- THE PHANTOM: From Internet sensation to child molestation
San Jose Mercury News – CA
A 20-year-old Foster City man arrested last week on suspicion of molesting a young girl had apparently developed a bit of an Internet following prior to his arrest. Martial arts instructor Brendyn Crispell is charged with four felony counts of child molestation stemming from three separate incidents with a 13-year-old girl he met through a karate school, according to San Mateo County prosecutors. When San Carlos police arrested him Monday, they allegedly found a container of Vaseline and two stuffed animals in his car. The Phantom plugged the suspect’s unusual name into Google and came back with YouTube videos posted by a user named “brendyncrispell,” who lives in Foster City, according to the user profile. We also turned up a MySpace page for a 20-year-old man named Brendyn “Bubba” Crispell with links to the same videos.
- Police brutality, the YouTube hit
Toronto Star – Ontario, Canada
Go to YouTube and search “police brutality,” and almost 18,000 results come back. Entire YouTube channels, like Copwatchers, distill incidents to dense concentration . . . In the YouTube era, a surfeit of police brutality videos instantly accessible online – a huge number of beatings, and occasional, sensational shootings has cast a growing shadow over police behaviour everywhere . . . allegations – and videos – of excessive force by police have become commonplace.
- Expert Says YouTube Videos Could Help Casey
MSNBC – USA
Intimate videos of Casey Anthony and daughter Caylee surfaced on the video-sharing Web site YouTube. A legal expert said those videos could help Anthony. “It absolutely increases her chances of getting a fair trial,” criminal defense attorney Richard Hornsby said.
- Students post videos of schoolyard brawls online
The Associated Press
Scores of bare-knuckled fights appear on YouTube or on sites devoted entirely to the grainy and shaky amateur recordings, which are usually made with cell …
- Boxee Brings Hulu Back to Its Service
New York Times
In the powder keg of conflicting sensitivities and strategies that is the television industry’s attitude toward online video …
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