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Maybe Disney-ABC Won’t Pinch GooTube’s Head

ByNalts

 In a recent analyst call, Disney-ABC Television president framed content piracy as a competitor. Disney has always had the most fierce content attorneys, so this is a surprising quote. Via an arstechnica article I found in Adriana’s furl. “So we understand piracy now as a business model,” said Anne Sweeney, the president of Disney-ABC Television…

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Watch Free Episodes of The Office

ByNalts

Thanks to a banner on Revver, I discovered that you can watch free full episodes of The Office at NBC.com. This is a big step forward for traditional media, and hopefully the studios compensate writers for this. Parenthetically, I still haven’t heard from The Office about my pitch to be in one of the shows….

YouTube Breaks Fourth Wall

ByNalts

Mia, an editor at YouTube, has gotten personal with her own video. YouTube employees have historically has been less accesible than those of other sites. It appears the company is trying to connect with the community. In this video, Mia invites users to create featured videos or act as “guest editor.” She even provides an e-mail…

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500 of the Best YouTube Videos (Creator’s Choice)

ByNalts

There are three ways a video can be labeled a “best.” First (and most common) is the rating system. This, of course, has its own biases. Popularity doesn’t always mean quality (even my lame videos tend to jump to the “highest rated daily video”). The second is the “editor’s choice.” This is good, but subject…

Tech Market Cliffs: Walmart Vudu the “Bing” of Online-Video Rentals

ByNalts

Check it out. Walmart’s Vudu rentals is like the Bing of online-video rental. That means it’s #3, but by such a distance it almost doesn’t matter. iTunes has 65% share, followed by Zune video marketplace at 16% (a surprising 15.9 percent more than I would have guessed). Vudu is third, and while it’s up from…