First, BitTorrent (the P2P file-sharing giant that went "legitimate" over a year ago) is teaming up with Joost (which uses P2P tech to stream TV on the Web) to launch a "new Net TV service," MediaPost reports. Then NBC and News Corp. announced they were teaming up to launch a video site this summer, the Wall Street Journal reports. The BitTorrent-Joost deal could make life a little tougher for … [Read more...] about YouTube competition
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Oz state bans YouTube in schools
YouTube will be banned from Victoria's 1,600 public schools "in a bid to clamp down on cyberbullying," Australia's The Age reports. The ban followed "public outrage after a group of schoolboys filmed themselves sexually abusing and degrading a teenage girl and uploaded the video onto YouTube," according to Agence France Press. According to The Age, a teachers union official, Mary Bluett, said the … [Read more...] about Oz state bans YouTube in schools
Indie TV beyond YouTube
If your kids love watching online videos, they probably already know this: There are a lot of places to go besides YouTube, Wall Street Journal tech writer Walt Mossberg points out. Some of them are full-length and/or multi-part shows and stories on sites such as Blip.tv (with its news series from Iraq, "Alive in Baghdad," and "Cube News 1" about an office cubicle worker's life) and Network2.tv. … [Read more...] about Indie TV beyond YouTube
YouTube as police tool
Toronto police have posted video of missing 17-year-old Eva Ho on YouTube to help their investigation, CTV Toronto reports. Investigative leads suggest she might be in Hong Kong, so the social Web is a logical tool to get the word out internationally. It's a first for the Toronto police but a growing trend in law enforcement, CTV adds. In another case last December, "Hamilton police posted … [Read more...] about YouTube as police tool
An experiment in the YouTube ‘lab’
Copyright pressures on YouTube are mounting as media companies struggle to find the right balance between the marketing value of exposure on the top media-sharing site and actually getting paid for their content. "Viacom Inc., parent of MTV and Comedy Central, said it has ordered YouTube to immediately remove more than 100,000 video clips placed on the popular Web site without its approval," the … [Read more...] about An experiment in the YouTube ‘lab’