TV and YouTube: It’s All About the Money

Paul Kaputska hits the nail on the head: Viacom’s YouTube pulldown and the new NBC chief’s mad ramblings are just pathetic, impatient cries for more money. That’s why even one of the big old lions, Sumner Redstone, is also saying publicly he’s ready to deal. Here he tells the Hollywood Reporter’s Germany bureau that content [...]

TV and YouTube: It’s All About the Money

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3 Comments on “TV and YouTube: It’s All About the Money”
  1. tandercracker says:

    where’s your original youtube content? maybe some of us need cheering up and would want to see you on the ‘tube one of these days?

  2. tikimusic says:

    Of course, it’s all about money. Someday, Youtube will be asking for a lot of that, too. How else will they be paying for all that bandwidth? Ads? To be shown to viewers who can block them with filtering systems in browsers?

    How much will “real people with real talent” be receiving from Youtube? Enough to put food on the table? With more competitors coming in looking for their 15 minutes of fame? To be viewed by people who won’t have time to look at all of them and will also be blocking ads?

    Finally, what happens when an energy crunch takes place?

  3. Mike Abundo says:

    Of course, it’s all about money. Someday, Youtube will be asking for a lot of that, too. How else will they be paying for all that bandwidth? Ads? To be shown to viewers who can block them with filtering systems in browsers?

    One word: postrolls. That’s what Revver does.

    Finally, what happens when an energy crunch takes place?

    Huh?

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