NBC/News Corp take on the mighty YouTube

March 22nd, 2007

“NBC Universal and News Corp in the US have done a deal to make their own YouTube. The video service will go live this summer and the point is to offer a service with better quality content than YouTube that will make money for the two firms through ads alongside the content. TV will include The Simpsons, 24 and My Name is Earl, while film offerings include Little Miss Sunshine, Borat and The Devil Wears Prada. Interestingly, NBC/News Corp have negotiatited with AOL, MSN and Yahoo to have embedded players on their sites with a share in ad revenue…” (Read full article here)

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