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(old news - 08:59AM Friday Mar 23 2007)
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NBC Universal and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation have teamed up with AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo! to create their own alternative to YouTube, according to this press release. Talk of the project bubbled up over night, with no shortage of opinion as to what it means for YouTube and Google. Google's inside moniker for the project is "Clown Company," according to Tech Crunch. Paid Content says it's "more like the anti-YouTube than the YouTube killer." Mark Cuban, meanwhile, calls it "a great idea."

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Jmartz

join:2000-07-20
Tenafly, NJ

I like the idea

It's good to see NBC and News Corp being proactive. If they don't like their shows being placed on YouTube, then placing them on their own platform is fine with me. The library of video would be enormous, not to mention it could be better quality, because Youtube isn't all that great if you ask me.

pnh102
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Reactionary Development

This is going to be about as successful as the Zune
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nasadude

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Rockville, MD

Re: Reactionary Development

I think you're being too optimistic

Xizer

join:2004-02-05
Kenosha, WI
Yeah but the Zune was actually better than the iPod.

This isn't going to be better than, well, anything.

albie81
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Well... if Mark Cuban says it's a good idea.....

then where do i sign up?

really... does anyone besides Mark Cuban... care what Mark Cuban has to say?

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odreian615

join:2006-01-18
Chicago, IL

Fvck youtube

if this has quality like the ABC player or even Fearnet youtube can kiss my arse I can find the funny on metacafe or graphic on liveleak no need to shuffle through 1000's of kids acting like fools or singing little girls

John Galt
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Re: Fvck youtube

said by odreian615 See Profile :

...or singing little girls.

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm9UX9FaUHU



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said by odreian615 See Profile :

if this has quality like the ABC player
the quality is nice, when it works. i had to use the tiny postage stamp video size to get the freaking thing to work. without stuttering/buffering nightmares. they need to get their act together.

Titus Pullo
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join:2004-06-26

Yeah, and I heard

you can download directly to Zune® Vista™ Edition

Maxo
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Piracy

Just an example of how piracy can drive an industry.
peerimpact

join:2005-11-07
Londonderry, VT

Re: Piracy

Your totaly right piracy has forced the studios to give the consumers what they want that is advertising supported free to the consumer content .In the conference call yesterday Jeff Zucker the NBC CEO even mentioned WEB 2.0 and Mashups and a whole lot of social networking tolls that will be included with this product .

SinclAir

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newscorp is evil


wake up sheeple
if it were up to me anything newscorp does would fail

TK Junk Mail
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It is ad driven and free; I see no problem

Better than You Tube?
Worse than YouTube?
Who cares!!
It's free and if you see something you like, then watch it.
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dadkins
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AFT!

»www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID···19A15AF8

"Content will include such popular TV shows as "Saturday Night Live" on NBC and "The Simpsons" from News Corp.'s Fox network, as well as films like "The Devil Wears Prada" and "Borat" from 20th Century Fox."

Hope they amp the bitrate beyond Youturd.
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kapil
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join:2000-04-26
Chicago, IL

Is there a better collection of has-been names?

NBC Universal and Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation, AOL, MSN, MySpace and Yahoo!

All are dying a slow painful death. Now they want to commit a group suicide.
JackBauer

join:2006-08-24
Schenectady, NY

Wow

This should be almost as successful as ShopNBC...

GoodyearMark
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join:2001-05-02
Goodyear, AZ

Ahh

So that's who bought www.boobtube.com
kintar0

join:2006-09-26
Pomona, CA

Re: Ahh

I can already imagine all the worthwhile content will be pay to watch. They did mention some programming will be for sale ala iTunes. I bet the only free stuff will be the stupid crap already available on youtube.
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