5 posts tagged “youtube”
YouTube is launching a new section, "YouTube Shows," that has TV shows and movies in an effort to generate revenues. So far, they are older shows and movies. They're also working on a new program called, "TV Ads Online" for ads inserted in the middle of programs streaming on the web.
According to LA Times, YouTube had 5.3 billion views in Feb., and Hulu grew by 38% in Jan and Feb. YouTube is owned by Google, and Hulu is owned by News Corp and NBC Universal. YouTube Shows is working with CBS, Lionsgate, MGM, Starz and Sony Pictures.
Online video is looking pretty corporate these days...
Susan Ee
www.feraldream.com
YouTube is on track to lose $470 million in 2009. Estimated operating costs = $711 million. $360 million of that is on bandwidth costs. In short, YouTube is bleeding a LOT of money.
Still, that probably doesn't make you feel any better about the cost of your own webisode...
Susan Ee
www.feraldream.com
YouTube has announced a virtual screening room for Indie filmmakers. YouTube will highlight 4 new films per week. These films will be picked by an editorial panel. They are looking for submissions. You send your query to ytscreeningroom@youtube.com and see if they take yours. Filmmakers can have a "buy now" button to sell their work.
YouTube gets a Susan Ee thumbs up.
Susan Ee
Some people have asked how I got Psychopath to look so good on YouTube. I use Adobe Premier so I used this tutorial to compress my movie using Windows Media encoder. If you use another editing program, check out squidoo.com to find the tutorial that works for you.
