Comments on: YouTube to share ad revenue with users http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/27/youtube-to-share-ad-revenue-with-users/ Where TV Finds the Future Wed, 09 Jul 2008 05:18:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Mark Moulding http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/27/youtube-to-share-ad-revenue-with-users/#comment-149044 Mark Moulding Sun, 28 Jan 2007 13:44:27 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/01/27/youtube-to-share-ad-revenue-with-users/#comment-149044 It's a great idea - although the BBC News article that I read about says it's likely to "use a mixture of adverts, including short clips shown ahead of the actual film." They're looking at pre-roll ads of about 3 seconds which, granted, isn't exactly a long time to sit through. But a pre-roll is a pre-roll - and I'm guessing it would apply to YouTube embeds on blog posts too... It’s a great idea - although the BBC News article that I read about says it’s likely to “use a mixture of adverts, including short clips shown ahead of the actual film.” They’re looking at pre-roll ads of about 3 seconds which, granted, isn’t exactly a long time to sit through.

But a pre-roll is a pre-roll - and I’m guessing it would apply to YouTube embeds on blog posts too…

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