Comments on: Viacom statement on YouTube http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/ Where TV Finds the Future Sat, 11 Oct 2008 21:52:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: thedetroitchannel http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-161551 thedetroitchannel Sat, 03 Feb 2007 14:37:15 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-161551 true. i hate it when reality is introduced into the mix. true.

i hate it when reality is introduced into the mix.

]]> By: discreet_chaos http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160744 discreet_chaos Fri, 02 Feb 2007 22:31:04 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160744 Yeah, detroit, but when Google has been around as long as Viacom, their growth rate would probably be the same. Yeah, detroit, but when Google has been around as long as Viacom, their growth rate would probably be the same.

]]> By: thedetroitchannel http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160685 thedetroitchannel Fri, 02 Feb 2007 21:42:20 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160685 i think where we differ is i think both companies are in the same business; ADVERTISING. in that respect, mean old mister market is telling you that viacom's approach is old and inefficient when it comes to gross dollars in sales and net dollars in profits and google's approach is the new model where a heapin' helpin' goes right to the bottom line. google's profits just tripled from their advertising business. how much has viacom's? 10% maybe? i think where we differ is i think both companies are in the same business; ADVERTISING.

in that respect, mean old mister market is telling you that viacom’s approach is old and inefficient when it comes to gross dollars in sales and net dollars in profits and google’s approach is the new model where a heapin’ helpin’ goes right to the bottom line.

google’s profits just tripled from their advertising business. how much has viacom’s? 10% maybe?

]]> By: Charles http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160586 Charles Fri, 02 Feb 2007 20:26:51 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160586 Take away all the illegally-uploaded video clips and YouTube is pretty much just "America's Funniest Home Videos" on-demand. Viacom owns MTV networks and Comedy Central, channels most watched by the "key" demographics, the same age braket that goes on YouTube. Frankly, this isn't so much about who is a bigger player or who isn't, who has a more inflated market share than the other. It's about a business deal, one that YouTube, by what we're hearing from Viacom's side, failed to uphold. Has Google/YouTube release anything, giving a explenation for their side? Take away all the illegally-uploaded video clips and YouTube is pretty much just “America’s Funniest Home Videos” on-demand.

Viacom owns MTV networks and Comedy Central, channels most watched by the “key” demographics, the same age braket that goes on YouTube.

Frankly, this isn’t so much about who is a bigger player or who isn’t, who has a more inflated market share than the other. It’s about a business deal, one that YouTube, by what we’re hearing from Viacom’s side, failed to uphold. Has Google/YouTube release anything, giving a explenation for their side?

]]> By: Bob Jones http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160460 Bob Jones Fri, 02 Feb 2007 19:02:48 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160460 In the entertainment sector, Viacom is the major player. Google doesn't have any power there, and the law certainly isn't on their side at this point. With YouTube, Viacom is the major player in the negotiations ... not Google. In the entertainment sector, Viacom is the major player.

Google doesn’t have any power there, and the law certainly isn’t on their side at this point.

With YouTube, Viacom is the major player in the negotiations … not Google.

]]> By: mean old mr. market http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160445 mean old mr. market Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:52:17 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160445 no, but it sure has a bearing on who's T-H-E "major player", so please don't misconstrue mean old mr. market's comment. no, but it sure has a bearing on who’s T-H-E “major player”, so please don’t misconstrue mean old mr. market’s comment.

]]> By: Bob Jones http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160442 Bob Jones Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:50:56 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160442 Viacom are a major player in the entertainment industry, Google might be worth more and blogs and news outlets might like to bang on about how Google will take the entertainment industry by storm and how they will revolutionize it ... but the most important part is Google doesn't have any content to do that, they need to sign contents with companies like Viacom. Sergey Brin might be a very smart man, but I don't think he'd write very good TV shows. Viacom are a major player in the entertainment industry, Google might be worth more and blogs and news outlets might like to bang on about how Google will take the entertainment industry by storm and how they will revolutionize it … but the most important part is Google doesn’t have any content to do that, they need to sign contents with companies like Viacom.

Sergey Brin might be a very smart man, but I don’t think he’d write very good TV shows.

]]> By: m1cha3l http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160427 m1cha3l Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:40:36 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160427 The relative sizes of the companies have no bearing on the fact that property owned by one has been appropriated by another for its own gain; their market values are beside the point. However, I would like to mention that a generation or two ago the CATV companies used the same tactic to provide programmng to subscribers, at no cost to themselves, and won court battles when the broadcasters objected. This might be used as a precedent by Google to defend its appropriation. The relative sizes of the companies have no bearing on the fact that property owned by one has been appropriated by another for its own gain; their market values are beside the point. However, I would like to mention that a generation or two ago the CATV companies used the same tactic to provide programmng to subscribers, at no cost to themselves, and won court battles when the broadcasters objected. This might be used as a precedent by Google to defend its appropriation.

]]> By: discreet_chaos http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160423 discreet_chaos Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:37:12 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160423 Viacom owns MTV Networks; MTV Networks owns Comedy Central and iFilm. Due to this arrangement, I assume there is an agreement in place and that the Comedy Central clips will remain available through the alternative embeddable player. Viacom owns MTV Networks; MTV Networks owns Comedy Central and iFilm. Due to this arrangement, I assume there is an agreement in place and that the Comedy Central clips will remain available through the alternative embeddable player.

]]> By: mean old mr. market http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160397 mean old mr. market Fri, 02 Feb 2007 18:20:39 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160397 who you callin' a "major player"??? I, mean old mr. market, presently value the google enterprise at nearly SIX TIMEZ that of viacom; $147B vs. 25B. who you callin’ a “major player”???

I, mean old mr. market, presently value the google enterprise at nearly SIX TIMEZ that of viacom; $147B vs. 25B.

]]> By: Charles http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160369 Charles Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:43:42 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160369 How do you screw up a big-time deal with a major player like Viacom? Don't deliver what you promised them. How do you screw up a big-time deal with a major player like Viacom? Don’t deliver what you promised them.

]]> By: invitedmedia http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160346 invitedmedia Fri, 02 Feb 2007 17:16:54 +0000 http://www.lostremote.com/2007/02/02/viacom-statement-on-youtube/#comment-160346 viacom had better watch it or google might just buy them up with the spare change found in the couches at goog's exec. suite. how many trillion is google valued at today??? viacom had better watch it or google might just buy them up with the spare change found in the couches at goog’s exec. suite.

how many trillion is google valued at today???

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