Hulu Private Beta Goes Live Tonight; Will YouTube Blink?
The bastard child of News Corp. and NBC's love-hate relationship with GooTube, Hulu, is making its public debut this…
Viacom, Disney, Microsoft and Others Form Justice League of Copyright
A smorgasborg of media companies—Viacom, Disney, News Corp., NBC Universal, CBS, and others, including Microsoft—have…
YouTube Antipiracy Video Identification System Enters Beta Testing
The not-so hotly anticipated GooTube antipiracy system has jumped into beta. Creatively dubbed Video Identification,…
Everyone and Their Mother Teams Up to Form GooTube Competitor
The content? Well, it's going to have TV clips from NBC and Fox, plus films from their respective movie studios. You'll…
Viacom's Hypocrisy Could Defuse YouTube Lawsuit
Anyone checked out iFilm lately? Ars Technica did, and found several videos that were guilty of copyright infringement.…
BBC Bringing Crumpets, Three New Channels With Ads to YouTube
Apparently, YouTube's been quite busy behind the scenes, despite being shunned by Viacom. The NYT reports that they've…
More Execs Bring the Hate for YouTube
Fresh off the Viacom slap, NBC Universal's Jeff Zucker and News Corp.'s Rupert Murdoch lined up to take their shots at…
YouTube's Stab at Profitability: Premium Content, Google Video Search
When Google bought YouTube there was plenty of speculation as to what the fate of Google Video would be. Well, it…
Official: Google Buys YouTube
Apparently the rumor that Google was buying YouTube was less of a rumor than someone on the inside letting it slip…