Comments on: Viacom goes one way, BBC the other http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/03/02/viacom-goes-one-way-bbc-the-other/ ... at the intersection of media, technology, business and the web Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/03/02/viacom-goes-one-way-bbc-the-other/comment-page-1/#comment-233652 Mathew Sat, 03 Mar 2007 16:42:21 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/03/02/viacom-goes-one-way-bbc-the-other/#comment-233652 That's a good point, Mark. As far as I know, YouTube's penetration outside of the U.S. is relatively small, but I don't know about the UK specifically. I think you are right about the BBC deal. It seems to me they are giving up very little, and potentially gaining a lot. Sounds like a no-brainer to me -- which is why I find it odd that Ben Metcalfe doesn't like the idea. That’s a good point, Mark. As far as I know, YouTube’s penetration outside of the U.S. is relatively small, but I don’t know about the UK specifically.

I think you are right about the BBC deal. It seems to me they are giving up very little, and potentially gaining a lot. Sounds like a no-brainer to me — which is why I find it odd that Ben Metcalfe doesn’t like the idea.

]]> By: mark cuban http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/03/02/viacom-goes-one-way-bbc-the-other/comment-page-1/#comment-233446 mark cuban Fri, 02 Mar 2007 23:00:28 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/03/02/viacom-goes-one-way-bbc-the-other/#comment-233446 Mathew, does anyone know how much traffic there is for Youtube in the UK ? From what i see, BBC is giving up very little. They have a small cable channel in the US, dont produce content in the US and how much revenue can they generate in the US at this point ? So what are they giving up ? In the UK they agree to let Google sell commercials around their commercials for their shows. Thats smart. It would be the equivalent of Viacom saying "dont let people in the US watch clips I want to protect, but you can do whatever you want with it in the UK". Wouldnt it ? Mathew, does anyone know how much traffic there is for Youtube in the UK ?

From what i see, BBC is giving up very little. They have a small cable channel in the US, dont produce content in the US and how much revenue can they generate in the US at this point ?

So what are they giving up ?

In the UK they agree to let Google sell commercials around their commercials for their shows. Thats smart.

It would be the equivalent of Viacom saying “dont let people in the US watch clips I want to protect, but you can do whatever you want with it in the UK”. Wouldnt it ?

]]> By: Mathew http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/03/02/viacom-goes-one-way-bbc-the-other/comment-page-1/#comment-233394 Mathew Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:06:51 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/03/02/viacom-goes-one-way-bbc-the-other/#comment-233394 I'm not sure, Rob. That's a good question. I’m not sure, Rob. That’s a good question.

]]> By: Rob Hyndman http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/03/02/viacom-goes-one-way-bbc-the-other/comment-page-1/#comment-233393 Rob Hyndman Fri, 02 Mar 2007 19:01:50 +0000 http://www.mathewingram.com/work/2007/03/02/viacom-goes-one-way-bbc-the-other/#comment-233393 On the block, does this mean that UK-ers who were previously watching (unauthorized) Beeb stuff on YouTube - and who were hoping to do so in the future - now can't, unless it happens to be on the Worldwide channel? Interesting. On the block, does this mean that UK-ers who were previously watching (unauthorized) Beeb stuff on YouTube – and who were hoping to do so in the future – now can’t, unless it happens to be on the Worldwide channel? Interesting.

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