Great weekend and Youtube to be with BBC?
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We had a great weekend away at Tulsa. The kids and I were able to play a game of LaserQuest. There were 26 players involved (2 birthday parties were happening) in the game we participated. Out of 26, guess who actually won? Yeah, I actually had the highest score. I was surprised at that as well.
Our daughter participated in the Jr. Vet class at the Zoo. I think she really enjoyed it. She was able to, among other things, dissect a chicken wing. LOL
In other news, I ran across this article involving YouTube and BBC. Since I have become addicted to YouTube, I found it interesting.
YouTube Strikes a Deal with the BBC
Joe Lewis | Staff Writer
In a move that seems to run contrary to recent trends, YouTube has
actually come to an agreement with a major content provider. The
BBC announced on Friday that it has struck a deal with the popular
video-sharing site that will see the UK based broadcasting company
share in advertising revenue generated by YouTube traffic.
After highly publicized breakdowns in negotiations with CBS and
Viacom, it looks like Google and YouTube have finally managed to
court a suitor into the video-sharing fold, avoiding any potential
copyright snares that might ensue with current BBC content on the
site.
The BBC's Tim Weber has more on the particulars of the agreement:
"One of the BBC's two entertainment channels will be a "public
service" proposition, featuring no advertising."
"It will show clips like trailers and short features that add
value - for example, video diaries of David Tennant showing
viewers around the set of Dr Who or BBC correspondent Clive Myrie
explaining how difficult it is to report from the streets of
Baghdad."G
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8:49 PM
I thought YouTube already had agreements with the likes of NBC.
For example, the very fine "Lazy Sunday" SNL Digital Short was originally put on YouTube by a fan, but was taken down after a few days because of copyright issues (at the request of NBC).
But, in a shocking display of network TV executives not having their heads up their asses, they thought, "Hey, since millions of people watched the clip of our show on this site, why don't we use it to help promote our shows?" Now NBC sanctions clips of parts of their shows, as does The Late Show with David Letterman, and I imagine a bunch of other shows.
Ah, "synergy." Gotta love it.
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