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YouTube To Allow Self-Serve Ads For Major Media Players

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the go-ahead-upload-that-copywronged-clip dept.

thefickler writes to tell us that YouTube plans on raising revenue by allowing major media players to run their own ads on the video site for, not only their own content, but illegally uploaded content by other users. "The site says CBS is already on board for the scheme, with other giants expected to join. The scheme will allow TV, movie and music companies to upload content and then sell advertising themselves, for example through images or animations which are overlaid on suitable sections of the clips. YouTube will then take a cut of this advertising revenue."

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  1. Nice by Gizzmonic · · Score: 5, Funny

    I can see it now..."LOL FUNNY!!! MAN LIGHTS FART," inadvertently sponsored by Bic Lighters and Kingston charcoal!

    Seriously though, the auto-inserted ads could lead to some hilarious juxtapositions. I hope it's smarter than gmail, which always tries to sell me panties and "bachelorette party supplies."

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    (-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)
  2. Re:Replacement on "Fair Use" Videos by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's a tip: putting the link to your juggling video into your sig is probably easier than trying to find a lame way to work it into all your comments.

    See comment history: http://slashdot.org/~screenbert

  3. Re:I wonder... by CaptCovert · · Score: 5, Informative

    So, I guess you're a /. subscriber as well?

    Or have you not noticed the banners on all the pages?

    Marketing people will stop seeing advertising as a revenue stream when people actually stop using a service because of the advertisements. Or, to put it another way: marketing people will stop seeing advertising as another revenue stream when it actually stops being a revenue stream.