Google builds Google Video. Google buys up fiber and builds datacenters. Google buys YouTube.
My $5 is on Google starting Google TV - advertising tailored specifically to you, content flowing in from both major networks, who've played nice and licensed their content because of YouTube, and individual creative types (you). Think video blogging taken to the next level, something akin to Joost but with AdSense video ads and the ability for anyone to create content for it so that, essentially, you can run your own TV show, as long as its ad revenue supports its expenses.
I bet the Apple TV supports it. I bet the Apple TV supports Joost at some point, too. It'll definitely work with the new Xbox 360, and Tivo will find a way to get in there, too.
Local affiliates and their parent companies are doomed.
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Google builds Google Video. Google buys up fiber and builds datacenters. Google buys YouTube. My $5 is on Google starting Google TV - advertising tailored specifically to you, content flowing in from both major networks, who've played nice and licensed their content because of YouTube, and individual creative types (you). Think video blogging taken to the next level, something akin to Joost but with AdSense video ads and the ability for anyone to create content for it so that, essentially, you can run your own TV show, as long as its ad revenue supports its expenses. I bet the Apple TV supports it. I bet the Apple TV supports Joost at some point, too. It'll definitely work with the new Xbox 360, and Tivo will find a way to get in there, too. Local affiliates and their parent companies are doomed.