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YouTube and Verizon Wireless officially announced a deal that gives Verizon Wireless a new content experience with user-submitted video and YouTube a wider audience. Beginning next month, V Cast will include some of the popular website's videos. YouTube and Verizon didn't disclose any financial details, and Verizon has a short-term exclusivity on the deal, the length of which is also unknown. It could be a major coup for Verizon given the fact that visitors to YouTube, which is being acquired by Google for $1.65 billion, watch more than 100 million videos daily. But only pre-selected high-quality videos will be available for viewing on Verizon's YouTube channel. Given the fact that most of the videos on YouTube are of the homemade quality, you have to wonder how much pre-selection will dilute the value proposition.
For more about Verizon's deal with YouTube:
- check out this article from The Mercury News
Comments
Posted by Anonymous | November 28, 2006 - 5:15pm
Is Verizon/Vcast ready to filter trademarks or incur legal consequences for any potential misuse of copyrights or registered marks?
Posted by Jacomo | November 29, 2006 - 9:54am
Please-Videos over their Cell Network???
Verizon Wireless already restricts their users access to most high bandwidth traffic as it is, how can they even begin to offer this level service??
Wireless Mesh Networks can really help, and attempts to deliver this type service (Video) over a burdened Cell network will only drive users to the Metro Area Wireless Mesh networks that relish this type content.
Jacomo
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