Mathew's comments - Latest Comments in YouTube: The hits just keep on coming

Re: YouTube: The hits just keep on coming

Bill — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:13:23 -0000

I hope they do start running TV shows. I live in Thailand now, one of the things I miss about the US, other than the food and sports are some of the Sit-coms. We get satellite TV but not to many Sit-coms on it.

Re: YouTube: The hits just keep on coming

Daniel — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:02:43 -0000

This may eventually become a good move for Google, but it will take time to bear fruit. As Hulu demonstrated, the online video world has a lot to do with content. American Gladiator and some movie clips are hardly the things to draw the largest crowds.

However, if they can work American Idol well (taking advantage of the comment feature to facilitate voting, for instance), that could be the real launch of YouTube's commercial success.

It'll be interesting to watch the news and see if YouTube can catch up with the profitability potential of Hulu, Veoh, Newsy, and other sites that are already attracting advertising revenue.

Re: YouTube: The hits just keep on coming

leonwestbrook — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 22:42:56 -0000

Oh great, the two things I despise the most: American Idol and YouTube. Yet another reason not to support both.