Comments on: Google Forces Roku to Take Down Its YouTube Channel http://gigaom.com/2011/04/21/google-forces-roku-to-take-down-its-youtube-channel/ Mon, 20 May 2013 06:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: William http://gigaom.com/2011/04/21/google-forces-roku-to-take-down-its-youtube-channel/#comment-639752 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:52:32 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=334627#comment-639752 It seems as if how you interface with media is just splitting hairs now. I will still have to watch a commercial and I will still have to see the YouTube logo regardless.

]]> By: Mike Johnston http://gigaom.com/2011/04/21/google-forces-roku-to-take-down-its-youtube-channel/#comment-619135 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 15:38:00 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=334627#comment-619135 Blip.tv does a good job but this conversation is a good lead-in to a broader topic. What is really the value of any large video aggregator for a small content producer like a band with one music video? In the case of youtube 35 hours of content is uploaded every minute and how is your 4 minute music video ever going to get noticed. It won’t. Unless ypou have help.

A recent story on youtube showed that it is the “Partner” videos that youtube promotes which get like 80% of all the views on youtube. Those video creators can recieve cash, ad revenue, upgraded video equipment and much more from youtube. The opportunity to be a partner (ie successful) is a totally arbitrary one and up to YouTube staff.

This introduces what I have been calling the “geek filter”. By that I men that the content which is successful on the web is what is featured or promoted on various high profile websites. In each case it is the owners/staff of those sites which make that determination based on their own preferences.

So, despite the illusion that the web is free and fair and guided by the web 2.0 “crowd”, what we see developing is just a new embodiement of traditional media complete with the familliar “gatekeepers” who make the final determination on what we see most readily.

]]> By: Paddy http://gigaom.com/2011/04/21/google-forces-roku-to-take-down-its-youtube-channel/#comment-619025 Fri, 22 Apr 2011 17:47:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=334627#comment-619025 Consider contacting EWTN.com – they’re looking to add a dedicated Roku channel, blip.tv might be ideal

]]> By: Bob http://gigaom.com/2011/04/21/google-forces-roku-to-take-down-its-youtube-channel/#comment-618836 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:44:52 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=334627#comment-618836 AppleTV has Youtube, why not Roku?

]]> By: Rick Rey http://gigaom.com/2011/04/21/google-forces-roku-to-take-down-its-youtube-channel/#comment-618832 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 20:38:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=334627#comment-618832 If producers are interested in having their shows on Roku, consider distributing through blip.tv. We reach all of the major set-top boxes and internet-connected TV’s, and we can cross-post to your YouTube channel, too.

]]> By: Rajesh Raheja http://gigaom.com/2011/04/21/google-forces-roku-to-take-down-its-youtube-channel/#comment-618808 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:24:57 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=334627#comment-618808 This is bad news for Roku. The YouTube channel on it – even though unofficial – was functionally richer than the one in AppleTV.

]]> By: evie http://gigaom.com/2011/04/21/google-forces-roku-to-take-down-its-youtube-channel/#comment-618803 Thu, 21 Apr 2011 19:00:42 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=334627#comment-618803 So much for Don’t Be Evil.

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