Comments on: Analyst: YouTube Could Turn a Profit in 2010

By: YouTube Launches Branded Travel Channel

YouTube Launches Branded Travel Channel — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:45:19 +0000

[...] only monetizing about 14 percent of the videos that are available, the Google-owned site could reach profitability this year, on nearly $1 billion in revenues, according to some financial [...]

By: YouTube Serving 2B Video Ads Each Week

YouTube Serving 2B Video Ads Each Week — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:01:03 +0000

[...] like Hulu, on which 80 percent of all videos shown are ads. Even so, analysts expect YouTube to finally reach profitability this year, with some forecasting nearly a billion dollars in revenues at the online video [...]

By: Google Still Trying to Figure Out a Business Model for Video

Google Still Trying to Figure Out a Business Model for Video — Wed, 26 May 2010 17:38:07 +0000

[...] of videos it monetizes, and could pull in close to a billion dollars in revenue — and finally reach profitability — this year, according to [...]

By: YouTube Tops 2B Views a Day, 5 Years After Launch

YouTube Tops 2B Views a Day, 5 Years After Launch — Mon, 17 May 2010 14:01:59 +0000

[...] (finally!) on the brink of profitability, with analysts saying they expect the site to actually make money for the first time in 2010. According to research from Citi earlier this year, YouTube is expected to pull in [...]

By: First Video Uploaded to YouTube, Five Years Ago Today

First Video Uploaded to YouTube, Five Years Ago Today — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 01:01:14 +0000

[...] five years later, analysts estimate that YouTube could finally turn a profit this year, pulling in an estimated $700 million in revenue in 2010. That’s a lot more than the $5 [...]

By: Hulu: Don’t Worry About Us, We’re Doing Just Fine, Thanks

Hulu: Don’t Worry About Us, We’re Doing Just Fine, Thanks — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 19:04:43 +0000

[...] profitability bodes well for the online video industry as a whole. With YouTube also expected to turn a profit this year, 2010 could finally become the the year that online video stops being an experiment for publishers [...]

By: Analysis: What Does Your April Fool’s Day Gag Say About You?

Analysis: What Does Your April Fool’s Day Gag Say About You? — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:17:00 +0000

[...] are saving YouTube $1 a second in bandwidth costs.”) mean we should be more skeptical about analyst claims that the site will be profitable this [...]

By: How Much Did It Cost to Start YouTube?

How Much Did It Cost to Start YouTube? — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:09:14 +0000

[...] the number of videos it can place ads against. That focus means that the online video site might finally become profitable this year, according to some analyst [...]

By: Old Internet Is New Again: ‘If I Can Dream’ and Chatroulette « Televisual

Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:03:08 +0000

[...] it’s still hard to make money in web video. Individual successes abound, but considering YouTube still is not profitable and hundreds of well-funded web series go unnoticed, predicting a hit online is much more difficult [...]

By: com3.es | Best in Blogs: White McTwists to Gold; Silverman Freaks Out TED; YouTube Turns 5

Sat, 20 Feb 2010 03:10:42 +0000

[...] providing the best possible experience for all of you,” the founders say. Really? Some think YouTube may even turn a profit in 2010, NewTeeVee has [...]