Commentaries

Online video: Revolution, Evolution or Counter-Revolution?

Eric Auchard

Aug 6, 2009 13:03 UTC

Lots of news in online video world, some potentially significant. 

And some we can only wait and see about.

Google Inc, Cisco Systems and News Corp are separately doing things that could mean sweeping changes in the way video is produced and consumed on the web.

Counter-Revolution?

Eric Auchard

Aug 6, 2009 13:00 UTC

Rupert Murdoch used News Corp’s fiscal fourth quarter conference call on Wednesday to say he wants to be paid ANYTIME his news is read online. Perhaps he was just in a cranky mood, but most of the reporters listening to the call thinks he’s going beyond what he’s said many times before on the topic.

The digital revolution has opened many new and inexpensive methods of distribution, but it has not made the content free. Accordingly, we intend to charge for all news websites.