Thanks to VLogmaster Philip DeFranco, I’ve learned a lot of things. Such as a Russian professor predicts the U.S. will fall apart in 2010 and, more recently, that YouTube’s being a jackass and will be putting interruptive ads into their videos. Here’s the buzz from businessinsider.com:
- The site will do away with current tabs “videos,” “channels” and “community” and replace them with four tabs: Movies, Music, Shows, and Videos.
- The first three tabs is supposed to feature premium content, though YouTube doesn’t have many licensing agreements yet.
- Videos in all four sections will feature in-stream, interruptive ads — just like Hulu.
- There will be a new player interface. It looks a lot like Hulu’s, marking on the timeline where ads will play and allowing users to “dim the lights.”
- The redesign will emphasize a divide between long-form premium content and the user-uploaded stuff.
- The launch has been delayed till April 16, possibly due to on-going negotiations with Disney.
That’s just great, isn’t it? You guys making ORIGINAL CONTENT all suck, according to YouTube. Now before I go into an Angry Aussie tirade (but, to Mr. Angry, you really must make a video about this) I’d like to say, I applaud YouTube trying to do something new. I really think YouTube could use a few more things, and it sounds like this will get rid of those pesky copyright violations that get our videos muted, but really YouTube??? You want to try to rub out the independent YouTubers, don’t you? You want to get rid of the guys that made Sockbaby, you want to flush Lex Friedman down the toilet, you want to stifle the filmmaking attempts of Southern Jedi Productions! YouTube! You asshole!
All of my references:
Philip DeFranco- http://www.youtube.com/user/sxephil
The article- http://www.businessinsider.com/the-new-youtube-will-look-like-hulu-2009-3#comments
Angry Aussie- http://www.youtube.com/user/AngryAussie
Sockbaby- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4iUTDNZPag
Lex Friedman- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX7s42etvo0&feature=channel_page
Southern Jedi Productions- http://www.youtube.com/user/SouthernJediFilms
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