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YouTube, Hulu & Joost: Is there room for all 3 sites?
20080506
At the moment it seems clear that Hulu and Joost aren't taking aim at YouTube's user generated video market. Instead, they are focusing on providing more traditional television and movie programming on the Web. YouTube has so much momentum that it is untouchable in the user generated video market, so this seems like a good move, although neither Hulu nor Joost has ruled out ever accepting user-generated video ...

YouTube's Buried Treasure
20080427
YouTubers point out that most of their key ad formats—including the "overlay" format, which places an ad over a small portion of a video without interrupting it—have been available only since August. And, in a corollary to the saying at Google that warns "don't bet against the Internet," I wouldn't bet against Google. But it will take time, and perhaps more than the company first reckoned ...

You Tube's filtering issues still not 'moot'
20080419
Executives with two entertainment companies that provide YouTube with feedback on its Video Identification system said the company's filtering technology has fared well at times but is nowhere near perfect and overall test results are "inconclusive." The sources, who requested anonymity because of the ongoing relationship with UTube, added that managers at the video-sharing site continue to ...

Google Maps launches embedded UTube feature
20080416
Google made a uTube layer available in its Earth application in October 2007 and the feature enables users to zoom into any location on the planet and view videos relating to that place. Now, web surfers who use Google Maps can find videos under the Photos & Videos tab of the bubble that appears when they click on a listing ...