I thought Google Video was a success in its own right. Will be interesting to follow. Rupert Murdoch was saying that Myspace Video could overtake Youtube within 60 days.
I still only ever clocked around 10 myspace page impressions. It's the biggest piece of visual junk I've EVER seen. Worse than Geocities. I just refuse to get anywhere near it. Based on that and assuming I'm not the only one of that opinion, I can see a competitor beat Murdoch and his nonsense-media outfit.
Well, that would be a good reason but then Google will have 2 similar things going. Will Google merge YouTube and Google Videos? A common domain where people can upload videos and search for videos on the Internet would rock. That would be the biggest online videos hub & impossible to beat by any company.
It's the same reason why Getty Images also own iStockPhoto. Both to make sure indeed competition don't get it and for sheer market domination.
Google is also probably the only company in the world who has the infrastructure to grow YouTube in a sustainable fashion. I'm talking servers and fibre and the required stash of cash.
Plus its a better match as they don't have to actually make it profitable (which seems nearly impossible), they can use it to bolster their other offerings and make their stock holders happy.
Well it seems like Google really wants to dominate the world. Know there are rumors of Google buying Youtube. Check it out here. What do you think?
I call BS on this. I've noticed something about YT recently that would suggest to me that they are indeed in talks to sell the site, but Google? Hell no.
Google in talks to acquire YouTube for $1.6 bln: WSJ Google is in talks to acquire video-sharing Web site YouTube Inc. for about $1.6 billion, according to a media report on Friday. The discussions are still at a "sensitive stage", the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site, citing a person familiar with the matter. The existence of the talks was reported earlier today on the TechCrunch blog, the Journal reported. Its not a surprise that they need to buy a video company since their video offerings haven't taken off. The price tag of $1.6 Billion is more then what I expected youtube to go for. Since its being bought by a big company with deep pockets. I wonder if their will be more lawsuits filed against YouTube/Google for copywrite issues.