Friday Morning Vid-Biz Headlines
Paramount Now on Joost; as promised, but the first nine movies from the studio have shown up (OnTheToob, thanks to Matt for the tip)
NBC Expects $1 Billion in 2007 Digital Revenue, delays launch of NewCo video site till Fall. (Reuters, more Reuters)
The Innards of Justin.tv’s Rig; also, look for a special project between Justin.tv and NewTeeVee coming soon. (Gizmodo)
Chen on Video Identification; essay recapping and clarifying YouTube/Google’s stance. (Google blog)
StudioNow Raises $1.5 Million for site that connects consumers to professional video editors. (release, via paidContent)
Blogger Trialing Video Uploads; popular free blogging platform adds labs version of video uploads (something just about everyone else already has). (blog)
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