Murdoch: YouTube Helps More than Hurts
News Corp has a more pragmatic approach to content distribution than the competition, was the takeaway of remarks by Rupert Murdoch at the D Conference tonight, where Om is attending and filing reports via text message.
Murdoch told the audience he didn’t sue YouTube because it provided promotion for shows like the Simpsons. And Hulu, said Murdoch, was a way for News Corp to control its copyrights. Murdoch expressed interested in online alternatives to broadcast television and traditional film releases, but said he still expects television to be “central.” Releasing movies only online? — he said that’s possible, but hasn’t been tried yet (well, not by Murdoch’s crowd). He’d like to see movies released on all screens at the same time but vested interests in the distribution chain oppose it.
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Is the georetarded Hulu video suppose to be ironic? :-)
Duncan on May 28th, 2008 at 9:57 pm - Permalink
It was supposed to be ironic, but for other reasons. :)
Liz Gannes on May 28th, 2008 at 10:48 pm - Permalink
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