Vid-Biz: SAG, SafeTube, Kindle

SAG Contract Fight Heads to YouTube; Tom Hanks and other celebs urge actors to vote yes on the contract offered by the AMPTP. (The Wrap)

YouTube Looks to Create SafeTube; standalone site would be family-friendly version of the video site. (Guardian)

Showtime Uses the Kindle to Market New Show; pay network offering a free, downloadable version of the pilot script for Nurse Jackie. (Ad Age)

Russian Authorities Bust BitTorrent Tracker; the country had been considered a safe haven for such sites; this is believed to be the first such raid against a BitTorrent tracker (though the site still operates out of the Netherlands). (TorrentFreak)

Bing Thumbnails Let You Watch Entire Video with Sound; Beet.tv wonders if Microsoft’s new search site pushes fair use too far. (Beet.tv)

Asia-Pacific Region to Lead Telco TV Subscription Charge; ABI Research predicts that APAC will deliver 37 percent compound annual growth rate over the next three years. (release)

Justin.tv Streams E3; gaming conference goes live on Justin.tv and G4tv.com this week. (stream)