YouTube Inc. is in talks with record labels to post thousands of music videos online, aiming to move beyond being a site for sharing home videos to a provider of mainstream entertainment like Yahoo and others.
YouTube, which sprung out of nowhere a year ago to now claim over 100 millions views a day with more than 65,000 video uploads added to its mammoth inventory. And those rates are skyrocketing., is negotiating for rights to post current and archive music videos on its site, and said any commercial model it decides on will offer the videos free.
"What we really want to do is in six to 12 months, maybe 18 months, to have every music video ever created up on YouTube," co-founder Steve Chen told Reuters on Tuesday. "We're trying to bring in as much of this content as we can on to the site."
He said YouTube intends to differentiate itself from pay-to-view or download services like Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes and Time Warner Inc.'s AOL Music, or others like Yahoo Inc.'s Yahoo Music, which is supported by an advertising revenue share model with record labels.
San Mateo, California-based YouTube says its videos account for 60 percent of all videos watched online. The site specializes in short, homemade, comic clips created by users.
3 comments:
Ok left my flag:)
i cant get my computer to play any of the video's on youtube...damnit
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