Verizon in talks to bring YouTube to V CAST, television

by Darren Murph posted Nov 7th 2006 at 4:49PM

Verizon seems to be throwing as many trendy extras as humanly possible into its (oftentimes overpriced) monthly add-on pool, and may now be nearing a deal with the video clip-broadcasting extraordinaire, YouTube. Not long after announcing a simplistic fee-based system to keep your contact list from being destroyed, Verizon Wireless "is in advanced talks" with YouTube in a deal that would bring the zany segments we all love to your very own mobile screen (and television, too). America's second-place carrier is looking to grab an edge in the marketing department as it hopes to "further its efforts to expand into internet and entertainment services." Under the terms being discussed, V CAST users would have access to YouTube videos for a currently undisclosed price, and Verizon reportedly hopes to "offer YouTube videos as an on-demand feature" while watching TV (FiOS anyone?). YouTube isn't selling the rest of its soul without caution, however, as the deal could end up being exclusive in nature, but only for a limited time. We'll keep you posted on how much "America's most reliable wireless network" plans on bumping your already overwhelming monthly bill should this deal go down.

Filed under: Multimedia, Verizon Wireless

Tags: deal, feature, moblog, Moblogs, movie, movies, partnership, v cast, VCast, youtube

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MAS90Guru @ Nov 8th 2006 5:41AM

I'm with many others who wonder how long YouTube will be able to broadcast clips of content that probably has copyright issues.

Won't the people who actually own the content try to host it themselves? I know, I know - watching a video of a guy with milk coming out his nose set to Golddigger is hillarious....

I think short video clips are here to say but nobody is going to allow them (long term) to be hosted on a separate site that also profits from the hosting. Sites that own the content will set up their own hosting.

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Steve @ Nov 8th 2006 2:38PM

Well, that's already started. Comedy Central pulled many clips with Stephen Colbert's green screen challenge due to copyright issues. Capitalism holdin us down...

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