Dan Rayburn

Breakdown Of U.S. Sales Numbers for Broadband Enabled Devices

Minutes is what matters, not number of videos. Lets say I said 1 million videos were downloaded. That does not tell you anything since you have no idea how long each video is and they all range in length. Minutes is the best way to do it, which is why Xbox gives it out that way. You're comparing songs on iTunes, which are nearly all the same length, to videos on Xbox which are all different in length. One has nothing to do with the other.

On2 Shareholders File Lawsuits to Block Google Acquisition

No clue what you are talking about. My post is simply reporting the news that is taking place. It's not my job to decide if the lawsuit is fair, what the value should be or what is taking place in the market on a larger scale in regards to your rant about "short selling".

Is YouTube a Threat to Netflix?

Netflix is trying to solve the problem of how to get content to the TV and most of their streams are via devices, Xbox, Roku, TiVo etc.

Nearly all of YouTube and Hulu's streams aren't going to the TV, only the PC. I don't see how anyone can compare the two.

The analyst implies that Netflix's position “will be meaningfully eroded in coming months”. Why? What is happening in the next few months that is going to make us see any kind of relevant shift? YouTube's licensing of the Adam's Family? How is that a threat to Netflix? Where is Hulu's strategy to get content to the TV?

Google Says YouTube Won't Lose $500M This Year, I Say Prove It

Where in the article did I say anything about "flat fee" for any type of content deal? I didn't even discuss the licensing terms.

YouTube Is on a Roll

On a roll? You have to be kidding.

If the American Idol website only made $13 million last year, and this newly announced deal with YouTube does not include any American Idol content and will feature lesser known programming, why is this a big deal? YouTube won't make much money at all.

And running movies on YouTube that no one wanted to see in the movie theatre or rent, is no big deal either. None of the MGM content is going to be first-run content that appeals to the masses.

And the CBS deal with YouTube is no big deal either. All of the CBS content is "short clips", "mini-previews" and "promotional videos" - terms used by CBS to define the content on YouTube.

And look at the number of views the CBS videos on YouTube have gotten. Many clips that have been up for 6 months don't even have 20,000 views total. The average clip length is between 2-3 minutes long.

"With Hulu.com adding plenty of mainstream content too...." What mainstream content has YouTube added? You say "too" as if YouTube is doing what Hulu is doing, but that could not be further from the truth.

Why Is the YouTube User Experience So Poor?

Najdorf, I think your comment is interesting as the part about YouTube being free is something people use as excuse. "Yes, the quality is poor, but it is free, so it's not that bad".

But to that I say, CNN video is free. So so ESPN. And many, many others. And they all do a much better job than YouTube with a lot less traffic. Why should the fact that something is "free" be an argument for providing a poor user experience, especially when that company is trying to figure out how to make money?