Well it’s about time. YouTube owners said that they will begin sharing revenue with owners and uploaders of videos. Sounds like they’re listening to what the competition is doing.

Revver has been doing this since it was unveiled to the public. One site shows that yes, it’s possible to make some decent money with Revver videos–but don’t quit your job over it. The most one person earned was almost $1,350 in one month, but that’s not the norm.

YouTube is already trying to look like MySpace, with its customized home pages and the ability to add friends and network. After all, why not build a social networking site at YouTube, which already has lots of traffic and users?

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If you’re into research, you might be interested in a new report released by Nielsen Analytics. It’s called “How Broadband is Redefining the Economics of Television: Whatever, Whenever, Wherever”.

It’s 81 pages and $795 (ouch!). It’s an annual consumer survey of over 200,000 people in the U.S. evaluating broadband video’s impact on regular TV and advertising.As an analyst, researcher and data nerd, I’d like to read this but I’m ok just reading the highlights. Such as:

Broadband consumers tend to have high speed Internet access almost 24/7 (at work, home and on the road).

While only about 9% of US adults report spending 20 hours or more a week on the Internet, this number nearly doubles, to 17%, among those with broadband access at home.

Of 33 percent of users without any Internet connection, 69% have only a high school degree or less.

17% of consumers have an annual household income of $100,000 or more, compared to 28% of those with broadband connectivity.

The 35-54 demographic is currently most likely to have home broadband access (45 percent).

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Brightcove announced that it has raised $59.5 million in its third round of financing. Brightcove provides Internet TV services for customers such as Discovery, Dow Jones, MTV, The New York Times Company, Reuters, Sony BMG and Warner Music Group.

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John Chambers, CEO of Cisco, talks about the company’s IPTV initiatives.

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Blip TV has a video interview of Microsoft TV CTO Peter Barrett giving an introduction on IPTV.

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