Google to buy video compression company On2, could help cut costs for YouTube

August 13th, 2009 On2 vows to fight challenges to Google acquisitionDOVER, Del. — Video software firm On2 Technologies said it will fight legal challenges to its planned acquisition by Google Inc.

August 5th, 2009 Google sells underperforming radio ad businessSAN FRANCISCO — Google Inc. has found a buyer for a radio advertising business it has abandoned as part of efforts to cut costs and jettison underperforming operations.

October 9th, 2006 Google Inc. announced today that it has agreed to acquire YouTube for $1.65 billion in a stock-for-stock exchange. Both companies have approved the deal, which should officially close in the fourth quarter.

August 25th, 2009 YouTube's new sales pitch: join our ad programSAN FRANCISCO — YouTube hopes to convert more amateur videographers into capitalists as it strives to show more advertising on its Web site and reverse years of uninterrupted losses. The Internet's top video channel will try to widen participation in a 20-month-old advertising program by actively recruiting the makers of widely watched clips.

June 17th, 2009 Guessing game: How much money is YouTube losing?SAN FRANCISCO — Internet video leader YouTube Inc.'s losses have been overblown by some analysts, but corporate parent Google Inc. doesn't mind the misperception, according to a study being released Wednesday.

March 28th, 2009 Just now I received the email from Inside AdSense team announcing "sunsetting" (nice use) of video units features. Let's hear it in their own words: As you may know, we frequently review our products and features to ensure their effectiveness.

March 25th, 2009 China does it again. People of China have been pursued off from availing the luxury of watching Youtube without any official reasons i.e.

March 12th, 2009 LONDON - Music lovers who are addicted to watching online videos on Youtube will not be able to do so anymore as Google has blocked viewings after a dispute over licensing. Google had started blocking UK viewers from watching "premium music videos" from the night of March 9.

October 29th, 2008 Its always been very annoying to deal with youtube videos. There are so many sources to download them, but whenever we need to edit or cut a portion of the video and post the precise part at the blog, we had to go through a tedious process.

September 2nd, 2009 AP Sources: YouTube to offer online movie rentalsLOS ANGELES — YouTube, Google Inc.'s online video streaming service, is in talks with Hollywood studios to rent new release movies online, according to people familiar with the talks. The move follows similar deals by Apple Inc.'s iTunes and others.

September 30th, 2009 YouTube says Warner Music videos back in monthsLOS ANGELES — YouTube says music videos from Warner Music Group Corp. will return to the video site in the coming months after a nine-month dispute over deal terms.

September 2nd, 2009 AP Sources: YouTube may offer online movie rentalsLOS ANGELES — YouTube, Google Inc.'s online video streaming service, is in talks with Hollywood studios to rent new release movies online, according to people familiar with the talks. The move follows similar deals by Apple Inc.'s iTunes and others.

May 23rd, 2006 Google Inc. will begin distributing online video ads later this week, diversifying beyond the static text ad messages that generate most of its profits today. Video ads, announced late Monday, will affect thousands of Web sites that rely on Google AdSense to post contextual ads on a web page.

January 23rd, 2009 VATICAN CITY - An appeal by Pope Benedict XVI to the new 'digital generation' marked Friday the Vatican's launch of its own channel on video-sharing internet site, YouTube. New media technologies including the internet are helping 'create a great family that knows no boundaries,' Benedict said in a video posted on the new site.

April 22nd, 2006 An educational and entertaining video on Java. Enjoy!