YouTube Revenues More Than Doubled in 2010
While YouTube wasn't a big topic of discussion during Google's fourth quarter earnings call, CFO Patrick Pichette let slip that revenues grew at the online video site more than doubled in 2010. There's still no word on whether or not YouTube is profitable, though.
Netflix’s Next Big Problem: Keeping Quality Content
Netflix has built a sizable streaming library, with more than 20,000 titles now available. So why is it that, when the company is spending more money than ever securing streaming content, I'm finding less and less to watch through its streaming service? 
What iJustine’s New GTTV Gig Means for YouTube
Justine Ezarik is joining the cast of Spike TV's rebranded Game Trailers TV on Jan. 27, but don't worry, iJustine fans -- the YouTube star will still be keeping up with her independent video work, even while covering tablets and TVs for the show's fourth season.
After Missing Its Shot at Netflix, Amazon Buys Lovefilm
Amazon had long been rumored to want to buy Netflix. Instead, it bought the next best thing: Lovefilm. Regarded as the European version of Netflix, Lovefilm operates a DVD-by-mail and subscription streaming business. But will Amazon go head-to-head with Netflix in the U.S.? 
Hulu Wants to Know If You’re a Cord Cutter
Are you watching all your TV via Hulu and Netflix? Do you pay for satellite TV or cable, or do you just receive free over the air broadcasts? Those are the questions Hulu is currently asking its users. It's all about the ads, says the company.
Sony’s Opera Browser Is Good News for TV Standards
Video publishers that want to distribute to viewers through apps built into connected TVs are feeling the effects of fragmentation, having to pick and choose between platforms. But the ability to build for a single, standards-based browser like Opera could make development a lot easier. 
New Series The Morning After Nudges Hulu Into Production
Hulu has become a major destination site for television fans since its launch, serving up both primetime and original content. But this week, it gets the closest it's ever gotten to crossing the line between content production and content distribution with a new web original series. 
FCC Makes a Big Deal of Online Video With Comcast-NBCU Approval
The entertainment world just got a little bit more conglomerated: The FCC has settled on the conditions needed for it to approve the long-debated joint venture between NBC Universal and Comcast today. Those conditions signal that the FCC fully recognizes the importance of online video. 
Can TV Apps Save Niche Cable Networks?
WealthTV announced that its live video feed will soon be available to Roku users for $2.99 a month. While the announcement is a big win for Roku, it also underscores the need for independent cable networks to seek alternative methods of distribution beyond just cable TV.
Netflix Users: DVD Not Dead Yet
Netflix is moving ahead with plans to ween users off its DVD-by-mail service, announcing it would do away with the "Add to DVD Queue" feature on streaming devices. But an overwhelmingly negative response could mean that Netflix has underestimated the importance of DVD to its users.
Announcing the First Cord Cutters Meetup, 1/25 in SF
Here's one more thing you can do when you don't have cable: Meet fellow cord cutters at our inaugural Cord Cutters meetup, coming to San Francisco on 01/25. So come on by, say hello and exchange some war stories from a life without the cable box.
5 Questions With… Dynamo Player’s Rob and Will
This week, Dynamo Player creators Will Coghlin and Rob Millis, who quit the series Political Lunch to develop the micropayment player, discuss the problems with "free," tell a funny joke about MySpace and discuss how they're planning to take the Dynamo Player forward. 
