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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.

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.

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.

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.

YouTube Quietly Launches Live Beta With New Partners

YouTube's first test of live video last year showed low viewer counts and low-quality, jittery streams. But not to be deterred, it is rolling out a new beta test of YouTube Live, with Revision3's DiggNation serving as the first big stress test of the service.

Will Kiefer Sutherland Connect With Advertisers Online?

24's Jack Bauer will next be seen on Hulu, not the big screen -- Kiefer Sutherland will be starring with John Hurt in web series The Confession. The project comes from DBG, a digital network taking its first steps into the world of deficit financing.

Should You Take Your Web Series Exclusive?

The series Squatters was the first original comedy to run exclusively on Dailymotion, but after eight episodes, creator Brandon Bradley decided to distribute the show across other sites. Why did he do so, and what are the advantages and disadvantages to an exclusive deal?

Flash Still Rules in Chrome’s WebM-Only World

Google's backing of its own open source video codec at the expense of H.264 has many open advocates cheering. But with H.264 widely supported already, the result will actually be more use of the proprietary Flash player for delivery of Web video, not less.

UltraViolet’s Real Challenge: People Don’t Buy Movies Online

The DECE will soon find itself trying to convince consumers to buy a piece of digital content online that they buy once and watch anywhere. But if it's going to show the value of its Ultraviolet rights locker, it'll be fighting against on-demand rentals.

10 Tools to Get the Most Out of Netflix

Wish you could search for Netflix by age bracket, use movie ratings from Rotten Tomatoes to find the best movies available or calculate how much you're paying per stream? Then check out our list of ten essential tools to get the most out of Netflix.

HTC to Use USB Port for HDMI Video

What if you could connect cell phones straight to TV set HDMI ports without adding an HDMI port to the phone itself? That's the idea behind MHL, a new standard that uses Micro USB ports for HDMI video. One of the first adopters is HTC.

Porn Piracy: Is Smut Just Too Expensive?

Porn producers have been going after BitTorrent file sharers with mass lawsuits, but courts have made it harder to actually unmask users based on their IP address. Some porn studios now think it's time to fight piracy with cheaper and better online video offerings instead.