BBC and Youtube have struck up a deal which heralds the first crossing over from the dark side (old media) to the good side :)
BBC arguably is the most respected news broadcaster in the world and this deal is surely going to have a ripple effect across the board. I still remember when I was in the US ( for four years) I was starved of ‘real’ information (even CNN was mediocre and shamefully pro-government) and it got worse during the Iraq war. The school I went to ( University of South Florida at Tampa) had a local TV channel that broad-casted BBC News at night for one hour which turned out to be the only source of legitimate news source for a whole lot of people.
We used to go to BBC website looking for news videos and there were none (remember these were the pre ‘Youtube’ days). This deal is an awesome step in the right direction and no more will we be under the mercy of the local cable operator. ( While we are it a small request to nfl.com. Can you have live telecast the football games online? That would make my day )
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