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YouTube's original programming should start appearing online this year.
It's unclear how long YouTube's original "Webisodes" might be or how the content will compare to what is on TV. But the new programming initiative is reportedly designed to get you to spend more time watching YouTube than you do right now. Google's network of sites claimed about 141 million online viewers in February, according to metrics firmcomScore. Each viewer spent on average a little more than four hours watching content on Google sites, most of which was on YouTube. By comparison, the average American watched Hp mini 1000 battery more than 150 hours per month of broadcast television during the last three months of 2010 and 145 hours per month between July and September 2010, according to theNielsen Company.
TV Moves Online
It's not just YouTube that is hoping to challenge, replace or supplement traditional broadcast television. In January, rumors surfaced that Hulu and its backers were thinking ofselling live online broadcast TV subscriptions -- Hulu is an independently run company jointly owned by NBCUniversal, News Corp., The Walt Disney Co. and a private equity firm.