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Entertainment & Sports

Feb. 14, 2012

New YouTube channels lineup is frontier

YouTube's new lineup of original channels looks a lot like cable television, but lawyers who papered the deals said the web-based networks represent an exciting frontier for the media and entertainment business.


By Erica E. Phillips


Daily Journal Staff Writer


From celebrity news to comedy series and do-it-yourself programs, a new lineup of YouTube original channels looks a lot like cable television, with one key difference - it's not confined to a 24-hour cycle. As cable television networks struggle to compete with video-on-demand services, YouTube is launching a brand new kind of competition.


That's what many of the channels' creators say...

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