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May 08, 2007 | Comments: (0)

News Corp., NBC doing content deal with CNET

TAGS: New Media

Online news outfit CNET Networks Inc. announced a deal today to provide online video to News Corp and NBC Universal. According to the announcement, the multi-year deal will have CNET providing "thousands of clips" to a video sharing Web site run by News Corp and NBC Universal jointly.

CNET Networks also agreed to distribute the new site's library of licensed content on its Web sites. CNET has done similar deals in recent months, as established media firms look for promising online outlets for their content.

"CNET Networks is proud to be the first online-focused content company to offer its original video to this new venture," said Neil Ashe, CEO of CNET Networks. "We are excited to bring video from NBC Universal, Fox, and other high - quality content providers to our users. This relationship further demonstrates our commitment to creating an engaging online experience at our market-leading brands."

The new video site was announced in March and will launch this summer with thousands of hours of full-length TV programming, clips and movies culled from around twenty networks and two major film studios.

In addition to CNET, Comcast Corporation has joined with News Corp and NBC as a non-exclusive content provider and has agreed to contribute content from E!, Style, G4, Versus and Golf Channel, according to the statement.

The jointly managed video site is just the latest establishment challenge to Google's YouTube video sharing site. In addition to competition from sites like Joost and Brightcove, Google faces lawsuits from Viacom for copyright infringement,

Posted by Paul Roberts on May 8, 2007 11:07 AM

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