Google is redesigning YouTube to make the site more attractive to the content creators who make the kind of stuff Google could actually sell ads against —
like Disney, for example.
The site will do away with current tabs “videos,” “channels” and “community” and replace them with four tabs: Movies, Music, Shows, and Videos.
The first three tabs is supposed to feature premium content, though YouTube doesn’t have many licensing agreements yet.
Videos in all four sections will feature in-stream, interruptive ads — just like Hulu.
There will be a new player interface. It looks a lot like Hulu’s, marking on the timeline where ads will play and allowing users to “dim the lights.”
The redesign will emphasize a divide between long-form premium content and the user-uploaded stuff.
The launch has been delayed till April 16, possibly due to on-going negotiations with Disney…wheres this from? sounds fishy to me. They have to find a way to make some money from it if people wish it to continue it costs a small fourtine to run 🙁 shame though. Iv still not got over napsters demise.
