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China’s State Administration of Radio Film and Television and Ministry of Information Industry recently announced new regulations on digital media that will go into effect at the end of January.

The regulations cover professionally produced content distributed online but there is speculation the state will begin to more tightly regulate content on international sites and Chinese video sharing sites.

The internet poses a serious threat for governments like China in which the state controls the flow of information. China has been more aggressive than most at blocking sites it deems a threat to…

Nobel laureates may not be as culturally popular as Otters Holding Hands, but they do have their place alongside them on YouTube, way down the long tail.

Oliver Smithies - tales of 60 years in research

OpenCulture highlights 10 of the most intellectually stimulating channels on YouTube, which no one is watching. They also point out how useless YouTube’s education section is: while Google has a great text search algorithm, their video filter still can’t figure out that “school girl” videos aren’t necessarily educational.

Roger Clemens has posted a two minute statement on YouTube, defending himself and categorically denying accusations from the Mitchell Report that he used steroids. Clemens will be interviewed by Mike Wallace on 60 minutes January 6th.

Beet.TV sat down with Jon Fine to discuss his predictions for ‘08. He talks about the sorry state of mobile content delivery. I’m not big on prediction lists, but here’s one of mine: Google will bring about some change in the mobile department next year.

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Andrew Baron has a post today predicting the death of Studios. While his show Rocketboom has been the poster child for successful independent online video success, the Studios make their move online in a major way this year, and they’re here to stay.

There’s still a TV in just about every living room and viewers aren’t throwing them away, while network TV viewing has decreased as a result of cable, the internet and more recently the strike, viewers will be back as soon as the shows return, and content on TV is still with…

The 2008 Summer Olympics will be the largest live streaming undertaking ever. Late last week, buried at the end of a VideoNuze blog post about Move Networks, Will Richmond reported that Move Networks will support Olympics streaming.

According to a Move PR consultant the extent of the company’s role and the geographic scope are still being determined. Still, this is exciting news for those planning to watch the Olympics online.

If you have some extra time this holiday season, there are some worth watching videos on the TV Mainstream website, in particular check out the CDN panel from Streaming Media West. Interesting to see how these guys are improving delivery of rich media on the net.

Above: P2P and Next-Generation Delivery Networks

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For those who have been clamoring for a look at the CPMs of online video advertising, the Web Video Report published a list of CPMs and format offerings from some of the leading providers of online video.

In the pricing survey, WVR looks at the wide range of CPM (and other pricing models) available from publishers ranging from mainstream publishers like The Wall Street Journal to web-video specialists like Break.com and social networking sites such as MySpace.