The CEOs of both CBS and now Time Warner have spoken out in favor of Hulu moving to an authentication model. Personally, it seems like an anti-trust suit to me in regards to Time Warner, who should have no say in the matter.

Online video and its providers have definitely made their presence known to the television industry, and we’ve seen several shows from YouTube and/or Revision3 get picked up by cable channels for TV distribution.

A few days ago, cable’s TNT unleashed a “We Know Drama” ad that, ironically, is really funny.

Remember a while back I talked about the Google project down in Kansas City, or up if you’re in the south I suppose? Well, after approval, Google moved the Android Army into action and started laying fiber at a furious pace.

For a couple of months now, DirecTV has had a campaign poking fun at cable by presenting far-reaching and over-the-top scenarios where your life becomes a trash heap because you have cable.

The Hollywood Reporter have cited a source that says Google has made some regulatory filings that look like a pre-cursor to a pay TV system and would see Google filing for “cable TV franchise licenses” in Kansas City (both MO and KA). So the way I see it is this, cable operators and MSOs are not going to be too happy with Google trying to muscle in on their territory and clogging their bandwidth with great video content.

More consumers are relying on broadband-only connections in their homes, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're cutting the cord. Nielsen's latest three-screen report reveals that there are now 5.1 million broadcast only/broadband homes in the United States, up 23% from last year.

Because YouTube has Google money to spend, the online video destination has an attractive place for people who are already in show business or hope to launch an entertainment career.

Danny Sullivan is a pretty smart dude.

Alexei Oreskovic of Reuters reports that “roughly 60 hours of video is now uploaded to YouTube every minute.”