Youtube Pulls the Plug on Set-top Streamers
Youtube Pulls the Plug on Set-top Streamers
Posted 11/20/2009 at 2:11pm
| by Bart Salisbury
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So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye: to YouTube’s API access. From now on, it’s through the front door or you’re not getting inside.
The word comes from Syabas, the maker of the Popcorn Hour set-top box. They, along with pretty much every set-top box maker, used YouTube’s API access to video’s which provides a neater integration to video than the regular Flash-based web interface. Besides better video, advertisements were also avoided. Good deal all around.
But no more. Google has changed the agreement for using API access--which it has a right to do. Google has decided to cut off access, except perhaps to a few of the powerful set-top makers, like Sony or Nintendo. Could be Google has figured out a new way to generate revenue, which certainly wasn’t coming from those who skipped the ads.
Final farewells take place on December 2.
Image Credit: wu.peng/Flickr
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damicatz
November 21, 2009 at 5:30pm
http://www.giganews.com
Much higher quality and a lot less bullshit.
Big media can go to hell.
lancethepants
November 21, 2009 at 8:28am
Just curious if anyone knows if this has or will effect the wdtv live.
kyri
November 20, 2009 at 3:10pm
It's too bad they're doing this. Having the open API was allowing some nice spin off products for video. Using my camcorder, I was able to get great results using a secure digital high capacity card and uploading directly to Youtube. Oh well. I'm sure they'll have something good coming out.
nikol
March 26, 2010 at 9:04am
yes kyri you are right!is very bad that we do this...
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nekollx
November 20, 2009 at 3:14pm
That probably won't be effected,only the add free viewers. Honestly i would have just prefer the ads being ported to the API
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talz13
November 22, 2009 at 9:05am
There were ads on Youtube? Uh oh, I hope they don't start blocking firefox with adblock!
nekollx
November 23, 2009 at 9:12am
little pop ups at the bottom of the video like "buy spiderman 3" for spiderman clips or "buy this song" in MVs. And more recently "preview ads" before SOME movies.
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