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[youtube]c6A95giuVQg[/youtube]   Freddie Wong and Brandon Laatsch get 50 million views a month on YouTube. They met through piracy and now make a living from making videos. They even star in them. Here’s their two part interview. It’s amazing how YouTube is an equalizing force that can bring amateur work to more people than a professional one. The latter straight up balancing as a crane shot? That’s amazing.   [youtube]zsDkhMqfXVY[/youtube]
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It’s not new, but it’s still new, if you know what we mean by that. Asians on the screen? That’s still new to the majority of the US, it’s just not on their televisions. It’s online. Articles like this get syndicated and make their way everywhere, even to places that print papers. Kev Jumba, David Choi, Ryan Higa, Clara C, they’re all mentioned. Huge reach, and imagine there’s wave after wave under their million views and subscribers. The content is free to watch, and they’re getting the hits. (VOA – Asians Find Fame on You Tube)  
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“Yes. It’s time to get that unlimited download Internet plan.” Too bad this new venture, announced yesterday by Google, is only available in India. Bollywood movies are a lot of cheesy, musical melodramatic fun, and now though Google’s new YouTube Box Office, Indian movie fans will be able to stream the latest Bollywood hits in HD though their personal computers and internet-connected televisions. The downside is that YouTube Box Office is officially sponsored by Intel, which means movie viewers will have to endure short, 15-second ads every ten minutes or so during the course of an average two-hour-long movie. Still, it would be nice to view new flicks like Endhiran comfortably at home without having to rent the DVD, or buy a pirated copy. (CNNGo – Streaming Bollywood) Information about Endhiran is available on IMDb: Android Bollywood.
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