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"Blame Discovery Channel" says Deputy Prime Minister
PUTRAJAYA: Stop blaming Malaysia. It was Discovery Channel which wrongly included a Balinese dance in a clip to promote a documentary series on the country.
Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the channel had clarified that it was the maker of the clip and apologised for wrongly showing the dance.
He added that the Tourism Ministry and Tourism Malaysia were in no way involved in the production of the promotional video that was aired by the Discovery Channel and they were unaware that the traditional dance from Indonesia had been used.
“The explanation by the Discovery Channel should be accepted and I hope the matter (protests against Malaysia for the use of the dance in the video) will not drag on,” he told a press conference after chairing the Cabinet committee meeting on tourism here yesterday.
Stressing a point: Muhyiddin responding to questions from the media at the press conference in Putrajaya yesterday. With him is Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen.Protests in Indonesia had reportedly been triggered by allegations that a Balinese dance had been used to promote a television show about Malaysia.
The protests included an incident on Tuesday where some 30 students pelted the Malaysian Embassy in Indonesia with rotten eggs and attempted to raise an Indonesian flag at the gate.
Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen, who was also at the press conference, said her ministry had contacted the Discovery Channel on the same day the video was aired requesting it set the record straight and the channel had acted promptly.
“Discovery sent a letter explaining the whole matter and apologising for the mistake to both the Malaysia and Indonesia’s tourism ministries,” she said.
On the outcome of the Cabinet committee meeting, Muhyiddin said among the decisions made was to create better coordination between the various tourism-related ministries and agencies to ensure promotions highlighted correct information while programmes reached the intended audience.
A committee comprising representatives from ministries, agencies and the private sector would be set up for this purpose.
Source: The Star online
You Tube Offering Online Movie Rental
LOS ANGELES: YouTube, Google Inc.'s online video streaming service, is in talks with Hollywood studios to rent new release movies online, according to people familiar with the talks.
The move follows similar deals by Apple Inc.'s iTunes and others.
A final deal would be contingent on pricing and an agreed-upon release date, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because discussions were still ongoing.
The move takes YouTube one step away from an ad-supported business model, but does not break the mold of other online rental deals already struck by iTunes, Amazon.com Inc. and Cinemanow.com, a unit of Sonic Solutions.
All of them offer movie rentals for between $1.99 to $3.99 each with a 24-hour viewing period.
The talks were first reported on The Wall Street Journal's Web site Wednesday.
Discussions were most advanced with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp., Sony Corp.'s movie studio, Time Warner Inc.'s Warner Bros. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc., all of which already have ad revenue-sharing deals with YouTube, the people said.
The Internet site declined to comment specifically on the talks.
"While we don't comment on rumor or speculation, we hope to expand on both our great relationship with movie studios and on the selection and types of videos we offer our community," said YouTube spokesman Chris Dale.
If YouTube becomes a rental channel for movie studios, it would mark a return to what Google used to do before it bought YouTube for $1.76 billion nearly three years ago.
Besides offer free looks at short clips, Google Video sold the right to view some movies and TV shows.
Google got out of the online video rental business shortly after it bought YouTube and poured more resources into building a larger audience for YouTube's totally free service.
YouTube is still unprofitable although Google management says it's close to making money, thanks to all the ads on there now.
According to a person with direct knowledge of the deals in the works, YouTube plans to begin a three-month test of the online rental service this month.
Every studio would likely come to different terms, but most would receive around 60 percent of the revenue from each rental, with a floor of about $2.40, the person said.
That's very similar to studios' deals with other online outfits, as well as those agreed upon with cable operators such as Comcast Corp., which offer videos on demand.
The "window" - or the time lag between the sales date of DVDs and their rental, which is meant to protect sagging DVD sales - could be 30 days or more.
However, Warner Bros. has been allowing video-on-demand rentals on the same day that its DVDs hit retailers.
The move has boosted sales and not hurt physical disc rentals, which don't generate as much profit as digital ones. - AP






