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"The NHL are announcing a YouTube channel today.  The hockey league will provide game highlights and behind the scenes video in a deal that sounds very similar to the recently-launched CBS channel - that deal also included some sports content (see YouTube-CBS).  The two parties will share the ad revenue, and YouTube will also employ their new technology that lets copyright holders track down unauthorized use - if infringing content is found, the NHL will have the option to remove it, or leave it up and share in the ad revenue from that clip.  YouTube call this their \"Claim Your Content\" program.  The channel will appear at youtube.com/nhl (not yet live) and will launch in time for the 2006-2007 starting this month.\nThe move follows a recent deal between Google Video and the NHL - earlier this month, classic and current NHL games became available on the Google Video, with new games available 48 hours after they appear on TV.  There was a two week period during which the clips were free, after which you'd have to pay for access - if I remember correctly, that period is about to expire imminently.  Also in early November, NBA clips disappeared from Google Video.  At first it appeared that the NBA had pulled the footage, which was previously available for $3.95 per game, but it seems that the deal was actually scheduled to end before the new season.  The NBA are now in talks with video sites, so we could still see a deal there, too.  \nMeanwhile, other sports teams aren't so compliant.  The German soccer team Bayern Munich have threatened to sue YouTube over unauthorized fan footage, and the English Premier League demanded in early November that YouTube take down infringing clips."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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