Once upon a time youngsters around Canada raced home to watch VideoHits on the CBC hosted by none other than Samantha Taylor.  For many, this was the only place to watch music videos because MTV was not available in Canada (generally) and Much was still new too.

What a great show that was.  Who doesn't recall the first time they saw A-Ha's 'Take on Me' video on it?  The other day the T. was YouTubing and he found the video to star Toronto band BluePeter's track 'Walk on Past'.  I had never seen it before.

So content owners?  How do I legally see the BluePeter video again?  And what do I owe you?  And what do we owe for a clip someone uploaded of  David Lee Roth sing Jump with a bluegrass band?

I really find the discussions around content missing a key point.  Media companies have too much content.  They don't have an efficient way to share it and gain revenue from their extensive back catalogue.  I can understand why MuchMusic, for example, would lose revenue or be concerned with current day top 40 videos on YouTube.  If you can watch this on YouTube then what does the big cable network offer. 

The back catalogue has always been the huge money making revenue for media companies (How much revenue did they earn from releasing The Beatles "1" cd?) And I can see opportunities for media companies in releasing video (the old 80's TV shows now occupying most of HMV).  But really the entire back catalogue... a video site is the best way to show this.