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YouTube Making Nice with Legacy TV

YouTube is pitching itself as a partner to traditional TV at the Mipcom market in Cannes, where Robbie G.K. also promoted his comedy Meatballs; the handshakes were firm.

On air: Brock Thunderson, Hank Ledger and Gloria Vance on Coffee Talk
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorYouTube is spending Mipcom in Cannes telling traditional TV it wants to be a partner, not a predator.

  2. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI've sat through a few charm offensives, Hank. One of them ended with me being escorted out of a ballroom, and the shrimp were excellent.

  3. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistA charm offensive is a pressure system.

  4. Brock Thunderson · Chief MeteorologistWarm air from the platform side meets cold air from the television side, and you get a thunderstorm of handshakes.

  5. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's a lot of weather for a handshake.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe word partner is how every treaty starts, and the word predator is how most of them end.

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