At Digiday Video this past Tuesday (Nov. 8) at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York, TidalTV CEO Scott Ferber took part in a discussion with Digiday’s editor in chief Brian Morrissey entitled “The Online Video Identity Crisis.” In this clip, Ferber talks about the future of video networks, how they need to evolve into becoming technology marketing partners, the “wild west” issues of online video, YouTube’s premium content strategy, opportunities in the Web’s “torso” and more. Watch the full discussion here.
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