In some European nations, they like to watch movies in their own language. Who knew? Rivals, regulations and reluctance to pay for premium TV also makes Netflix's worldwide expansion more difficult than anticipated.

Some big media companies have agreed to make content available for a planned $10 a month YouTube subscription service. But some think the 55% creator-45% YouTube split should be more generous to them because they are the best known brands 

Proof that even silly, meaningless stories can be brought to life. Esquire's talks to the Boston TV sportswriter/producer whose Twitter photo of his one year old daughter in his living room prompted a a harangue about where/how his flat screen TV was hung. 

Alibaba has agreed to pay about $4.6 billion to buy the rest of video streaming service Youku Tudou. As Bloomberg Businessweek reports: “Ownership of Youku Tudou would help [Alibaba founder Jack] Ma deliver U.S. films and drama series to more than a third of China’s population as Alibaba battles Baidu Inc. and Tencent Holdings Ltd. for the attentions of Internet users.”  

Forbes has released its first-ever ranking of the top-paid YouTube stars. Collectively, the top 13 earners pulled in $54.5 million, with Felix Kjellberg, a.k.a., PewDiePie, pulling in $12 million. Writes Forbers: “These 13 DIY filmmakers -- directors, producers, actors all rolled into one -- have made millions doing what members of older generations may consider more play than work.”    

A study by consulting group Altman Vilandrie and Company sponsored by premium movie channel Epix says that young adults would be more likely to sign up for a traditional pay TV service if they knew about TV Everywhere offerings

NBC to launch comedy-only streaming service, adding to the number of streaming sites you can pay for monthly.

YouTube Gaming will let users livestream Android games straight from their mobile devices. And Google is launching a subscription service for individual YouTube Gaming channels, allowing fans to financially support their favorite streamers

YouTube Gaming just added paid subscriptions, or “sponsorships,” ars technica reports. “Sponsorships let users in over 40 countries go ad-free by paying a monthly fee of $3.99 through Google Wallet to directly support their favorite streamers,” it writes. “Like (rival) Twitch, subscribers get extra perks, namely ‘access to exclusive chat sessions’ and a chat badge that denotes them as paying subscribers.”  

Product placement is declining, possibly because there are so many other places to hawk wares.  There were 4,455 product placements made during last year’s broadcast TV season, a 3% drop from the year before and down 20% from 2012-2013.