Video Content Battle Hits Prime Time

"Yahoo! and Google, for example, have both talked about their search services on mobile phones before, but partnerships with Motorola (MOT:NYSE - commentary - research - Cramer's Take) introduce features, such as one-click Internet access, to make using the Internet on phones a much easier process.
Or take Page's much-anticipated announcement on Google Video. While the project itself was announced early last year, Google's pricing plan is enticingly disruptive: When a content provider, say CBS or the National Basketball Association, retails its programming through Google, it not only names its own price, it gets to keep 70% of the revenue. Not only are independent producers going to find that 70% very attractive, but cable companies, say, are going to find it very tough to compete with those prices. "