Brian Roberts Quotes

We have CBS.com, we have our stuff on iTunes. We feel the wave of the future is getting as much distribution as we can. We feel that we should be nonexclusive and get our content out there.

As a creator, I want my content to be where people can watch it.

I think many years from now, people will still watch television, though it will probably be 150 inches wide. What will change is the ability to get 'CSI' not only on TV but also on the Internet, even watching it in a foreign country as it's playing in the U.S.

The Internet is the greatest thing that ever happened to the entertainment industry.

There are literally tens of thousands of very good content providers in the world that don't distribute their content through TV channels.

Really, having a show freely available online is like having your book in the library. It's wonderful; it's ideal.

It's nice to have video play, radio play but as long as I can work my virals on the Internet, or yet get it out to where people hear it and can see it anytime, I'm cool.

'Frontline' started doing digital content in 1995. We started streaming our films in 2000.

People are always asking me where they can get some of my matches on tapes and DVDs. The people always tell me they see me on Youtube or whatever.

We are committed to getting our content to our audience in as many ways as possible. We are very excited about our partnerships.. and we relaunched our ABC app, which is going to be a great place and opportunity for our audience to find our shows in addition to throwback content and new ABC digital originals.

Everyone is using the Internet for almost everything - trailers, ads, movies, and short films. This is the only thing that will reach everybody in the world.

Going from three TV channels to broadcast TV to cable to talk radio; obviously the online explosion has changed things.

I choose YouTube over telly.

Now it's all about the word of mouth, and watching a series on Netflix. That's the way people actually consume this stuff now, instead of waiting for a DVD release you're not really sure you want to buy. And I think it's fantastic, because then I can watch the shows that I missed, over a weekend. I love doing that.

To say the Internet is the death of books and movies is like saying someone invented a new, more efficient kind of cup and it heralds the death of coffee - a new improved form of carrying something, which is essentially what the Internet is, should be helpful to our business.

We want our music to reach everybody, so we're using the Internet. Every kid today is online, and we want to make sure our songs reach every one of them.

I don't think that Yahoo or any other Internet company should try to become a television network. We will be nowhere if we have to create our own content.

There's always going to be a place for YouTube.

When people tell you Web content is better than television content, they probably don't mean that, they probably enjoy the format of the Web better than the format of TV.

One of the things that is counterintuitive about BuzzFeed is that there's not a natural corollary to what we're doing because it isn't possible to distribute content through word-of-mouth in print.

I think, because of the Internet, we're not looking at the very, very narrow channels for distribution that there used to be.

Podcasts themselves cannot exist without the Internet - in a way, they are a microcosm of the Internet.

The power of digital distribution over physical retail outlets is you have a chance to create a global audience.

TV has been my goal since before I started YouTube.

Let's face it; people are doing everything online these days. So if they are going to watch my movies, I'm happy as long as it's being bought legally and being exhibited legally, as long as they are paying even a small fee for it. I'm just anti-piracy. If it's a legitimate way of watching film online, then I'm very happy.