Thursday morning featured a keynote from Robert Kyncl, Vice President of Global Content Partnerships, YouTube.

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Robert Kyncl started his career in entertainment in the mailroom of a talent agency, J.

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"We're seeing a myriad of brands increasing their media spend, " said Robert Kyncl, global head of content partnerships for YouTube.

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YouTube is gathering metrics on the channels' prospects before they even launch, said Robert Kyncl, Google's global head of content.

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Larry Aidem, the former president of the Sundance Channel, knew Robert Kyncl, Hirschorn told me, and he said he thought they should meet.

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Robert Kyncl, vice president and global head of content partnerships, acknowledged to reporters after the event that the channel funding strategy had not worked as well as hoped.

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"It's a whole new skill set to develop: to convince people to actually take out their credit card, even for one cent, " said Robert Kyncl, YouTube's vice president and global head of content partnerships, told reporters at the March event.

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