YouTube Uses Set-Piece Speech To Protest That It’s Not A “Villain” Intent On Toppling TV

YouTube has a message for the television industry: We are a friend, not a foe. In a set-piece speech at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday, Pedro Pina, YouTube’s vice president in EMEA, said the video-sharing platform is not a “villain” for the traditional broadcasting business. Pina also took aim at the UK government’s plan…