Via http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/16/youtube-takes-aim-at-hulu/#comment-2701769

"YouTube announced today new measures it is taking to more prominently feature and broaden the range of content available on the site from studios including Sony Crackle, MGM, CBS, Lionsgate, Starz, and the BBC. The site will now feature a new ‘Shows’ tab in the YouTube masthead, which will allow users to browse through television content by genre, network, title, and popularity (sounds like Hulu, doesn’t it?)."

I think the addition of the "Shows" on the masthead is the reason they moved the searchbox earlier today – as spotted here http://blogoscoped.com/forum/153426.html

As a re-cap, it went from
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To
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(Ionut thought that ""search" is too close from the "upload" button
")

"The site is also refining its search options, making it easier to separate the new premium content from the user-generate videos the site has become famous for."

Also, TechCrunch notes that "The site is also announcing a new advertising product called “Google TV Ads”. The product allows advertisers to place TV-like commercials within the new premium content offerings on the site."

[OT] Google Finance now list YT videos in the news section (without notice)

http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/7938/videoingooglefinance.png

Watch Shows and Movies on YouTube
Today we're excited to announce a new destination for television shows and an improved destination for movies on YouTube, where partners like Crackle, CBS, MGM, Lionsgate, Starz and many others have made thousands of television episodes and hundreds of movies available for you to watch, comment on, favorite and share. This addition is one of many efforts underway to ensure that we're offering you all the different kinds of video you want to see, from bedroom vlogs and citizen journalism reports to music videos and full-length films and TV shows.

http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=XyjuFGWCPpQ