Heggen’s small package takedown on Aiston becomes Ten’s first video to hit 10m views
"Mark, you would know about that"
An awkward exchange during a Ten News bulletin has become the first piece of video content uploaded by an Australian TV network to receive more than 10m views on YouTube.
Uploaded as “An awkward moment”, the clip features Ten’s Belinda Heggen and Mark Aiston bantering during a 5pm bulletin last February.
Aiston remarked at the end of the sports roundup about The Ashes trophy: “I just can’t understand how something so small could be so impressive.”
But not more than an X Factor Australia clip – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W86jlvrG54o 12 million.
Hi Tom,
I focused on the YouTube channels controlled by the networks, the one you’ve linked to – which does have about 12m views – appears to have been uploaded by someone who doesn’t seem to be an owner of the content. Which is a shame for Seven, if so, because that might have been $30-40k right there. I wonder if they can ask for it…
Cheers,
Tim – Mumbrella
TEN should upload the Breakfast program.
and none of it has anything to do with the fact that it was uploaded by an australian network, or the news personalities, or the success of the youtube channel. it is purely because both tv anchor bloopers and planking are viral searches and most watched videos anyway.
Does anyone know if this was set up? We’d all love to know the back story- o.k. or at least I’d like to know the back story.