For all those Youtube users out there, look out! My media idol Jeff Zucker over at NBC Universal has linked his horse and pony show up with a number of mega-US content type companies and formed like voltron to create the ultimate competitor to Google's Youtube. Here's what a press release from NBC had to say about Z-Cup's latest power move:

NEW YORK -- March 22, 2007 -- News Corporation and NBC Universal will launch the largest Internet video distribution network ever assembled with the most sought-after content from television and film, it was announced today by Jeff Zucker, President and Chief Executive Officer, NBC Universal and Peter Chernin, President and Chief Operating Officer, News Corporation. The video-rich site will debut this summer with thousands of hours of full-length programming, movies and clips, representing premium content from at least a dozen networks and two major film studios.

Never one to gloat, Zucker backs up these bold pronouncements with steely resolve:

"Anyone who believes in the value of ubiquitous distribution will find this announcement incredibly exciting," said Jeff Zucker, President and CEO of NBC Universal. "This venture supercharges our distribution of protected, quality content to fans everywhere. Consumers get a hugely attractive aggregation of a wide range of content, and marketers get a novel way to connect with a large and highly engaged audience."

Yep. They have TV faves from Heroes to 24 to Saturday Night Live to The Simpsons and Battlestar Galactica, not to mention movies ranging from Borat to Little Miss Sunshine. Youtube has all of that too...only with this as yet unnamed site, it's all perfectly legal!