DailyMotion can be a strategic asset for a country like France. E.g. if they project a steep decline of broadcast TV and a YouTube monopoly, having a French-controlled video streaming alternative laying around may become important in the case of a USA-EU "cold war".
The chances for this scenario may be very slim, but countries at the level of France would want a contingency plan anyway.
I think that's reaching. That's not just 'slim', that's vanishingly small, so small that such a factor would never make it to consideration in a case such as this. The real truth is that it was the first time that France had a name on a website that had international recognition and they didn't want to lose that.
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DailyMotion can be a strategic asset for a country like France. E.g. if they project a steep decline of broadcast TV and a YouTube monopoly, having a French-controlled video streaming alternative laying around may become important in the case of a USA-EU "cold war". The chances for this scenario may be very slim, but countries at the level of France would want a contingency plan anyway.
I think that's reaching. That's not just 'slim', that's vanishingly small, so small that such a factor would never make it to consideration in a case such as this. The real truth is that it was the first time that France had a name on a website that had international recognition and they didn't want to lose that.