/**
  * Manually updates field with new video stats
  * @param  [type] $column     [description]
  * @param  [type] $entry_id   [description]
  * @param  [type] $youtube_id [description]
  * @return [type]             [description]
  */
 private function _save_field_data($column, $entry_id, $youtube_id)
 {
     // stats cache has expired, update the values for the field
     $y = new Youtube($this->settings['api_key'], $youtube_id);
     list($views) = $y->stats();
     list($title, $since) = $y->snippet();
     // save the field
     $data = implode('|', array($youtube_id, date('U'), $title, $views, $since));
     $val = array($column => $data);
     return ee()->db->where('entry_id', $entry_id)->update('channel_data', $val);
 }