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YouTube and Disney To Create Original Content

YouTube has managed to add another big name to its line-up of partners for its new channels full of original content....
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YouTube Leading The Way In Globalizing Online Video – 60% Of Views From Non-English Speakers

Good ol’ YouTube. You may be filled with one or two (million) more funny animal videos than is necessary but you’re...
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Feature-Length YouTube Movie ‘Life In A Day’ Now Available To Watch For Free On YouTube

Life In A Day was always an ambitious project: to capture one day in the life of thousands of people. Did...
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Original Programming Coming To YouTube | 100 Premium Channels With Big Budgets On Way

Not content with offering an alternative to broadcast television and cable channels, the Web is starting to mimic its longtime brother-in-arms....
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Sesame Street’s YouTube Channel Hacked To Show Hardcore Porn As The Muppets Go Bad

When a channel aimed entirely at young children is hacked to show wall-to-wall porn something has gone seriously awry. And I...
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YouTube Movie Rentals Arrives In U.K. | New Service Is Competition For Amazon’s LoveFilm

YouTube is now offering its fledgling movie rentals service in the U.K. The content is good, the prices fair. The sky...
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YouTube Adds Magisto To Video Toolbox | Automatic Video Editor Enters The Bigtime

Two things are probably key for any tech startup looking to make it beyond the first year: funding, and a partner...
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New YouTube Video Editor Goes Live | Image Stabilization, Color, Contrast, and Effects

YouTube now has a dedicated editor built in to the site giving all users the opportunity to edit video they have...
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Google Bids High, Has Big Plans For Hulu, Maybe

There could be an interesting twist to the already-compelling tale of who is going to acquire Hulu. Because it looks as...
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Google TV Coming To The U.K. As Eric Schmidt Promises More Partners, Brighter U.S. Future

Google TV isn’t going to be one of those many products or services Google kills off quietly after a failed trial....
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Hulu Deadline Extended As Potential Bidders Raise Concerns Over Profitability and Future

Hulu is being sold off, of that there is no question. But everything else, it would seem, is being questioned. From...
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Pirated Movies On YouTube Again? | Google’s Content ID System Clearly Isn’t Foolproof

YouTube is clean, legal, and above board these days, with Google having done all it can to rid the site of...
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YouTube Integrates Google+ Hangouts | Start A Web Chat Directly From Video-Sharing Site

Google+ may have just received a phenomenal boost from another Google property. That being YouTube, obviously. If lots of people actually...
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YouTube Settles With National Music Publishers Association, Bringing Music & Video Together

YouTube is no longer the piracy-ridden stain on society it once was, with Google having cleaned up the site until it’s...
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Android Market Movie Rentals Service Comes To Smartphones | Films Available From $1.99

Thanks to the newly-updated Android Market and Videos app you can now watch movie rentals on your smartphone. Assuming it’s not...
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YouTube Live Streaming On Google+ Hangouts

Users of Google+ Hangouts, the live group video chat component of the fledgling social network, can now watch live streaming YouTube...
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New YouTube Design ‘Cosmic Panda’ Now On TestTube With Channel Customization Options

YouTube is testing out a new design codenamed Cosmic Panda. Personally, however, I’d rather see the current performance issues of constant...
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Web Video Chat Comes Of Age With Hangouts on Google+ and Skype on Facebook

It wasn’t long ago when the idea of chatting face to face with video was considered futuristic and pie in the...
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Google To Buy Hulu? | Search Giant One Of Possible Buyers Alongside Microsoft and Yahoo!

Google is one of a trio of household names jockeying to take on Hulu. That is if the rumors are to...
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YouTube Music Video Views Prove The Future Is Online As Music Piracy Begins To Tail Off

YouTube is helping beat music piracy by offering a free and legal alternative. The users get the content they desire, while...
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YouTube Celebrates Sixth Birthday | 3 Billion Views Per Day, 48 Hours Of Video Per Minute

YouTube is now officially six-years-old, having launched in beta in May 2005. That seems like a lifetime ago and, judging by...
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Google TV UI Update For Android 3.1 Unveiled At Google I/O, Android Market Apps Included

Google TV 2.0 is well on its way. And the first screenshots of the improved user interface and the Android Market...
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YouTube Movies Improves With New Streaming Content From Sony, Warners, Universal Etc.

YouTube Movies has just taken a turn for the better thanks to a huge influx of new content. YouTube has taken...
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Royal Wedding On YouTube Viewed Over 100 Million Times, 77 Million Live Streaming Views

Over 100 million people watched the royal wedding between Prince William and Catherine Middleton on YouTube. While that may not be...
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Google TV 2.0 On Way | What Needs To Change?

It looks like Google is preparing to revamp and reboot Google TV. And it’s really no surprise as v1.0 hasn’t managed...
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YouTube Movie Rental Service Being Relaunched With Big Hollywood Studios Now On Board?

Although YouTube has been offering movie rentals for a while now, very few people have been using the service. But maybe,...
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Google Makes It Easier To Transfer Video Content From Google Video To YouTube

If Google is really good at one thing, and one thing alone, it’s listening to its users. Which is exactly what...
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Google Video Dead For Good On May 13 As Content Is Removed – So, YouTube It Is Then

Google Video is finally being put out of its misery, over two years after Google effectively decided to kill its own...
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YouTube Copyright School Seeks To Re-Educate Persistent Copyright Infringers With Cartoon Cat

The YouTube Copyright School is now open and accepting pupils who need re-educating about what can and can’t legitimately be posted...
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YouTube Live Launches | Google Inviting Trusted Video Producers To Stream Content

YouTube has finally, after literally years of promises, gone live. YouTube Live suggests Google is serious about turning its online video...
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