YouTube TV adds AMC, BBC America and more, as promised

Count it as a promise for zombies and time travel fulfilled. AMC Networks, home of The Walking Dead and owner of BBC America, where Doctor Who plies his era-hopping trade, is now available on YouTube TV. The service announced the new additions in a ...

Here's how billions of people use Google products, in one chart

In fact, Google said at its developer conference this week that it has 7 products with over 1 billion users: Gmail, Chrome, Maps, Search, YouTube, Google Play Store and Android, which just hit 2 billion active devices. To put that in perspective ...

YouTube launches Best.Cover.Ever talent contest

Ever is a new, exclusively YouTube-based talent competition developed with Ryan Seacrest Productions and Endemol Shine North America.

GTA 5 roleplaying is Twitch's new hotness

Grand Theft Auto 5 is years old at this point, but it's found new life on Twitch thanks to one thing: roleplaying. On a secret third-party server, dozens of the most popular streamers are acting out the insane lives of criminals and the cops who are ...
http://www.pcgamer.com/gta-5-roleplaying-is-twitchs-new-hotness/

California entrepreneur brings the spirit of Taos to YouTube

Web presence and search engine optimization expert Geraldine Convento was a witness to the beginning of the internet. In fact, she grew up with it.

YouTube Super Chat: Pay up to pin your livestream comments video - CNET

Korea · United Kingdom. US Editions; English · Español. Autoplay: ON Autoplay: OFF. Your video, "YouTube Super Chat: Pay up to trigger real-life events" will start after this message from our sponsors. Loading video... Autoplay: onoff. 0:00 / 0:00 ...

Katy Perry Breaks Her Own YouTube Record With 'Bon Appetit' Music Video Views

On July 7, 2015, the music video for “Roar” became the fourth video to reach 1 billion views on Vevo, making Perry the first artist in history to have two music videos with a billion views.

Meet the seven-year-old Iraqi YouTube star who went viral for his speech against Isis

“I'll say it again if you give me 1,000 dinars (66p),” Hassan Aldawash smiles mischievously. His father laughs along. “He's not actually joking.

Google-Funded Study Touting YouTube Boost to the Music Business Deemed Misleading by RIAA

A Google-funded study that touts positive impact of YouTube on the music industry is raising hackles, with the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) characterizing the study as misleading and out of touch.
http://variety.com/2017/music/news/youtube-google-study-music-business-riaa-1202437819/

Russia's using pop music on YouTube to ridicule millennial protesters

Russian millennials played a big role in widespread protests against government corruption back in March, and YouTube happens to be one of their favorite platforms.

Why Tyler Oakley, Gigi Gorgeous Are Among LGBT Stars Pushing YouTube on Diversity (Exclusive Video)

As far as Hollywood has come telling LGBTQ stories, there's still a long way to go -- and many creators in the community are counting on YouTube and other digital platforms to point the way. Pushing for diversity in a tense political climate was the ...

YouTube is reportedly letting more people live-stream from their mobile

YouTube is making it easier for users to start live-streaming on mobile devices. According to a report from Android Police, the video site is dropping a requirement that means users have to have more than 1,000 subscribers before they “Go Live” via a ...
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/18/15657170/youtube-live-stream-mobile-requirements-subscriber-count

Here's The “Cultural Review” Magazine YouTube Handed Out At Brandcast

At its 2017 Brandcast, YouTube shared statistics about its audience and announced new programming it plans to produce in the coming year.

YouTube TV fleshes out its lineup with AMC, BBC America, and more

YouTube's streaming TV service is adding several new channels today, including AMC, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, and WE TV.

YouTube's paid chats are an abomination from a capitalist dystopia I want no part of

If YouTube comments stink, and they do, then YouTube live stream chats are positively radioactive in their toxicity.
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/18/15656908/youtube-super-chat-paid-abomination

YouTube Study Raises More Questions About Value to the Music Industry

Then, on May 11, YouTube released the first part of an RBB Economics study that it says will show how it helps the recorded-music business -- adding revenue without cannibalizing more lucrative parts of the industry, promoting other services and giving ...

BT Sport to show European football on YouTube

The British broadcaster fared well with distributing the Champions League and Europa League finals on YouTube last year. Its audience was up 5% year-on-year compared to 2015, partly thanks to digital platforms like YouTube, according to BT's chief of ...

YouTube Millionaires: Mark Dohner Says "It's All About Good Vibes For Me"

Welcome to YouTube Millionaires, where we profile channels that have recently crossed the one million subscriber mark. There are channels crossing this threshold every week, and each has a story to tell about YouTube success. Read previous installments ...

Police chiefs' anger at YouTube gangster threat videos where members boast about shootings

Footage has emerged online of gang members openly boasting about shooting people and gang violence but police say they are finding it difficult to have the ...

YouTube TV Just Added 7 New Networks—Here's How It Stacks Up

YouTube is new to the television streaming game but the company is already adding seven new networks—AMC, BBC America, Sundance TV, Telemundo, Universo, We TV and IFC—to their basic $35/month package.

YouTube Super Chat lets you pay to spark livestream antics - CNET

YouTube is opening up its "tip jar" on livestreams -- called Super Chat -- so developers can program automated triggers for something to happen in real life ...

YouTube TV gets a boost with seven new channels

YouTube TV also has “unlimited cloud DVR,” and allows access for up to six people, according to Napier. Unfortunately, if you want the service, you'd better live in Los Angeles, New York, the Bay Area, Chicago, or Philadelphia.

YouTube TV Adds 7 More Streaming Networks

When YouTube TV was announced at the end of February, it didn't seem like the best value for your money. For $35 a month, customers had access to live shows from about 40 networks.

YouTube VR will have shared rooms and voice chat instead of ...

The virtual reality version of YouTube is adding shared rooms that will let people view 360-degree videos together, part of a larger update to Google's Daydream ...
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/18/15656758/youtube-vr-daydream-google-io-update-shared-rooms

As YouTube stars pursue new dreams, keeping millions of loyal fans happy is a tough balancing act

In a recent YouTube video, an emotional Claudia Sulewski addresses her 1.9 million subscribers, at points on the verge of tears, but at other points looking happy to get a weight off her chest.

What Marketers Can Do to Improve YouTube's Major Diversity Problem Among Its Influencers

I was recently talking to a major brand about providing them with an influencer for a campaign it was developing. My company, Divergent Media, is, among many things, an influencer marketing agency that works exclusively with influencers of color to ...

YouTube is bringing 360-degree videos to your TV

Google's I/O 2017 developer conference isn't just about its search engine getting smarter. The company has also announced that YouTube's 360-degree videos are coming soon to TVs, expanding beyond smartphones and web browsers for the first time.
https://www.engadget.com/2017/05/17/youtube-360-degree-videos-tv/

Meet Jordan, the paralysed beauty blogger helping others with YouTube

Jordan Bone is a top beauty vlogger with more than 200,000 YouTube subscribers but she's also paralysed from the chest down.

How Mary Timony Resurrected Helium After Watching Some YouTube Videos

Mary Timony is best known today for being a member of Ex Hex and Wild Flag, but this summer she's resurrecting the band that made her an indie star in the '90s.

YouTube TV Just Added 7 New Networks—Here's How It Stacks Up

YouTube is new to the television streaming game but the company is already adding seven new networks—AMC, BBC America, Sundance TV, Telemundo, Universo, We TV and IFC—to their basic $35/month package.
http://lifehacker.com/youtube-tv-just-added-7-new-networks-heres-how-it-stack-1795259238

DNREC YouTube video details Mispillion Harbor Restoration

A video premiering on the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control's YouTube Channel is providing a look at ongoing beach restoration work to restore and protect wildlife habitat along the shoreline at Mispillion Harbor on ...
http://www.doverpost.com/news/20170517/dnrec-youtube-video-details-mispillion-harbor-restoration

Several Major Advertisers Remain Wary of YouTube - Barron's

After advertisers fled in March, Google said it had the situation under control, but some big companies have stayed away.

Direct Line trials new brand safety features for YouTube

Direct Line Group (DLG) has become the first brand to introduce new brand safety features for YouTube that it hopes will stop ads appearing in unsafe environments and improve overall ad effectiveness on the site.

Here is How to Create a Link to a Specific Part of YouTube Video

YouTube, one of the most popular video-streaming community, actually has a lot of tricks that power users like you must be aware of, but if you're specifically looking for a way that a video you share starts from an intended spot, we've got you covered.

The 2017 YouTube NextUp Winners Have Been Revealed - Did Your Fave Make The List?

The US and UK winners of this year's Next Up have been revealed. Next Up is YouTube's competition to the find the platform's next roster of future stars and includes the rather tantalising prize of a weeklong video training camp and vouchers for ...

YouTube Has Supposedly Stopped Restricting LGBT Content

So Why Are Queer YouTubers Still Leaving?

It was the first of many such emails that Armstrong, one of the first transgender woman to document her transition on YouTube, would receive. In protest, she demonetized her entire channel, so that she no longer receives payment for any videos she posts.
http://www.newnownext.com/youtube-censorship-lgbt-monetize/05/2017/

YouTube just added more of your favorite channels to YouTube TV

It only took a month for YouTube's TV killer to add to its roster of channels. YouTube's live TV offering - conveniently called YouTube TV - now includes AMC, IFC, BBC America, Sundance TV, Telemundo, and We TV, reports 9-to-5 Google. Those new ...
http://mashable.com/2017/05/16/youtube-tv-adds-channels/

YouTube star Claudia Sulewski talks about ambitions beyond ...

In a recent YouTube video, an emotional Claudia Sulewski addresses her 1.9 million subscribers, at points on the verge of tears, but at other points looking ...

She Fired Microsoft Over YouTube (Then Beats by Dre Came Knocking)

Cheng posted the video on YouTube so that she could email the link to her colleagues. It wasn't long before TechCrunch found the video, which has now gathered more than 400,000 views.

The Weeknd's 'Starboy' Video Hits 1 Billion YouTube Views | Billboard

In case you're not one of the 1 billion who've witnessed its greatness, check the “Starboy” video here.

YouTube TV fleshes out its lineup with AMC, BBC America, and ...

YouTube's streaming TV service is adding several new channels today, including AMC, BBC America, IFC, Sundance TV, and WE TV. Some of those are pretty ...
https://www.theverge.com/2017/5/15/15642906/youtube-tv-amc-bbc-america-new-channels-added

YouTube is not screwing over the music industry, study by YouTube finds

“The study, which looks at exclusive YouTube data and a survey of 6,000 users across Germany, France, Italy and the UK, will examine several aspects of the transformed industry in a series of papers being published over the coming weeks.

Japanese Game Companies That Won't Allow YouTube Comments

It's kind of strange that Nintendo doesn't allow comments on Japanese YouTube, no? But Nintendo is not alone. Sony also doesn't allow comments on its PlayStation Japan YouTube channel. (PlayStation North America and PlayStation Europe most certainly ...

The Truth Is Out There: NBA Conspiracy Theories on YouTube

Mike Korzemba, a twentysomething YouTuber, creates variously convincing but uniformly addictive videos about N.B.A. conspiracy theories, counterfactuals, and what-ifs.

FG establishes website, YouTube for free access to authentic information

“We have a YouTube account; it has not been active but one of the things we are working on over the next few weeks is to reactivate the page and upload our videos.

How YouTube latecomer Vox beat the odds and built a big channel

YouTube is like the Wild West in many ways, including favoring those who set up on the land in the early days. Vox Media news site Vox, started in 2014, didn't have that luxury.
https://digiday.com/media/vox-com-tripled-youtube-viewership-one-year/

Makeup by Jaz opens up about YouTube tutorial salary | Daily Mail ...

Jasmine Hands, 23, is a Gold Coast based professional makeup artist who started uploading her client's makeup transformations to YouTube more than two ...

Direct Line trials new brand safety features for YouTube

Direct Line Group (DLG) has become the first brand to introduce new brand safety features for YouTube that it hopes will stop ads appearing in unsafe environments and improve overall ad effectiveness on the site.
https://www.marketingweek.com/2017/05/15/direct-line-trials-new-brand-safety-features-for-youtube/

Fitness guru Jillian Michaels wins ruling over videos LionsGate posted to YouTube

Celebrity fitness guru Jillian Michaels won a $5.7 million arbitration ruling against Lionsgate late Wednesday in a dispute over content posted for free on YouTube. Nashville attorney Richard Busch, who represented Michaels in the dispute, called the ...

YouTube and Facebook Are Going After Television

YouTube is hoping to win back advertisers' good graces after controversy arose around ads being shown next to objectionable content on its website.

YouTube Content ID Critic Doesn't Appreciate the Irony - TorrentFreak

Should discussion about copyright protection circumvention mechanisms only be allowed in certain places? That appears to be the takeaway from a post on the ...

The 10 Best YouTube Videos You Missed This Week

From wild sci-fi new trailers to a hilarious clip of Shaq declaring war on an old nemesis, we've got something for everyone. If you're a music junkie, we've got videos from blink-182 and The National.
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/1127-best-youtube-videos.html

YouTube caught sharing hackers' cyber attack guides with links to sites selling viruses like the one which plunged ...

YOUTUBE is sharing step-by-step guides telling hackers how to make or buy dangerous ransomware like the virus which plunged the NHS into chaos, an investigation has found.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/3557900/youtube-hackers-malware-ransomware-tutorials/

Hackers post step-by-step ransomware guides on YouTube

Hackers have posted step-by-step video guides on YouTube instructing would-be cyber attackers on how to create their own ransomware.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4503696/Hackers-post-step-step-ransomware-guides-YouTube.html

The Truth Is Out There: NBA Conspiracy Theories on YouTube

Mike Korzemba, a twentysomething YouTuber, creates variously convincing but uniformly addictive videos about N.B.A. conspiracy theories, counterfactuals, and what-ifs.
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-truth-is-out-there-n-b-a-conspiracy-theories-on-youtube

YouTube agog at Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer rolling down street

Number 2 on the YouTube trending chart as of publish time is a Gothamist video of McCarthy's Spicer atop his/her podium, like Boadicea atop her chariot, rolling down the street in front of the CNN building in New York.

YouTube: Not Just for Marketing Anymore

While YouTube has emerged as a marketing juggernaut for security dealers, many are also discovering that the free video-sharing service has scores of other uses - all of which are also free for the taking.

Florida House takes to YouTube to defend its education bill in cartoon form

The Florida House took to YouTube on Saturday to defend and explain the massive education bill lawmakers approved five days earlier, using an animated video to respond to “rumors and gossip” about the legislation.

Paige Jennings, Wall Street intern turned porn star, is now trying her hand at YouTube

For now, Jennings is focusing on her YouTube channel, aptly-named RedHead Redemption, as she distances herself from her past.

Look out Hollywood

YouTube 'bawse' Lilly Singh is going mainstream.

Someone like Lilly Singh can start out making grainy how-to videos in her parents' basement, and end up making the rounds on late night shows soon after.

Jillian Michaels wins $5.7 million ruling over videos posted to YouTube

The Tennesssean reported on Thursday that the legal issue called in question whether free videos on YouTube devalue a creator's paid content.

YouTube agog at Melissa McCarthy's Sean Spicer rolling down street

Number 2 on the YouTube trending chart as of publish time is a Gothamist video of McCarthy's Spicer atop his/her podium, like Boadicea atop her chariot, rolling down the street in front of the CNN building in New York.
https://www.cnet.com/news/youtube-agog-at-snl-melissa-mccarthy-sean-spicer-rolling-down-street/

Top 50 Most Viewed YouTube Channels Worldwide • Week Of 5/12/2017

[Editor's Note: Tubefilter Charts is a weekly rankings column from Tubefilter with data provided by OpenSlate. It's exactly what it sounds like; a top number ranking of YouTube channels based on statistics collected within a given time frame. Check out ...

iJustine on being a YouTube star - Business Insider

Justine Ezarik, aka iJustine, is one of the most popular people on YouTube, and it took a lot of work to get there.

YouTube wants to be original like everyone else

YouTube is doubling down on original content in a plan to ambitiously expand its programming and attract audiences and advertisers.

YouTube: Not Just for Marketing Anymore

While YouTube has emerged as a marketing juggernaut for security dealers, many are also discovering that the free video-sharing service has scores of other uses - all of which are also free for the taking.
http://www.securityinfowatch.com/article/12329198/youtube-not-just-for-marketing-anymore

Jillian Michaels wins $5.7 million ruling over videos posted to YouTube

The Tennesssean reported on Thursday that the legal issue called in question whether free videos on YouTube devalue a creator's paid content.
http://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/2017/05/12/jillian-michaels-wins-5-7-million-ruling-over-videos-posted-to-youtube.html

Boys Soccer Coach Comes Out as Transgender in YouTube Video

At a recent practice, where he talked to the boys, aged 8 to 17, about things like sportsmanship and confidence, he also shared something else: "I am transgender.

Your Parents Like YouTube More Than You, Which Seems Kinda F*cked Up

So we all like to believe that the older generation, especially our parents, just don't quite “get” YouTube. True - it's fun to treat this Google-owned media giant as our secret little corner of the internet; but if the numbers are anything to go by ...

Watch Eurovision online live – the 2017 Song Contest is being livestreamed on YouTube

The 2017 Eurovision Song Contest is finally here - and here's how you can watch it for free and online. When the event kicks off on Saturday, May 13 at 8pm (UK time), you will be able to watch it through the magic of YouTube below: ...