Arguably the best feature of Google+, ‘hangouts’, has been expanded to allow broadcasting linked to YouTube streams. It presents immense opportunities for TV networks, writes, Devon Glenn.
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Youtube redesign sets the stage for Google TV
Youtube’s newly unveiled redesign emphasises channels over random video programming, with users guided towards subscribing to content providers. It sets the stage for a revamped Google TV, which will revolutionise television, writes Dan Barrett.
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The social network habits of UK adults
According to a recent study from a British PR firm about 77% of UK adults have Facebook profiles, 66% are registered with Youtube and 33% are on Twitter. Media Bistro have represented the stats in a groovy infographic.
How I accidently became a hero for right wing Gore haters
It all began when Slate writer Brian Merchant uploaded a one minute Youtube video of Al Gore talking about population control. To Merchant’s astonishment, the clip become the central point in a frenzy whipped up by conservative media.
YouTube introduces CC licensing + mash-ups
YouTube has introduced a Creative Commons licensing option that provides uploaders the ability to offer universal permission for others to use their material. There is also a new feature allowing amateur artists to make their own video mash-ups.
Rebranding religion, Mormon style
The Church of Latter Day Saints are currently running a series of ads on Youtube starring Mormons. It appears to be a sort of rebranding exercise, but what exactly are they selling? asks Amanda Cosco.
Digital media convergence: where legal and ethical lines blur, too
Once upon a time reporters gained stories through their contacts, by wearing out shoe leather or burning up the telephone lines. These days, they are just as likely to suck the content off social media, which blurs regulatory and ethical lines.
Anti-social media: should the medium kill the message?
Media outlets tend to broadcast any information they can glean from social network sites, giving killers their “15 minutes of fame”, writes Neil Walker.
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The top ten White House YouTube vids of 2010
The White House has joined the annual influx of “best of the year” lists with a compilation of the ten most popular videos on their YouTube channel.
12 ways to enhance/hack Youtube
Many of us have spent inordinate amounts of time on Youtube watching enlightening accounts of dogs running into walls and the latest installment of the OMG Cat. Mashable presents a bunch of ways you can enhance the Youtube experience.
Wanna become a YouTube sensation?
Most people who “go viral” and become YouTube celebrities do so mostly by fluke. But those eager to join the clique of internet sensations might want to follow this “how to” guide by Zachary Sniderman.
How many jihads does it take to get banned on YouTube?
YouTube is known for its liberal attitudes towards censoring content, but after ongoing pressure from American and British officials a selection of radical sermons from an American-born Muslim have been removed from the site, reports Robert Mackey.
How Live YouTube can be a success
This week YouTube furthers its experiments in live streaming for third party providers. According to PC World’s Jared Newman there are four key things required for it to succeed: major content, interactivity, brand awareness and reliability.
From the projects to YouTube to the music charts
Every so often a YouTube video becomes more than just a quick giggle and actually makes money. This video — a comical interview with the brother of a sexual assault victim, turned into a song (seriously) — has been racing up the iTunes charts.
Speeding, police + youtube = a long stint in the can?
American Anthony Graber’s annoyance at being issued a speeding ticket was overshadowed when he uploaded a video of it onto youtube. Now embroiled in a debate about wiretapping and freedom of speech, he’s facing a hefty prison sentence.
Buzz (of vuvuzelas) builds for YouTube
The vuvuzela madness continues, with YouTube installing a vuvuzela button on all videos. Yes, you can now watch cute sneezing pandas with an annoying droning sound in the background!
Watch the M.I.A. video banned by YouTube (NSFW)
A music video by rapper M.I.A. depicting US police/military violence has been pulled from YouTube. Check it out here (though be warned: it is pretty violent and confronting).
The secrets of YouTube’s success
YouTube is now such a ubiquitous part of our daily lives and media consumption, it’s hard to believe the video site is only five years old. Wired looks at how the site became such a sensation.
YouTube’s magic moment
YouTube is a little sliver of a golden age, free access to a global cultural cornucopia. Jealous waifs in 2025 will be hearing stories, “When we were young, we had a magic pipeline: YouTube”, writes W.H. Chong.
David now much richer after dentist: “Is this real life?”
Being a YouTube star can pay some serious dough. David After Dentist, the hilarious video of a drugged 7 year old, has net David’s family more than US$100,000 and enabled David’s dad to quit his job.
Going viral won’t kill you
Users can ban embedding of their YouTube videos and plenty of record companies are employing it. But stopping video clips from float freely around the web is simply killing the ability of videos to go viral.
Join in the hunt for dodgy tobacco marketing
Researchers from the University of Sydney are exploring how the tobacco industry is exploiting Facebook, Youtube and Twitter to promote its products. Help them in their hunt for social media smoking shame.
YouTube’s assault on iTunes
YouTube is apparently in talks with the TV industry to offer streaming video of first-run shows, with no-commercials, at US$1.99 a pop. Apple’s iTunes already offers cheap TV downloads, but the Google-backed YouTube is a serious brand name with which to contend.
The Vatican discovers LOLcats, Rick Astley and hax0rz
Ambassadors from the Web 2.0 — aka execs from Google, Facebook, YouTube and Wikipedia — are headed to the Vatican to introduce Catholic bishops to the mysterious ways of the internet. We think the Pope and his pals will fit riiiight in.
