How’s this for tearing things up? A big TV news agency is tapping citizen video journalists as producers, Reddit users as editors and YouTube as financiers, for a new online journalism… Read more »
Live TV about gaming has all but disappeared since I was an Amiga and Nintendo kid. But now Call Of Duty’s live-streaming connection out of YouTube could point the way back… Read more »
YouTube will fund more original channels for a second year, but will divert most of the money to new producers after learning lifestyle, comedy videos and hard promotion work better than… Read more »
It’s the most viewed YouTube viral ever. Now the stars of Charlie Bit My Finger will get their own professional web series, as agents aim to monetise viral amateur stars on… Read more »
Looking to broaden itself from skateboarding dogs by increasing its volume of original professional video, YouTube is extending its original-channel deal with established producers, with 60 new channels in Europe and… Read more »
Google’s video site is already the number-five web service in Turkey. Now it will have to work under the fast-growing country’s laws. But that could mean a big growth opportunity for… Read more »
Streaming media is hot – maybe too hot. music streaming could be more energy-intensive than CD production and distribution, while YouTube could soon guzzle one percent of global electricity, says a… Read more »
The app start-up has made waves by aggregating text web articles as though they were magazine pages. Now it wants to do the same for video. Read more »
Google is offering viewers more and more sports content, seemingly without having to shell out money on direct licenses. Now it has highlights from seven more tournaments, but is still lacking… Read more »
Many mobile viewers have happily watched YouTube videos with minimal advertising exposure. But now Google is introducing skippable in-stream ads from its web player to mobile devices. Read more »