YouTube is a video-sharing website created in 2005 that allows users to upload, view, and share videos. It has been owned by Google since late 2006. YouTube makes use of Adobe Flash Video and HTML5 technology to display a wide variety of user-generated and corporate media video. Available content includes video clips, TV clips, music videos, and other content such as video blogging, short original videos, and educational videos. Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, but media corporations and other organizations offer some of their material via YouTube, as part of the YouTube partnership program. Unregistered users can watch videos, and registered users can upload an unlimited number of videos.
Despite the hubbub over the revelation that well-known Youtube gaming channel Machinima takes “marketing partnerships” with game companies that essentially amount to paying vloggers to hype up followers about games, and… Read more »
Ars Technica revealed a report that showed Microsoft had an “astroturfing” deal with Youtube gaming empire Machinima. What does it all mean for gaming journalism ethics? Read more »
Missing from much of the early touting of winnders and losers from the net neutrality ruling is a sense of just how complicated the business relationships among many broadband providers and… Read more »
http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/envelope/cotown/la-et-ct-katzenberg-youtube-20140113,0,5717603.story DreamWorks Animation and YouTube (S GOOG) are going to launch a new daily video show called YouTube Nation on the service Tuesday. The show will highlight “some of the best… Read more »
Aquto’s use of AT&T’s controversial new subsidized internet program is definitely benign: it’s compensating mobile users for data consumed while viewing ads. But is its use case typical or the exception? Read more »
We asked online video viewers (OVVs) what types of content they tune into on a regular basis, not the frequency or duration of these views. Read more »
The major networks’ hesitance on 4K has left the door open for OTT providers to expand their beachheads on connected devices, and cement their relationships with TV-makers desperate to avoid being… Read more »
A new series of court rulings on “red flag” knowledge suggest content owners are getting the upper hand in a long-running battle over when websites should be responsible for copyrighted content… Read more »