As a prelude to the Grammys tomorrow, we're highlighting the importance of the arts in society on the homepage today, with top user-created videos about arts organizations that make an impact.Many of you accepted Dr. Phil's Video Volunteers challenge [...]
A Celebration of the Arts on YouTube
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Forty-Eight Hours to Submit Your Question for the President
Diposting oleh Greatest on Jumat, 29 Januari 2010
On Monday afternoon, as a follow-up to his State of the Union address, President Obama will give a live interview to YouTube from the White House -- and every single question will come from you. You can submit your questions in video or in text, and [...]
Live Tomorrow: The YouTube Panel at Davos on Female Genital Mutilation
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This year's iteration of The Davos Debates culminates tomorrow as Julia Lalla-Maharajh, the winner of the “Your Pitch to the World” contest, joins Ann Veneman, Executive Director of UNICEF, Kathy Bushkin Calvin, CEO of the United Nations Foundation, [...]
Film Your Issue, Share it With Thought Leaders
Diposting oleh Greatest on Kamis, 28 Januari 2010
If you've ever wanted the chance to share your ideas about how to change the world with officials in the Obama Administration and filmmakers at Sundance, here it is.We're bringing the Film Your Issue competition to YouTube this year as part of our Video [...]
New Thumbnail "Flipbook" in Upload Shows Video Processing Progress
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Starting today, when you upload a video to YouTube, you'll see a rapid-fire assortment of thumbnails from the video after it begins uploading to the site. Aside from being fun to watch (it's kind of like a flipbook of your [...]
Live Tonight on YouTube: The State of the Union
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Tonight at 9 p.m. ET we'll be livestreaming the President's State of the Union address on YouTube. As we announced yesterday, not only will you have the opportunity to watch the speech live online, you'll also be able to submit your questions for the [...]
Your State of the Union
Diposting oleh Greatest on Selasa, 26 Januari 2010
Every year, the President of the United States addresses a joint session of Congress to deliver his State of the Union address. Required by the U.S. Constitution, the address is the president's chance to take stock of the current condition of the United [...]
Four Experts Address Your State of The Union
Diposting oleh Greatest on Senin, 25 Januari 2010
With just three days remaining until President Obama's first official State of the Union address on Wednesday, we continue to see great ideas coming in from people about how we can address the most important issues facing the nation in 2010. If you haven't [...]
One Week Left to Define Democracy and Win Access to D.C. and Hollywood
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We live in a time of rapid technological and political change. Groundbreaking technologies give more people more access to information than ever before. Citizens have the means to broadcast their ideas to the world with the click of a few buttons. And [...]
YouTube's All-Access Pass to Davos
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For the past three years at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, YouTube has partnered with WEF to give YouTube users the chance to send videos to world leaders. Fom a special production booth up the Swiss Alps, presidents, CEOs, and global [...]
Sundance Film Festival Rentals Now Available on YouTube
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On Wednesday, we announced our partnership with the Sundance Film Festival to make five films – three world premieres at this year’s festival and two audience favorites from last year’s – available for rent on YouTube starting today, January 22, and [...]
Live Tonight: Top Artists Perform in "Hope for Haiti Now" Benefit Concert
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Over the past week, citizens and organizations from around the world have rallied around Haiti, offering tremendous aid for the relief effort currently underway. But even though tens of millions of dollars have been raised online via sites like YouTube, [...]
Sundance Shorts in the Screening Room
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Yesterday, it was feature films for rent. Today, it's shorts for free.Every year, the shorts programmers of the Sundance Film Festival have the privilege of selecting the creme de la creme of the world's short films for their official selection. [...]
The Video Page Gets a Makeover
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From the Queen of England to the queen of your 'hood, from aspiring filmmakers to Hollywood studios, from high school graduation videos to citizen reports of revolutionary moments in Iran, it all has a home on YouTube. This creates a really big challenge: [...]
Introducing YouTube HTML5 Supported Videos
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A while ago, YouTube launched a simple demo of an HTML5-based video player. Recently, we published a blog post on our pre-spring cleaning effort and your number one request was that YouTube do more with HTML5. Today, we're introducing an experimental [...]
YouTube to Sundance: Independent Filmmakers Wanted
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Today's blog post comes from the chilly slopes of Park City, Utah, where we’re getting ready to kick-off our sponsorship of the 2010 Sundance Film Festival. So, why are we here?Independent filmmakers have been critical contributors to our platform [...]
Vote on 2010's Most Critical Issue
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Exactly one year ago today, Barack Obama took office as President of the United States -- and what a year it's been. From the economic crisis and the battle over health care, to the global challenge of climate change and the threat of terrorism at home [...]
Learn the Secrets to Low-Budget, High-Creativity Filmmaking
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"Guerrilla Filmmaking" is the art of making really cool videos on a shoestring budget, using simple or unconventional materials and a skeleton crew to tell a story in a compelling way. Our friends at Howcast know a thing or two about this. The company [...]
Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King Through His Words
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Dr. King, one of the United States' most beloved national heroes, led the nation through the struggles of the civil rights movement with great courage and impassioned oration. Today, in honor of Martin Luther King Day, the Washington Post is inviting [...]
Gripping Videos, Calls for Help, Dominate YouTube in Wake of Haitian Tragedy
Diposting oleh Greatest on Jumat, 15 Januari 2010
In the three days since the 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti, we've continued to see hundreds of thousands of people using YouTube to share information and donate money to help those suffering in one of the worst tragedies in recent memory. Since Tuesday, [...]
Release Notes: Subscription News, Product Ideas Page, youtu.be Links for One-Off Sharing...
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Happy new year! Our holiday "less-atorium" is long over -- we put a freeze on all but essential site pushes during Christmas and New Year -- and we're back in the business of enhancing the site and launching new features. [...]
YouTube: No Place for Bullies
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OceanKing97 is a 15-year-old using video to raise awareness about the plight of dolphins. His videos are earnest...and a little awkward (but who wasn't at 15, right?). Unfortunately, some people have picked up on his awkwardness and have posted negative, [...]
In Aftermath of Haiti Earthquake, Reports and Donation Appeals Flood YouTube
Diposting oleh Greatest on Rabu, 13 Januari 2010
As reports of unimaginable devastation continue to come out of Haiti in the wake of the 7.0 magnitude earthquake that struck yesterday, footage of the disaster has been streaming onto YouTube, along with calls for help from nonprofit and aid organizations [...]
Spring Cleaning Comes Early to YouTube
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Update: Reminder: Please enter feedback here, in our new Product Ideas page.+++The excitement of the new decade and our upcoming fifth anniversary has the YouTube team itching to make the site experience better than ever before. We have all kinds of [...]
Subscriptions Enhanced With Bulletins, Progress Bar & Ability to Remove Videos
Diposting oleh Greatest on Jumat, 08 Januari 2010
The subscription system delivers videos from content creators to eager viewers and has become such an essential part of YouTube that that "subscribe" button is clicked over 1 million times every day. That's a lot -- which [...]
Vote Now: Send a YouTube Activist to Davos to Meet with World Leaders
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The entries are in and the finalists have been chosen. Now it's your turn to determine who should go to this year's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Judges Arianna Huffington, Paolo Coehlo and Muhammed Yunus watched all of the entries in our [...]
Ones to Watch (CES Edition): Gadget Reviewers
Diposting oleh Greatest on Kamis, 07 Januari 2010
The Consumer Electronics Show(CES) is in full swing right now in Las Vegas, and that means that gearenthusiasts are getting their fill of the hottest devices coming to themarket. In anticipation of all this electronics buzz, the folks atphonedog created [...]
Countdown to Super Bowl XLIV
Diposting oleh Greatest on Rabu, 06 Januari 2010
One of our most popular advertiser-supported programs is AdBlitz, which asks you to vote on the year's best Super Bowl commercial. For 2010, we've beefed up the channel with extensive NFL playoff coverage, travel videos for those going to Miami for the [...]
Nexus One Offers Seamless YouTube Experience
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The YouTube mobile experience on Nexus One, the newest Android-powered phone, is smoother and faster than ever before. You can shoot a DVD-quality video and upload it to YouTube with just a few taps, as well as search millions of YouTube videos [...]
Wanted: Creative Content to Support the Arts on YouTube
Diposting oleh Greatest on Senin, 04 Januari 2010
With awards shows like the Golden Globes, Grammys and Oscars just around the corner, it will soon be the season to celebrate some of the world's most high-profile artistic achievements. But on YouTube, many of you celebrate the arts every day -- for [...]
New Year, BetterYou!
Diposting oleh Greatest on Jumat, 01 Januari 2010
The new year can mean change and a fresh start. It's when many of us hit our reset buttons and commit to resolutions we hope will transform our lives -- even if just for a few months. Often these revolve around getting healthy: losing weight, eating [...]