It’s great news that there are 24 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, we support 1080p and HD uploads are rising quickly, but that’s also meant increasing bandwidth costs cutting into our bottom line. And so, [...]
TEXTp saves YouTube bandwidth, money
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New video page launches for all users
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As you may know, we're in the midst of one of the largest redesigns in YouTube's history: we're simplifying the look and functionality of the video page. That's the page you see whenever a video plays, and this redesign is about going "back to basics," [...]
YouTube community and Hollywood team up to address global development
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The facts about the developing world are pretty staggering. Approximately 1.1 billion people in developing countries have inadequate access to water, and 2.6 billion lack basic sanitation. For every $1 in aid a developing country receives, over $25 is [...]
Release notes: Facebook Connect, real-time sharing, subscriber stats
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In addition to some changes to our new video page, which we reported in a separate post, here are some things that have launched recently:Invitation to Facebook Connect: You've been able to connect your YouTube account to [...]
New video page adds comments highlight view and ratings improvements
Diposting oleh Greatest on Kamis, 25 Maret 2010
Over the past couple of weeks, we've been busy iterating on the new video page design based on your feedback, and we're excited to share some new developments before the page is rolled out to everyone soon. Remember to opt-in here to get a preview of [...]
More courses, more colleges: YouTube EDU turns one
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A college education is something many people take for granted, but only about 1% of the world actually gets one. A year ago today, YouTube EDU (youtube.com/edu) launched with a very simple mission: deliver some of the world’s greatest university courses [...]
Broadcast Yourself
Diposting oleh Greatest on Kamis, 18 Maret 2010
Around the globe, YouTube has become a metaphor for the democratizing power of the Internet and information. YouTube gives unknown performers, filmmakers, and artists new ways to promote their work to a global audience and rise to worldwide fame; makes [...]
Submit questions for YouTube user's interview with James Cameron
Diposting oleh Greatest on Rabu, 17 Maret 2010
If you've got a question for the director of Avatar, now's your chance to ask it. The famous director is opening himself up to the YouTube community, allowing our own DaveyBoyz to interview him based on the questions you submit via the Official Avatar [...]
Oops Pow Surprise...24 hours of video all up in your eyes!
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In May of last year, we announced 20 hours of video were uploaded to YouTube every minute. We then challenged you to keep the uploads coming to see whether or not we could get a day’s worth of video – 24 hours – uploaded [...]
Your interview with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
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[Cross-posted from the Google Public Policy Blog]It’s not every day that you get to ask your country’s leader questions about issues you care about. But that’s exactly what Canadians did this afternoon when Prime Minister Stephen Harper sat down with [...]
OK Go, BBQ and Musicians Wanted at SXSW
Diposting oleh Greatest on Selasa, 16 Maret 2010
Right up there with our love of award-winning Texas BBQ is our love of independent music and the people who create it. That’s why the indie-centric SXSW Music Conference in Austin is the perfect place to launch the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) for musicians, [...]
You and the FCC Chairman discuss the Future of the Internet
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Earlier today, the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Julius Genachowski sat down for an exclusive YouTube Interview, right on the heels of the FCC’s announcement of a National Broadband Plan -- the agency’s strategy to deliver high-speed [...]
BBQ and Movies
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Today marks the last day of the SXSW Film Festival (stay tuned for a "BBQ and Music" blog as the music portion of SXSW kicks off tomorrow), where we continued to roll out our Filmmakers Wanted campaign, launched back at [...]
Indian Premier League bowls wicked googly* to the world on YouTube
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When the first ball of this year’s Indian Premier League cricket season is bowled, fans across the planet will have a front row seat in the world’s biggest online sports stadium. Tonight the Deccan Chargers and Kolkata [...]
Recognizing courage, securing online freedom
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Cross-posted on the Official Google Blog More than ever, governments around the world are threatening online free expression. Forty countries have taken measures to limit this freedom, up from only a handful a few years ago. YouTube services are [...]
Your interview with Prime Minister Stephen Harper / Votre entrevue avec le premier ministre Stephen Harper
Diposting oleh Greatest on Rabu, 10 Maret 2010
From its beginning, YouTube has been a place where citizens come to have political conversations, and Canada has been no exception. From interviews with Cabinet Ministers to campaign discussions to in-depth news reports, Canadians have used the site [...]
New YouTube App for Windows Mobile and Nokia S60 phones
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Last March,we launched the YouTube Mobile app for Nokia S60 and Windows Mobile phones. Since then, the application was translated to 12 languages, installed on millions of devices around the world, and has been chosen as [...]
The Internet in America: A YouTube Interview with the FCC
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If you're reading this, then you're probably on the Internet -- via your laptop, your mobile phone or other handheld device, or maybe even through your television. But in 2010, millions of Americans still do not have access to the wealth of information [...]
Project: Report Round 2 Begins, Semi-Finalists Announced
Diposting oleh Greatest on Senin, 08 Maret 2010
All of the entries for Round 1 of Project: Report are in, and a panel of judges from the Pulitzer Center have chosen the top 10 semi-finalists. We saw terrific submissions from around the country, each telling a powerful story of an individual through [...]
Iraqi Voices: Voter Perspectives on Election Day
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On Sunday, despite as many as 100 bomb blasts throughout the country, according to news reports, Iraqi citizens flocked to the polls in higher-than-expected numbers to vote in the first nationwide parliamentary election since 2005. Amidst 38 confirmed [...]
Join Jeremy Piven’s “Video Volunteers” Entourage for Global Development
Diposting oleh Greatest on Jumat, 05 Maret 2010
Jeremy Piven is best known as the sharp-tongued Ari Gold on HBO’s Entourage, but today he’s taking a break from berating Vince and the boys to give the YouTube community a glimpse of his softer side by signing on as a Video Volunteers curator. This month, [...]
Is YouTube Buggin'? Check Out Our Current Site Issues Page
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Ever encounter an issue on YouTube and wonder whether you're the onlyone experiencing it? There are two places you can go to find out moreabout the situation:1. If you see your issue on the Current Site Issues page, it means [...]
Celebrating Innovation in the YouTube Screening Room
Diposting oleh Greatest on Kamis, 04 Maret 2010
Whether it's utilizing new techniques, telling a story in a novel way or focusing on a groundbreaking subject, filmmaking is a craft in which innovation takes center stage. So it's with great pleasure that we introduce a new round of films in the Screening [...]
New Default Size for Embedded Videos
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A video's life on YouTube is just the beginning; embedding gives it a life off of the site. Just look at your favorite blogger and they're likely to be embedding YouTube content in their posts. In fact, almost every popular [...]
The Future Will Be Captioned: Improving Accessibility on YouTube
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Tens of millions of people in the U.S. experience some kind of hearing impairment and recent studies have predicted that over 700 million people worldwide will suffer from hearing impairment by 2015. To address a clear need, [...]
Curator of the Month: TechCrunch
Diposting oleh Greatest on Rabu, 03 Maret 2010
Our curator of the month is TechCrunch, a blog dedicated to "obsessively profiling and reviewing new Internet products and companies...as well as companies making an impact on the new Web space." They polled their whole crew to come up with a list of [...]
YouTube, Drew Barrymore Select 2010 "HungerBytes" Winners
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For the second year in a row, the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) asked activists on YouTube to make videos raising awareness about world hunger as part of their "Hungerbytes" competition. And once again, many creative entries came in. Nonprofits [...]