Tag: YouTube
YouTube competition prize lets you make a movie with Ridley Scott!
Man, the prize for the latest YouTube competition is SO good, I was in two minds as to whether or not to post about it so I'd stand a better chance of winning it myself! YouTube has today launched a…
From Nyan Cat to Masterchef: UK's 2011 most-watched YouTube clips revealed
As 2011 draws to a close, YouTube have revealed the UK's most watched clips on their video-sharing site. Animal clips, memes and funny celebrity videos rub shoulders with upcoming music stars in the list, showing the massive range of eccentric…
More entertainment apps hit the Xbox 360
A second wave of apps for the all-new Xbox 360 dashboard has launched today. Continuing with the entertainment-focus of the first batch, UK users now get access to blinkbox, YouTube, MSN and MUZU.TV, alongside the recently-added likes of iTV Player,…
YouTube pushes social to the fore with new re-design
YouTube have today revealed the biggest design change for the site in its history. The new-look YouTube splits hte homepage into three distinct areas, while pushing social features to the fore more than ever before. Mimicking in many ways the…
YouTube to announce new channels with custom-made content?
YouTube could reveal as early as next week that it is launching its own channels with original content, according to sources speaking to the Wall Street Journal. YouTube is thought to have signed a series of partnership deals with…
Sesame Street YouTube channel gets filthier than Oscar the Grouch following porn hack
Sesame Street's YouTube channel, a popular online destination for kids, was hacked in the afternoon of Sunday 16th October, with the entire contents of the video-hosting page replaced with hardcore pornography. Accessible for around 20 minutes before YouTube pulled the…
YouTube and Manchester City FC join forces for content partnership
Manchester City have become the first Premier League football club to sign a content deal with video streaming kings YouTube. The club, who produce around 100 youTube videos each month, get control over rights-owned or club-created videos in the…
YouTube to offer scheduled content in 2012, just like real TV…
Remember the days before VOD TV shows online, or Sky+ freed us from the tyranny of TV schedules? Remember how YouTube liberated our goggle-box sessions? Well, in something of an about turn, YouTube are now lining up a set of…
Pre-roll ads no problem for 70% of YouTube visitors
YouTube's new TrueView advertising proposition, allowing users to skip an advert once 5 seconds of it has been viewed, has been a great success according to figures revealed at the Media360 event in Manchester. 70% of YouTube viewers so far…
Royal Wedding to be streamed live on YouTube
Google have just confirmed that the Royal Wedding will be streamed live on YouTube, giving everyone with an internet connection the ability to view the regal nuptials as Prince William and Kate Middleton tie the knot. The coverage of…