Tag: YouTube
BT Sport brings UEFA Champions League Final LIVE on YouTube
For the second year running, football fans will be able to watch the UEFA Champions League Final live and for FREE on YouTube, courtesy of BT Sport. Kicking off tomorrow night (Saturday 3rd June, 19.45) at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium, the match between Juventus and Real Madrid will be available through a number of 360°streams…
Control your TV with your mind. Smart TVs get smarter with MindRDR technology
If this was April 1st then I would be suspicious, but it's not and it seems that being able to control your 'smart' TV with your mind could actually be a thing. Apparently both YouTube and the BBC iPlayer could be set to integrate MindRDR TV (Mind Reader TV, geddit) technology into their content platforms very…
YouTube killing support for older smart TVs and devices
Bad news if you access YouTube on a smart TV made before 2012 - Google is pulling the plug on YouTube apps for certain devices. Unfortunately we don't have a complete list of affected devices, but according to Google it will affect "Select devices manufactured in 2012 and earlier, including Sony TVs & Blu-ray Discs,…
YouTube testing new look desktop player and iOS app
YouTube could soon be looking a little different, if you watch on your computer or on an iPhone. According to MacRumours, the YouTube iPhone app will soon be getting a redesign to fit in with Google's "Material" design philosophy - so everything will soon look a bit flatter, with more blocks of colour. Meanwhile on…
YouTube goes after Patreon with plans for monthly subscriptions
Would you pay to get rid of the adverts on YouTube? That's what YouTube owner Google is hoping as it is reportedly readying a new subscription service for the video platform. According to The Guardian, the plan is to charge something like $10 a month and in return remove adverts for subscribers. Where this gets…
YouTube is testing 4K video at 60fps
Want to know how good video is going to look in a few years time? Then check out this video, if your computer is capable of running it. As spotted by Engadget, these volcano videos are the first on the site to work at both 4K resolution and at 60fps. Previously YouTube has supported both…
Is YouTube planning its own game streaming service?
YouTube could be about to take on Twitch by launching its own live streaming service for gamers, according to one report. According to The Daily Dot, Google currently has 50 coders working on the new service, which would be a modified version of YouTube Live dedicated to e-sports. Such a move would make sense as…
Cat purring flagged by YouTube as copyright infringement
First they came for the cats, and I did not speak out, because I was not a cat. Fresh questions are being raised about YouTube's content ID system for identifying copyrighted material after the website reportedly flagged an hour long loop of a cat purring as belonging to EMI. According to Torrent Freak that cat,…
Nintendo finally agrees terms for YouTube streamers
Whilst the rest of the world has been on board with video game streaming via Twitch and YouTube for a number of years now, old man Nintendo has only just agreed to legally allow it - announcing the launch of the Nintendo Creators Program. Peace is breaking out across YouTube as the Nintendo Creators Program…
YouTube adds automatic GIF creation tool to share options
Ever feel like the internet has gone full circle? After living through the 90s and early 2000s when high quality videos on the internet were just a distant dream, even though we can now stream in 4K, the whole world has gone GIF crazy again. Pandering to this trend, YouTube has added an intriguing new…