Americans viewed more than 11.4 billion videos in July for a total duration of 558 million hours according to comScore Video Metrix.
Report: YouTube Preparing HotSpots Tool
Suppose that, whenever a certain television character entered a bar, viewers changed the channel instead of happily shouting "Norm!" NBC would have wanted to know, and now YouTube’s content creators may gain a similar sort of insight into what users do while watching their clips.
YouTube Partners With Pulitzer Center For Contest
Poor video quality, the pointlessness of many clips, and the fact that the site isn’t profitable have all kept YouTube from earning much respect. But a new contest called Project: Report may go a ways towards changing that.
YouTube Now Allowing For Captions
Here are a few quick observations: not everyone speaks the same language. Not everyone has perfect hearing. And some people like to goof off at work without alerting the rest of the office. To address all these issues, YouTube has introduced a new captioning feature.
Report: Massive Ads Coming To YouTube
Anyone not already using Adblock Plus may want to make the switch soon. Rumor has it that YouTube, Google’s hard-to-monetize video site, is going to go after unprotected users by introducing some really big ads on its homepage.
Google Mobile, YouTube Offer New Electoral Features
Now that the Summer Games are over, political coverage will become inescapable. Some people are bound to embrace it, though, and these folks should appreciate new offerings from Google Mobile and YouTube.
Will Hulu Dethrone YouTube as Top Online Video Dog?
Hulu, the online video site that came out of nowhere no more than 5 months ago, may be poised to dominate the online video sector altogether. YouTube has been the reigning king of this area of the web for years, but it may be getting ready to see the first legitimate threat to that reign.
Report: YouTube Avoiding Live Video
Anyone who’s dying to see more teenagers whine in real time is in for a disappointment: despite earlier indications to the contrary, a fresh report indicates that YouTube won’t be entering the world of live video anytime soon.
YouTube To Get Some Olympic Content
Thanks to the International Olympic Committee and YouTube, sports fans in Botswana, Cambodia, and Mongolia – along with 74 other territories – are set to have a better-than-expected August. The two organizations have paired to air clips of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
Man Arrested In YouTube Baby Food Hoax
A New York man who posted videos on YouTube claiming he had persuaded others to poison millions of bottles of Gerber baby food, with the intent to kill babies was arrested on Thursday, federal prosecutors said.Anton Dunn, 42, calling himself "Trashman," anonymously posted a series of videos of himself titled "gerbersbabyfoodalert" on YouTube. In one of the videos Dunn wears a black mask and says that Gerber employees acting at his direction have poisoned millions of bottles of Gerber baby food.