This has been true for some time, but now more than ever, it’s impossible for any one person (or even a team of reasonable size) to keep up with all the clips uploaded to YouTube. According to an official blog post, about 20 hours of video are introduced to the site in every minute of real time.
YouTube and ESPN Form a New Bond
YouTube and ESPN have entered a new partnership together. YouTube’s Chris Dale gave Murdok a few details about it in a quick phone call.
ESPN will be featuring content that is apparently going to be in line with their television programming, although from the sounds of it there won’t be any live streaming, so don’t look to watch games on here (at least for the time being).
Reports: Hulu, YouTube Set To Make Headway In The UK
If Hulu and YouTube have their way, it may not be long before UK citizens are spending a whole lot more time in front of their computer screens. One fresh report says Hulu will possibly launch in the UK this September, while another claims YouTube is close to sealing some deals over full-length UK TV shows.
YouTube Launches New Way for Brands to Engage Audience
YouTube has just launched a new engagement product for YouTube Brand Channels called the YouTube Mosaic. What it does is present an image covering nearly the entire screen of a channel, and it is made up of colors and shapes from a bunch of individual videos.
"The idea is that users no longer just browse on a company’s channel, but they can also actively experience the brand in new and exciting ways, which could lead them to identify more strongly with it," Victoria Katsarou of YouTube Communications tells Murdok.
NBC Pounding YouTube Motherlovers
Saturday Night Live fans were treated to a special Mother’s Day collaboration from pop star Justin Timberlake and resident viral video maven Andy Samberg. But if fans wanted to share that video with others, YouTube was not on NBC’s approved sharing list.
General Electric lawyers must have been very busy Sunday with DMCA takedown notices flying at YouTube and YouTube users so fast they must have developed some sort of script just for that purpose. As of today, what used to be uploads of “Motherlover” are now notices of deletion.
Schmidt Sticking To “Profitable YouTube” Story
It’s been close to three years since Google bought YouTube, and so far, the site has cost the search giant a lot more money than it’s made. But Google’s CEO still believes the situation will right itself, and new info from an analyst goes a little way towards bearing out his line of thought.
Google Remembers it Owns YouTube
Beginning today, people who sign up for YouTube will be given a Google account. Given that Google has owned the popular video service since 2006, it is a little surprising that this happened in the past, but it certainly makes sense that they would do it sooner or later. Note: I am not yet seeing an indication of this news on the YouTube sign up page, but I assume it’s in the process of rolling out.
Man Delivers Baby With YouTube’s Help
You should probably file this under Don’t Try This At Home, but sometimes one has no choice. Pressed for time, a British man delivered his wife’s baby with the help of instructions uploaded to YouTube.
This is why we love the Internet.
Marc Stephens deserves equal credit for foresight and grace under fire (for the unflappable latter he credits the Royal Navy). The BBC reports Stephens googled “how to deliver a baby” as a precaution the moment his wife went into labor.
YouTube Gets On Content Producers Who Are Inserting Ads
YouTube is telling some of its content producers that they are in violation of the site’s terms of services by including product placement and commercials within their videos. The reason for this is that YouTube is trying to make money with its own advertising, and advertisers typically don’t want to have to compete with other ones, particularly when they are paying and the others aren’t.
YouTube Channel Redesign Gets Some Updates
A couple weeks ago, it was uncovered that YouTube was testing a "secret" beta of a new channel layout. Since then, the YouTube team has been hard at work adding new features and making updates to the new channel design.