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YouTube acquires company to ensure artists are being paid
This year will be remembered as the year in which the fight over copyright got fiercer and harsher. SOPA, Protect-IP, Google’s blacklists, lawsuits and complaints are but a few of all the discussions surrounding piracy, copyright and artists’ right to get paid. In such environment, one ... Read more13 Dec 2011 - 101 reads
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YouTube is redefining its advertisement strategy
What a year it’s been for YouTube. The site went through a complete redesign along with several other Google services, it partnered up with several content creators to provide new and exclusive videos, it got analytical and it even delved into anti piracy measures. But far from being satisfied... Read more27 Dec 2011 - 119 reads
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YouTube Slam: the funny way of discovering new videos
If you’re tired of YouTube’s suggestions, if you think that what’s popular on the video site is extremely boring/mainstream/ridiculous, if you want to watch something but you don’t know what, then you’ll definitely love YouTube Slam. Announced today through YouTube&rsq... Read more28 Dec 2011 - 76 reads
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One hour of video is uploaded to YouTube each passing second
Nobody can argue that YouTube has become a synonym for Internet videos. In spite of what you might say about the quality of its contents (or the annoying ads, many of the commentators, its buffering speed…), the Google site is the first thing that comes to mind when talking about videos on th... Read more25 Jan 2012 - 127 reads
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Take a deep look into your audience’s behavior with the new analytical YouTube
YouTube users wanting to learn more about the people who watch their videos and trying to figure out what they like about them (and what similar contents they might be interested in) will surely rejoice with the addition of the Google Analytics technologies to the video platform. With this new tool... Read more01 Dec 2011 - 98 reads
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Like movies? YouTube has a surprise for you
Random dudes getting hit by objects, novice musicians looking for fame, retro videogame fans, people in love with their animals, beware! Quality content is coming to YouTube and it might steal your thunder! That’s right: after the announcement of its partnership with Disney, the famous video p... Read more24 Nov 2011 - 93 reads
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YouTube and Disney strike deal for original web series
Understanding that sometimes is better to partner up in order to earn some extra cash, Disney and YouTube, two of the biggest entertainment companies today, have announced a deal that will put a set of original web-exclusive shorts in both companies’ sites. The agreement is surely fitting, esp... Read more07 Nov 2011 - 115 reads
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Family earns almost $160,000 with a homemade video, thanks to YouTube
If there’s an ideal situation in which the expression “easy money” can be used, then this definitely has to be it. Picture this: you’re on your home with nothing better to do so you decide to grab your camera and record your children playing. “Let’s tape some memo... Read more17 Nov 2011 - 101 reads
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YouTube´s HTML5 player catching up with Flash version
Although YouTube has been offering users the possibility to test its HTML5 player for over a year, it’s beginning to take shape just now. After some months of hard development, many of YouTube’s features are starting to pop up in the HTML5 version, in a truly evident display of where the... Read more22 Nov 2011 - 127 reads
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YouTube to sell music tickets and merchandise
If I was to say two obvious things about Internet today, they would be that Google is the major player around and that the music industry is still trying to find its definitive place in the digital world. Now, what these two ideas have in common? Well, YouTube, of course. The biggest video sharing... Read more28 Oct 2011 - 127 reads
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