Minecraft is now officially the most watched game of all time on YouTube. YouTube launched 10 years ago, back in February 2005. Since then more than 42 million Minecraft-related videos have been uploaded. According to the video-sharing site, the construction game has also become the second most searched-for term, behind “music”. The stats back up […]
Google reported higher quarterly revenue and profit as rising online ad volume offset a hit from the strong dollar. Revenue for the quarter that ending March rose 12 per cent to $17.26 billion, from $15.42 billion a year earlier. “Excluding the net impact of foreign currency headwinds, revenue grew a healthy 17 per cent year […]
Minecraft remains the most popular game franchise on YouTube by a considerable margin, with videos of the crafting game notching up 3.9 billion views in March 2015 alone according to a chart produced by research firms Newzoo and Octoly. Minecraft was well ahead of second-placed Grand Theft Auto, with its videos attracting 1.4 billion views […]
Amino’s latest range of IPTV/OTT devices now support YouTube on TV – allowing consumers to view videos from the online video portal full screen on their televisions. The A150/A550 and Live Advanced Media Platform device series both completed certification approval recently and will now include the YouTube on TV HTML5 application. An Amino […]
YouTube will launch a subscription version of its online video service, for which viewers will pay to remove its advertising. The Google-owned video portal revealed its plans in an email to channel owners, while also informing them that if they do not sign up to participate, they will have to set all their videos to […]
YouTube is preparing to take on gaming broadcaster Twitch TV with its own live game streaming service. The online video giant has been interested in live game streaming since its owner, Google, allegedly bid for Twitch last May, according to tech site Daily Dot. In the end, Twitch accepted a $970 million offer from Amazon. […]
An update to Google’s video service YouTube has added the option to search for 4K resolution videos on both the online site and Android app. YouTube has supported 4K videos for some time, but this is the first time that users have been given the option to set search filters to include 4K videos – […]
YouTube has added 360-degree videos to its service, with users able to watch the content through their browser as well on their phones when paired with a virtual reality headset. The online video portal suggests that the new tool could be used to let viewers “see the stage and the crowd of your concert, the […]
The 10 most popular games channels on YouTube generated more than 2.2 billion video views in January alone, led by Let’s Play gamer Felix ‘PewDiePie’ Kjellberg with 417.9 million views that month. PewDiePie topped
YouTube will launch a new app specifically for children on February 23rd in a bid to make using the service safer. The app will run separately to the main YouTube service and it will initially be available in the US only, but will be reportedly rolled-out in the UK at a later date. The move […]