Google has updated its YouTube app for Android and iOS systems in a bid to bring the mobile experience in line with that of the desktop. The redesigned interface allows users to swipe videos into the bottom right corner of the screen, allowing them to keep watching content whilst browsing the rest of the site. […]
Opera Software has announced the launch of a next-generation TV app technology, with the ability to transform online video into apps for connected TV – at zero cost and all in less than a minute. The new Opera TV Snap technology has already found its first partner in Dailymotion, empowering its official users to reach […]
YouTube is launching a new video series offering advice for content creators on how to turn their hobbyist channels into money-making enterprises. The ‘YouTube Pro’ the series will explore topics like attracting and managing advertisers, crowd-funding and recording content. The videos in the series, which will be posted at the end of each month, will […]
Online video company Fullscreen – the premier global YouTube network for creators and brands – has closed a round of Series A funding. The round was led by The Chernin Group along with Comcast Ventures and WPP. “Fullscreen’s mission is to empower a new generation of video creators to reach online audiences on a global […]
YouTube has tripled its mobile advertising revenue in the last six months, and a key factor may have been the removal of the YouTube app from Apple’s iOS software. The news comes from a Bloomberg interview with YouTube’s vice president of sales Lucas Watson who commented: “It’s a huge part of our business, and we […]
Heineken the brewer is to launch a YouTube TV series. The online series, entitled Dropped, is part of the latest stage of Heineken’s global multimillion-pound ad campaign which continues with a new TV ad, The Voyage. Heineken described Dropped as a “social experiment”, with members of the public encouraged to live outside their boundaries and […]
Google’s video-sharing giant YouTube has marked its eighth birthday by revealing that 100 hours of content is now uploaded every minute. The YouTube blog says “When YouTube’s site first launched in May 2005, we never could have imagined the endless ways in which you would inspire, inform and entertain us every day. Today, more than […]
Insights taken from the Experian Hitwise online competitive intelligence tool reveal that visits to online video sites now account for five per cent of all online usage compared to four per cent in 2011. UK Internet users are now making over a billion visits a month to video sites, an increase of 16 per cent […]
UK subscription-free satellite TV service Freesat has revealed that it has sold its 3 millionth product, taking gross retail sales to well over £1 billion, four years after the service first launched in 2008. It also confirmed that YouTube will soon be available on the platform, claimed as a first for free British TV. Freesat […]
Google’s YouTube is set to start asking users to pay subscriptions to access some of its content starting in the spring. The first such channels could be available around Easter according to reports, with YouTube expected to charge between 60p (€0.74) and £3 a month. The company has held talks with several video producers, asking […]