YouTube helps Video Creators track Viewership

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By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Anyone can be a star on YouTube. Now, with tools released on Wednesday for charting the popularity of clips posted to the popular video-sharing site, video creators can analyze their own celebrity potential.
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Posted on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 23:54:09 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

TiVo Announces YouTube Videos Direct to TV

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TiVo announced today that it would be offering its subscribers with broad-band connected TiVo Series3 and TiVo HD DVRs access to YouTube videos directly on their TVs. The new service will debut later this year according to TiVo.

"We're delighted to be working with the world's leading online video community so that TiVo subscribers can access YouTube's popular content on the TV via the TiVo DVR," said Tara Maitra, Vice President and GM of Content Services at TiVo Inc. "Being able to make available YouTube videos to the TiVo subscriber base using one device, one remote and one user interface is another major step in our commitment to combine all of your television and web video viewing options in one easy to use service." Read more

Posted on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

YouTube lets Developers build their own YouTubes

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By Eric Auchard

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - YouTube, Google Inc's popular video sharing site, is giving away tools that let Web developers tap the underlying database functions of YouTube, in effect allowing users to build their own YouTubes.

The Silicon Valley-based video-sharing site said on Wednesday that it is providing wholesale access to YouTube's extensive video library, global audience, and the underlying video hosting and streaming network that powers YouTube.
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Posted on Wed, 12 Mar 2008 06:15:13 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Pakistan may have caused YouTube Outage: Official

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By Augustine Anthony

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani Internet service providers may have inadvertently blocked the popular YouTube Web site across the world at the weekend when they restricted local access to the site, a telecommunications official said.
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Posted on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Belgrade smash 'n' grab becomes YouTube Smash Hit

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BELGRADE (Reuters) - A video of two young women looting with gay abandon during rioting in the Serbian capital Belgrade was becoming a Balkan smash hit on the video-sharing Web site YouTube on Friday.
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Posted on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:56:47 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

YouTube brings Life, Weirdness to Spain Election

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By Jason Webb

MADRID (Reuters) - If it weren't for YouTube, a man wearing a little black dress and a pearl necklace would be unlikely to get a question in for the leader of the Spanish opposition. Read more

Posted on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 07:12:41 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Mexico's America Movil to feature YouTube on Cellphones

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By Cyntia Barrera Diaz

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - America Movil , Latin America's leading wireless operator, said on Monday it will feature the popular YouTube.com videos on its cell phones in a drive to further boost its booming client base. Read more

Posted on Mon, 11 Feb 2008 23:04:49 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

YouTube to feature on wider Range of Mobile Phones

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By Sinead Carew

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Popular video Web site YouTube.com is opening up its service to run on millions more phones which are capable of using high-speed wireless links, the company said on Thursday.

YouTube, a unit of Google Inc , says it is extending its service from a handful of phones to a broader range of devices used by 100 million consumers worldwide that rely on high-speed links to stream videos to mobile screens. Read more

Posted on Thu, 24 Jan 2008 03:36:27 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Obama Girl, Britney Boy top YouTube Videos for 2007

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By Yinka Adegoke

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Videos by a self-styled Obama Girl, a fan's tearful defense of Britney Spears and an attack by a herd of buffaloes on a pride of lions, were among the most popular clips on YouTube.com in 2007. Read more

Posted on Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:53:47 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Yo! Singapore Censor Rap hits YouTube

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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's Media Development Authority, which regulates and censors media and the arts, has scored an unexpected hit on YouTube with a rap video about the city-state's media ambitions. Read more

Posted on Fri, 23 Nov 2007 17:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

U.N. Aid Agency seeks YouTube Ads

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ROME (Reuters) - The United Nations' food aid agency has called on budding film-makers to help it raise awareness of hunger and bring the reality of abject poverty and suffering to the "YouTube" generation. Read more

Posted on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

YouTube Video predicted fatal School Shooting

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By Sami Torma

TUUSULA, Finland (Reuters) - More than two people died when a gunman opened fire at a school in southern Finland on Wednesday, hours after a video was posted on YouTube predicting a school massacre. Read more

Posted on Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:50:59 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

YouTube lets Users map Videos onto Google Earth

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RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Google Inc is bringing the worlds of online video and map-making closer together by allowing users of its Google Earth software to watch and hear YouTube videos mapped to specific locations.
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Posted on Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:08:41 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Google launches Youtube Video Units

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Today Google launched Youtube Video Units that partners can integrate into their sites. See a working example Youtube video unit below.

The customizable video player offers videos relevant to the site. There are companion and text overlay ads that generate revenue for the Adsense partner. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:34:17 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Australia challenges Japan Whaling on YouTube

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By Rob Taylor

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia has taken its battle against Japanese whaling in the Antarctic to the Internet, with a new YouTube campaign unveiled on Tuesday that targets Japanese children. Read more

Posted on Tue, 9 Oct 2007 00:34:52 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Prince to sue YouTube, eBay over Music Use

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By Mike Collett-White

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. pop star Prince plans to sue YouTube and other major Web sites for unauthorized use of his music in a bid to "reclaim his art on the Internet." Read more

Posted on Fri, 14 Sep 2007 00:41:36 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Bond car beats iPod and YouTube as coolest in UK

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By Jessica Mead

LONDON (Reuters) - A fast car with a James Bond image held onto its place atop a list of the coolest brands in Britain in a newly released survey on Thursday. Read more

Posted on Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:20:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

YouTube sets Royalty Deal with UK Songwriter Group

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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Video-sharing Web site YouTube said on Wednesday that it has reached a deal with British licensing organizations that collect royalties on behalf of 50,000 composers, songwriters and publishers. Read more

Posted on Thu, 30 Aug 2007 01:54:59 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

YouTube criticized over Neo-Nazi Clips

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FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Video-sharing Web site YouTube has met with harsh criticism in Germany for hosting clips that incite racial hatred, according to a news report due to be broadcast on German public TV late on Monday. Read more

Posted on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:32:33 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CNN-YouTube GOP Debate rescheduled for November

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By Paul J. Gough

NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - After a few weeks of uncertainty following a less-than-enthusiastic response from the GOP presidential candidates, the CNN-YouTube Republican debate is back on. Read more

Posted on Tue, 14 Aug 2007 02:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

YouTube the Star of Australian Election Race

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By Rob Taylor

CANBERRA (Reuters) - YouTube is the new election weapon of choice for Australia's leaders as they vie for youth votes, but the strategy to be hip could backfire just months before the poll expected in November. Read more

Posted on Thu, 9 Aug 2007 03:23:58 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr