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YouTube is Crashing the TV Upfronts This Year (Variety)

YouTube wants to pull in even more dollars from TV ad budgets — and this year, for the first time, the streaming giant is holding its annual sales pitch event for marketers the s... More

YouTube is a Proven Juggernaut That Rivals Netflix in the Streaming Wars (CNBC)

YouTube is not only a streaming video juggernaut that continues to report mind-bending growth, it is also turning into a key rival to the paid services that dominate the conversati... More

YouTube to Dole Out $100M to Creators of YouTube Shorts Videos (Variety)

The latest gold rush in digital video? Short, shareable video clips — like those popularized by Vine half a decade ago, before Twitter shut down the Vine app.... More

YouTube Reaches 120M People Watching on TV Screens Monthly (CNBC)

With more people in their living rooms streaming shows and movies during the pandemic, the connected TV space has seen astronomical growth.... More

F1’s First YouTube Live Race Attracts 1.7M Views (SportsPro)

The Eifel Grand Prix, held on 11th October, was streamed for free on the global motorsport series’ official channel in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Swe... More

YouTube Users Watch 450M Hours of Content on TV Screens Each Day (Tubefilter)

Each month, more than 100 million U.S.-based users watch YouTube content on their TV screens. That stat was chief among the figures YouTube revealed this morning at Brandcast, its ... More

YouTube Adds Chapters to Make Video Navigation Easier (Engadget)

YouTube is making it easier to navigate longer videos with its new “chapters” feature, the video streaming site announced. After receiving positive feedback on chapters during ... More

YouTube TV Adding 14 Cable Networks From ViacomCBS Under Expanded Pact (Variety)

YouTube TV subscribers will finally be able to tune into ViacomCBS’s BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and eight other cable nets starting this summer. Under an expanded, mul... More

YouTube to Host Free Virtual Film Festival With 20 Partners Including Cannes, Tribeca, Sundance (Variety)

With COVID-19 shuttering film fests worldwide, YouTube has stepped in to launch a 10-day digital film festival this spring with 20 partners — streaming free to cinema fans everyw... More

YouTube Joins Netflix in Move to Reduce Video Quality in Europe During Coronavirus Crisis (Variety)

YouTube will limit streaming in European countries to standard-definition video by default, following a similar move by Netflix to curtail bandwidth usage across the continent amid... More

Why YouTube is the True Successor to TV (The Week)

That YouTube makes so much money isn't exactly surprising, particularly with so many users. In fact, what is perhaps unexpected to those of us raised on TV is that Instagram makes ... More

YouTube Tops 20M Paying Subscribers, YouTube TV Has Over 2M Customers (Variety)

YouTube Music and YouTube Premium together have more than 20 million paying subscribers, and YouTube TV — Google’s over-the-top subscription TV service — has more than 2 mill... More

YouTube Tests Selling Ads for ‘Edgy’ Content to Marketers Like Studios Pitching R-Rated Movies (Variety)

YouTube wants to help creators who use profanity — or otherwise produce videos that are deemed “advertiser unfriendly” — to make more money: The video giant has launched a ... More

YouTube Enters the Live-Streaming Fight Again (The Verge)

YouTube has been positioning itself for another run at the crown. Juiced by the impending arrival of Google Stadia, the company’s first foray into cloud gaming, YouTube’s been ... More

YouTube Brings Shopping Ads to Mobile (The Drum)

Google is expanding its network of shoppings ads to the YouTube mobile app, hoping to capitalize on the evolving relationship consumers have with the video platform. Nicky Rettke, ... More

YouTube Becomes Popular Side Hustle for Hollywood Stars (THR)

Six-figure deals for filming everyday trips to the store? It's enough to lure high-profile celebrities to the platform, but the global audience and creative freedom (plus ad revenu... More

MLB’s YouTube Game Live Streams Averaged 1.2M Views This Season (Variety)

Did Major League Baseball’s first batch of exclusive game broadcasts on YouTube knock it out of the park — or were they just a decent digital at-bat? Overall, across 13 MLB gam... More

YouTube Introduces New Ad Format (Digital TV Europe)

Currently, advertisers have been forced to manage separate campaigns for 6-second bumper ads, skippable in-stream ads, and non-skippable in-stream ads. The new product now allows t... More

YouTube’s Strengthened Verification Criteria to Strip Some Creators of Status (Billboard)

YouTube is making it harder to get verified on its platform, a move that is expected to strip a number of creators of the status. The platform published a blog post Thursday announ... More

YouTube Abandons Paid Viewership Strategy by Dismantling Content Paywall (The Drum)

YouTube is going for broke in an increasingly competitive market for streaming subscribers by lowering its paywall for new shows during a limited window to maximise audiences. The ... More