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BBC News channel launches on YouTube for viewers in UK and US
The move forms part of the BBC's wider strategy to reach digitally-native new and younger audiences.
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YouTube’s Virtues, Industry Consolidation, Christie Brinkley and ‘Baywatch’: Trends and Themes From a Busy Mipcom
A new virtuous circle is emerging for media and entertainment giants that promises to harness the advantages of disparate platforms, digital and linear, powered by the connective tissue of YouTube. This was one of the dominant themes that emerged in four whirlwind days of panel sessions, closed door meetings, networking and schmoozing events up and […]
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YouTube to Label AI-Generated Songs Across Its Platforms: Listeners ‘Want Transparency’
YouTube will label AI-generated songs across its main website and YouTube Music, the latest service to publicly mark tracks as not produced by humans. “Generative AI is opening up new ways for artists to create, experiment, and share music,” YouTube said in a blog post on Wednesday. “As these tools evolve, our listeners have told us […]
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ESPN Launches ESPN JV YouTube Channel for Kids
ESPN JV isn’t for second-stringers. The new YouTube channel aims to cultivate younger sports fans who will keep the Disney sports-media giant in mind as they grow up. The new channel, to be found at youtube.com/@ESPNJV will feature interactive challenges and appearances by both familiar Disney characters and top sports figures as well as videos […]
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RTL Touts YouTube Partnership, With ‘Cobra 11’ Driving 26% Rise in Subscriptions and Opening New Revenue Streams
Germany’s leading broadcaster RTL Deutschland unpacked its recent partnership with YouTube at Mipcom Cannes, revealing that its long-running action series “Cobra 11” has thrived on the platform. On stage alongside Pedro Pina, YouTube’s VP for EMEA, Deutschland chief executive Stephan Schmitter said the broadcaster uploaded more than 200 full episodes of the series to YouTube […]
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Buffett's 'trips down YouTube rabbit hole' revealed
Warren Buffett watches CNBC in the morning, but nearly every evening he "can't get enough" of watching YouTube clips while sitting on a recliner in front of an "enormous" television in his Omaha home, reports The Wall Street Journal.
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Fine record of 750,000 euros for the raffle that TheGrefg made of his luxury car without having the necessary permissions
The Ministry of Consumption did not point to the 'youtuber', but the data match a draw from its Tesla that it driven in 2024. Almost 380,000 euro shares were sold
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Dewayne Perkins to Launch ‘I Swear We’re Friends,’ New Digital ‘Skitcom’ on YouTube (EXCLUSIVE)
“The Blackening” and “The Studio” star Dewayne Perkins is launching a new digital series, “I Swear We’re Friends,” exclusively on YouTube this fall. Perkins is independently releasing the six-episode “skitcom,” which is described as a “love letter to television,” with each episode inspired by a beloved show: “Girlfriends,” “Succession,” “24,” “My Wife & Kids,” “Charmed” […]
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YouTube sports strategy targets more live rights -- but not necessarily events
YouTube is targeting more live sports rights. But it's more likely to buy games in bulk if there's a clear consumer proposition underlying the rights.
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Pedro Pina, YouTube VP at Iberseries & Platino Industria: ‘YouTube is a Greenhouse of the Future of Creativity’
Speaking at the Iberseries & Platino Industria conference, Pedro Pina, YouTube VP for Europe, the Middle East and Africa, regaled a full house with a striking presentation that traced the evolution of YouTube to the powerhouse platform it has now become after 20 years. He showed milestones that marked its progress, from the first viral […]
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Those who get away with it
Every time I see Brad Pitt in the advertising of a new bank, I wonder if any brand that I wanted to show confidence and reliability would hire as an image a mother whose alleged violent attitude with one of her children led the FBI to open an investigation.
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YouTube Locks Down Coachella Rights Through 2030 as It Unveils New Microdrama-Inspired Experience for Shorts, AI-Powered Tools for Music and Studio and More
YouTube’s staying in the Coachella desert for a few more years. The streamer will remain the exclusive free streaming home of Coachella through 2030, continuing its nearly 15-year partnership with the festival’s parent company Goldenvoice. The extension comes nearly six months after YouTube broadcast the Sabrina Carpenter, Justin Bieber, and Karol G-led edition of the […]
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Abhishek Chaubey, Navdeep Singh to Present Shivam Shankar’s ‘Bhed, Bakri, Bhoot’ on Anurag Kashyap-Curated YouTube Channel (EXCLUSIVE)
Indian filmmakers Abhishek Chaubey and Navdeep Singh will present director Shivam Shankar’s short film “Bhed, Bakri, Bhoot.” The film is set to premiere globally on Sept. 24 on YouTube channel, Oh Short Flips, curated by Indian auteur Anurag Kashyap. Mumbai-based filmmaker Shankar produced the short alongside Ranjan Singh and RG, in addition to writing and […]
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The Hasan Pier case: how the American right tried to make fun of his pictures in his underwear and failed
The 'youtuber' and socialist activist saw how, during a Republican convention, an image he had shared in underwear was projected on a giant screen. The result has been an unprecedented peak of popularity