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YouTube Finally Embraces HD, Launches Huge Video Player And Topical Portals
TechCrunch —
... been difficult to separate the HD content from videos encoded at YouTube’s normal resolution.
In conjunction with the new HD section, YouTube has also started displaying HD movies in a large video player that takes up nearly the entire browser window without going into the sometimes-annoying full screen mode. To see a demo of the new player in action, check out the Where The Hell Is Matt Video.
YouTube has also released a set of topical portals related to News, Music, and Movies. Each portal uses a different set of data to surface the ...
YouTube rolls out HD enabled landing pages
D' Technology Weblog —
... now showcasing HD viewing following the recent format change to a wider layout for videos. Just click “watch in HD” under an HD-enabled video and it will automatically play in HD. You can also visit the new HD videos section to browse HD videos. If you need to prepare your videos for the new widescreen format, click here for the FAQ.
Another addition is new niche landing pages for YouTube. The new pages are for News (http://www.youtube.com/news), Music (http://www.youtube.com/music), and Movies ( ...
YouTube to Live Stream Obama Press Conference
Mashable! —
... streamed live on the popular video sharing site.
Furthermore, YouTube today features several related video clips on its homepage, including Karl Rove and Al Jazeera’s analysis of Obama’s first 100 days of presidency.
If you’ve got something to say, you can create a video with your assessment of Obama Administration’s work so far and advice to help them do a better job. YouTube will feature some of these videos on their News page tomorrow.
Tune in here, today at 8pm EDT, to watch the conference ...
YouTube Goes Local with "News Near You"
Beet.TV —
... Clicking on YouTube News via my Verizon FiOS connection here in New York, I got several local video news stories under the category "News Near You." (See the bar at the bottom of this post.) ...
Now It’s Simple to Add Google Mojo to Your Website
Webmonkey —
... The YouTube Video News element has fewer customization options. For now, it just plays a series of breaking news clips, and the playlist is populated by whatever clips the feed providers — The New York Times and the Associated Press, among others — and dumping into the YouTube News channel. ...
Got News? Google and YouTube Want You!
SEO and Tech Daily —
... within in your videos.
Expanded use by of YouTube by Google themselves, with new and expanded Google Channels, and most recently ....
Brand Channels, expansion of the YouTube Reporters Channel , integration of YouTube videos in Google News, and ...
The very cool YT Screening Room.
As noted in a post of the YouTube Biz Blog as short time ago (and cross posted to the Google News Blog), the YouTube News Channel is partnering with Google News and is rolling out the welcome ...
YouTube Gets Serious About News
WebProNews Feed —
... News publishers who join the YouTube Partner Program get featured premium placement on the YouTube News page, where news videos that are related to top stories on Google News are featured. If a publisher chooses to make their videos embeddable, they can also appear on Google News, which as Google points out, means added exposure. ...
Google Offers Linkup Between News, YouTube
AppScout —
... Those who join will received "featured placement" on the YouTube news page. Participants who allow video embedding will be eligible to appear on Google News. As an official YouTube partner, participants will also be able to share in Google's advertising revenue share program. ...
Google News Opens the Floodgates to YouTube Publishers
Mashable! —
Last month, Google News began including videos from a variety of news organizations, such that some stories on the aggregator now include related videos from YouTube that are embedded side-by-side with links to news articles.
Now, any news organization that is included in Google News can get their videos included by way of YouTube’s Partner Program. Considering there are now more than 25,000 sources contributing to Google News, this opens the door for both Google News and YouTube to become massive sources for video news.
Olivia Ma of the YouTube News team explains ...
Google to News: Let Us Bleed Your Videos Dry, Too
Andy Beal's Marketing Pilgrim —
You know how they say “Timing is everything”? Well, apparently so does Google. Less than a week after the head of Dow Jones whines about Google sucking newspapers’ lifeblood like a vampire (no, seriously, he said that), Google helpfully instructs news publishers on how to share their videos with the search giant.
Thankfully, unlike many newspapers, most news video publishers seem to be a little more “with it.” Google is asking them to become YouTube Partners. In exchange for their original, professional content, Google says its partners gain (emphasis ...
YouTube Jumps Into The Local News Business—What It Means For Broadcasters
paidContent —
... Although their plight hasn’t gotten as much attention as that of local newspapers, local broadcasters have also been hurting lately as small department-store chains and auto dealers have gone out of business and taken their ad dollars with them. Now, they’re getting hit from another side: YouTube’s News Near You, which grabs video clips from sources within a 100 miles of your computer’s IP address. YouTube promises to share revenues with TV outlets, but as a ...
Local News on YouTube Another Newspaper-Like Issue?
WebProNews Feed —
... in the world was planning on taking news seriously. YouTube invited major publishers to become partners, and they also launched a new resource for citizen reporters called the YouTube Reporters' Center.
On YouTube's news page, there is a prominent section called "News Near You." What this provides is a selection of news stories from media outlets in your area. This apparently draws from sources that are within 100 miles of your IP address.
Brian Stelter at the New York Times says YouTube is looking to do for ...
YouTube Unravels Local News Service
Pulse2 - Technology News And Reviews —
YouTube has launched a new service that focuses on local news. At the URL YouTube.com/news, YouTube has a service called News Near You that pulls video clips that are within a 100 mile radius from your IP address location. YouTube insists that this new service will be a boon for local news companies because they plan to share ad revenue with them.
However news companies may be skeptical because this same service could inevitably take people away from the TV. News agencies make a substantial amount of their revenues from money earned from advertising on TV.
There ...
Google News Organizes a Lot More of the World's Information
WebProNews Feed —
... in a year's time.
Of course not all publishers are thrilled with Google's takeover of the news industry. You're probably aware of the Google/Associated Press controversy. Google-owned YouTube is also penetrating the industry more and more these days. The world's most popular video site recently made a couple of announcements related to the gathering of news content from both mainstream outlets and citizen reporters.
YouTube has also added a "news near you" section to its news page, ...
The Journalist’s Guide to YouTube
Mashable! —
... YouTube users are hungry for news, and over the last two years, traffic to the site’s News and Politics category has grown to more than 650 percent. The site has more than 200 news partners, including television news stations, newspapers, hyperlocal video news sites such as ...
