How did you watch the Royal Wedding? There is obviously a good chance that you were one of the estimated 2 billion people (including 34 million Brits) who watched it on the telly, but there were plenty of other high tech options for feeling part of the day. For example, YouTube had a special Royal Channel online showing the BBC pictures. Rather surprisingly it didn’t...
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Is it a sign of the times at Yahoo that they have sold on their Delicious service to the people who brought us YouTube? Yahoo bought Delicious back in 2005 but never really got going with it amidst rumours of being unable to support it properly. Now they have sold it on to Chad Hurley and Steve Chen for an unspecified amount, although $5 million has been mentioned. In...
Roll up, roll up would be video producers, budding singers and any other great undiscovered talents. A new YouTube talent competition could be your first step on the road to fame and fortune. The NextUp scheme just launched by the video site is offering a cool half a million Euros in cash to 25 UK film makers. A €20,000 grant for each winner is the prize in store and...
Google is reportedly planning a few new additions to YouTube to the tune of $100 million. The Californian based search giant is planning to create 20 new video channels to capitalize on the growing need for web based shows. This won’t be high end content like the BBC provide but nor will it be the run of the mill content provided by the average user. Apparently the new...
The rest of the world may be turning their attention to on-demand TV or catch-up TV but YouTube believes there is still demand for live streaming TV on the Internet. Having successfully broadcast a couple of live events using streaming technology from other media providers, YouTube is now testing its own technology over a two day period that will help them determine whether...
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