Media Delivery
YouTube joins SRT Alliance
According to Haivision, almost every every major streaming service, cloud platform, and broadcast solution provider has supported and adopted SRT
YouTube
Media Delivery
Channel 4 aims to attract younger audiences with new digital-first brand
Channel 4.0 aims to create opportunities for the next generation of talent both in front and behind the camera
Production & Post
Dave’s YouTube channel launches subtitles across all content
The subtitles have been created by adapting broadcast subtitles, with additional transcription support from 3Play Media
Production & Post
Cooking up success in 4K
How French cooking star Jigmé employs 4K cameras from Blackmagic Design to produce live and pre-recorded content for his streaming channels
Media Management
YouTube moves to Google Cloud
YouTube is the second most visited website on the internet, attracting more than 2 billion users each month
Media Management
YouTube goes to Argos for transcoding
New Argos video coding units bring up to 20-33 times improvements in compute efficiency compared to Youtube's previous optimised system
Media Consumption
App Annie: Mobile video streaming up by 40 per cent in 2020
“The world has forever changed. While people stay at home across the world, we saw mobile habits accelerate by three years,” said Theodore Krantz,...
Media Delivery
YouTube launches HDR support for livestreams
Feature supports HEVC hardware encoders with a bit depth of 10 bits.
Media Consumption
YouTube launches 8K on Android TVs
Viewers need TVs with Android 10 that support the AV1 codec.
Media Consumption
Barcelona scores 10 million YouTube subscribers
Spanish side is the first football club to reach the landmark figure
Media Consumption
YouTube not required to reveal private details of pirates rules ECJ
German court sought the ECJ's guidance on what video platforms must do to combat film piracy
Media Consumption
Over half of UK households own a smart TV
Over half of 18-24 year olds say they spend more time watching video-sharing platforms than broadcast TV
Media Delivery
Apple TV updates with 4K YouTube, picture-in-picture features
Apple TV is "much more than a TV platform" says analyst Paolo Pescatore
Media Consumption
720p is no longer HD according to YouTube
Platform reclassifies what constitutes HD quality on its videos
Media Delivery
Will the Premier League resume on YouTube?
Reports suggest Premier League in talks with BT Sport and Sky about showing matches on their YouTube channels
Business
COVID-19: What will be the long-term impact on the video industry?
Cerberus CEO Chris Clarke explains why the current situation will prove the untapped potential of IP
Media Delivery
YouTube gets new optimisation for Samsung’s flip phone
Enables smartphone viewers to watch hands free
Production & Post
Grabyo helps football stay home
Grabyo's remote production tools are being used for the FA's #FootballsStayingHome campaign
Data Centre
Live TV viewing up 64 per cent during lockdown
Havas Media Group also finds 22 per cent increase in VoD viewing
Production & Post
Disney Animation releases home-produced Frozen shorts
At Home with Olaf uses existing character models and backgrounds
Media Delivery
YouTube planning new ‘Shorts’ video feed
Wants to take on TikTok's dominance of the short-form user-created video
Media Delivery
YouTube follows Netflix and reduces stream quality in Europe
Will switch all traffic in the EU and Britain to SD by default
Media Consumption
Sky Sports to serve more women’s sport
"The evolution will mean no longer grouping women's sport collectively in a standalone programme each week"
Data Centre
Video comprises “65 per cent of downstream mobile internet traffic”
"Video dominates mobile" according to Sandvine
TVBEverywhere
YouTube considering third-party streaming service
Company reportedly aiming to emulate Amazon Prime Channels
Business
YouTube reports $15.1 billion advertising revenue in 2019
Analyst observes "hidden implications" of figures
TVBEverywhere
Activision Blizzard announces Google Cloud, YouTube partnerships
Chose Google Cloud for data analytics and AI capabilities
Business
Facebook could challenge YouTube over music video rights
Is looking to offer music videos via Facebook Watch
Data Centre
YouTube attracts more viewers than iPlayer “for first time since 2016”
YouTube watched by 73 per cent of internet users in last month
TVBEverywhere
ODMedia Group signs Ziggo Sport
Handling all aspects of management for the YouTube channel
Media Consumption
YouTube recreates fall of Berlin Wall in VR
Remarkable TV's Patrick Furlong speaks to TVBEurope
Data Centre
Over 40 per cent of Germans see OTT-only future
Two-thirds prefer media libraries of TV channels to YouTube or Netflix
TVBEverywhere
4.9 million views for 1:59 marathon
Ineos 1:59 Challenge broadcast in over 200 territories
Data Centre
Cord-cutting trends “exaggerated” in US
"Too often, advertising, media and marketing industry professionals perpetuate false beliefs"
TVBEverywhere
Channel 4’s Mahon ‘to warn of growing power of tech giants’
Due to speak at Royal Television Society convention in Cambridge
TVBEverywhere
YouTube retires Leanback interface
"Represents a significant blow for home theatre PC users"
Media Delivery
KSI and Logan Paul step into the ring with DAZN
Previous clash was watched by over one million people on YouTube
Media Consumption
BBC Studios lands first YouTube Originals commission
One-off show will debut on BBC Earth YouTube channel in December
TVBEverywhere
Mediapro partners with YouTube for Pan American Games
Fans in 150 countries can now watch the action live from Lima