Tag: YouTube
YouTube's most popular videos of 2009 revealed
YouTube have revealed the most watched videos of 2009, and there is one breakaway leader miles ahead of the competition. Susan Boyle's Britain's Got Talent audition has racked up over 120 million views this year, an absolutely massive amount of…
Sky and Google's YouTube partnership talks fall through
BSkyB will go no further towards making their content available free on Google's YouTube, the Daily Telegraph have revealed today. The news comes as another twist in the saga between Richard Murdoch's News Corp (majority stakeholders in Sky) and YouTube…
Qisda ready Chumby-like "multimedia router"
The FCC have picked up on a brand new "multimedia router" from Qisda, which looks to have some rather unique features for this sort of device. Rather than just sorting out your broadband connection, the as-yet-unnamed router also has a…
Channel Five offer On Demand content via YouTube
250 hours worth of shows are currently available through YouTube, including top shows such as Neighbours, Home and Away and The Gadget Show.
1080p high-def player coming to YouTube
Currently, the highest available quality on the video streaming site is 720p.
10 million stream live U2 YouTube gig
The figure makes U2's show the single largest live-streaming event in YouTube's history.
U2 to play live to the world via Youtube
The Irish rockers are hyping the concert as "the world's biggest band performing on the world's largest stage" thanks to the huge number of fans expected to watch via the web.
LG launches affordable Blu-Ray home cinema system
From LG comes a Blu-Ray based home cinema system. The HB954SP offers Full HD 1080p playback, 1000W of power and 5.1 channel output with five oval satellite speakers.
LG's latest system offers one click access to YouTube and and an iPhone/iPod docking/charging station. LG Sound Gallery offers seven sound settings including a night mode to turn off the bass so you do not wake sleeping children. Connections include two HDMI inputs for hook up other devices such as a game console, DVD recorder or HD satellite box.
This system will be available from November 2009 from major retailers and independents.
The LG HR400 – Blu-ray, Freeview HDD and YouTube all-in-one
LG has announced that the HR400 will be available at the end of this month. The HR400 is a Blu-ray DVD player, a Freeview receiver with recording onto a built-in HDD and it also streams YouTube videos without the need for a PC.
The Blu-ray is 1080p full HD and will also upscale your old DVDs. The Freeview element includes a 160GB HDD.
This really does do the job of two separate boxes and the YouTube feature is just a nice little bonus.
It will cost around £350 – which is fairly cheap considering the functionality. Find out more from LG.
(via T3)
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YouTube to help citizen journalists with dedicated channel
YouTube has launched a new channel – The YouTube Reporters’ Center (yep Center, American’s are more important than us, everybody knows that).
The channel aims to take advantage of its unique position in terms of user content when it comes to world events. The current situation in Iran has highlighted its importance in terms of showcasing first-hand events – particularly with the tragic case of Neda Agha-Soltan whose death was captured on video and posted onto YouTube.
The channel’s aim is to improve the citizen journalism currently on show on YouTube. There are plenty of instructional videos from the experts such as learning how to prepare for an interview with CBS’ Katie Couric, tips on how to be an investigative reporter from Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward or how to report on a humanitarian crisis from Nick Kristof of the New York Times.
The service sounds like a great idea for budding journalists or just ordinary folk who are interested in reporting on news-worthy events in their community. As usual with Google the timing is spot on as well.
(via Google Blog)
