April 20th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
UPDATE (5/20/10): This offer has been extended to June 30, 2010.++++We want all video creators and curators to put their YouTube channel URL on their business card. In fact, we’d like to think your YouTube channel deserves a place right next to your em…
April 20th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Art Directors Club President Doug Jaeger introduces YouTube Show & Tell, a new program and partnership with the ADC to showcase the best examples of marketing on YouTube.As president of the Art Directors Club, an organization for creative…
April 19th, 2010 | by dsinger | published in Youtube
We started streaming the Indian Premier League cricket season on YouTube with the hope that fans around the world would tune in to follow the action. With only five of 60 matches left in the tournament, we’ve been blown away by the response. We’ve …
Fab 5 Freddy Curates YouTube
April 16th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
The legendary hip-hop pioneer and graffiti artist curates our homepage today. He took his Flip into his studio to tell you about his picks and also jotted down some thoughts on them:Blondies’ video for the song “Rapture” was like my coming out par…
The Webby People’s Voice Awards on YouTube
April 16th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
The Webby Awards announced its 24 nominees this week, and many of them originated right here on YouTube, including “The Muppets: Bohemian Rhapsody,” ”David After Dentist” and “The Pizza Slap.”While Academy judges such as Martha Stewart, David Bowi…
April 10th, 2010 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
Today, YouTube and See3 Communications announced the winners of the YouTube Nonprofit Video Awards, a celebration of the best videos from organizations in the YouTube Nonprofit Program over the past year. The four victorious videos are spotlighted on t…
YouTube @ The Streamy Awards in Los Angeles
April 9th, 2010 | by Chris Dale | published in Youtube
This Sunday, April 11, a handful of us here at YouTube will head to Los Angeles for the second annual Streamy Awards. The Streamy Awards are presented by the International Academy of Web Television to honor great original Web programming and visionarie…
April 8th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
“As seen on” surfaces videos popular elsewhere on the Web, and now it also lives on the video page. In other words, if a blog or site is responsible for driving a significant amount of a video’s views, that site will be credited on the page, as so:What…
YouTube team to respond to your questions about…partnerships
April 8th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
We’re launching a new video series on the YouTube channel that brings you closer to the people and processes behind YouTube. It’s part of a larger effort to lift the veil, so you can ensure your voice is heard by the staff here and come to know the…
April 7th, 2010 | by Olivia | published in Youtube
Project: Report is an annual contest that celebrates some of the best work being done by aspiring journalists on YouTube. Journalism, like documentary filmmaking, is about telling the world’s untold stories, which is why the Screening Room will b…
April 7th, 2010 | by Nate Weinstein | published in Youtube
Did you know that in Dirty Dancing the role of the heartbreaker from the wrong side of the tracks, Johnny Castle, was initially offered to Val Kilmer instead of Patrick Swayze? If you love random movie trivia like this, then you will not wan…
April 7th, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
We’re pleased to have Ad Age curating the YouTube homepage today, in a spotlight that celebrates the creative revolution going on now in the advertising and marketing business. In other words, these are ads you won’t want to miss. Ad Age&nbs…
Marlee Matlin’s new YouTube show and visit to Google
April 6th, 2010 | by Chris Dale | published in Youtube
“The real handicap of deafness lies not in the ear; it lies in the mind.” – Marlee Matlin, March 30 talk at GoogleI never expected that working at Google would allow me to meet a cherished idol, Marlee Matlin. Marlee’s acting prowess couldn’t h…
April 2nd, 2010 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
The success of the film An Inconvenient Truth had several outcomes: it moved the issue of climate change into the spotlight and forced average citizens to think about their consumption; it catapulted former U.S. Vice President Al Gore into the role of …
April 1st, 2010 | by Mia | published in Youtube
It’s great news that there are 24 hours of video uploaded to YouTube every minute, we support 1080p and HD uploads are rising quickly, but that’s also meant increasing bandwidth costs cutting into our bottom line. And so, in our drive to keep expen…