December 17th, 2009 | by Nate Weinstein | published in Youtube
Update (5pm PT): Wondering which YouTube videos inspire the creator of TBL? Watch Ashton’s celebrity playlist here. ++++++++++++++++Today we are teaming up with Katalyst, a studio for social media co-founded by Ashton Kutcher, and HP to bring pre…
December 14th, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Here are a couple of things we launched recently:Find your Facebook friends and Yahoo contacts on YouTube: In addition to finding your Gmail contacts on YouTube, now you can find and connect with the people you know on Facebook and Yahoo (that is, thos…
December 14th, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Our curator of the month is eGuiders.com, a site that asks Hollywood and Internet influencers, media mavens and other experts to select and review their favorite made-for-the-web content. On their YouTube channel, they’ve replicated much of the discove…
December 11th, 2009 | by Michele Flannery | published in Youtube
Take off your winter coat and warm up your webcams as this holiday season YouTube brings the age-old tradition of caroling to the digital world. Now you can sing and share carols via YouTube without having to abandon your cup of hot cocoa to tramp door…
December 9th, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
You might notice a periodic module on the homepage called Spotlight Videos (if you don’t, add it to your homepage). These run a few times per week and showcase interesting and timely videos from our community and partners, all organized around an event…
December 9th, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
Every day millions of people come to YouTube to watch some of the biggest names in music; stars like Lady Gaga, Michael Jackson and U2. Today we are happy to launch VEVO, a video site devoted exclusively to music and powered by YouTube. This new desti…
December 4th, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
YouTube’s Creator’s Corner and Videomaker magazine are pleased to offer another free Webinar to help newer videographers get comfortable with every aspect of the production process. This time, the topic is Basic Editing Techniques, and it will take pla…
December 4th, 2009 | by Nate Weinstein | published in Youtube
This month, we’re proud to present eight of the best short films we’ve ever seen (ever!) in the Screening Room, our destination for top films from the film festival circuit. While we often program the Screening Room around specific themes (perhaps …
December 3rd, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
One of our priorities is ensuring that videos always load and playback quickly. However, a consequence of rolling out higher quality video, HD and, more recently, 1080p, is that playbacks might suffer if bandwidth or computer processing power is low. T…
December 2nd, 2009 | by Mia | published in Youtube
With 40,000+ subscribers and a couple of hit videos, the folks behind the phonedog channel know a thing or two about making popular product-review videos (in their case, mobile phone reviews). In the spirit of the holidays, they’ve kindly agreed to sha…
December 2nd, 2009 | by MarkDay | published in Youtube
We’d give you chocolates with it if we could: This week marks the launch of our advent-style calendar counting down some of the most memorable videos of the year on YouTube. This sponsored collection, presented by Samsung U10, will reveal one new popul…
December 1st, 2009 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
It’s no secret that AIDS is one of the deadliest diseases facing our world today. Since the beginning of the epidemic, almost 60 million people have been infected with HIV and 25 million people have died of HIV-related causes. But did you know that som…
December 1st, 2009 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
YouTube can be a powerful tool championing the rights of individuals and promoting free expression. This month, during International Human Rights Day, we’re partnering with Morgan Freeman and Amnesty International to encourage you to become advocates f…
November 30th, 2009 | by Nate Weinstein | published in Youtube
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who watch Spaghetti Westerns by themselves and those who watch them with their YouTube buddies.If the latter sounds like fun, join us for a live viewing party of “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” at 6pm …
November 26th, 2009 | by Ramya | published in Youtube
Earlier this month, as part of YouTube Video Volunteers, we asked you to create a short video for the nonprofit organization of your choice tackling the issue of hunger in America. Today, we’re featuring the top three submissions, chosen by our partner…