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YouTube earlier this week introduced a new way for users to find their Facebook friends: By linking their accounts with those on the social networking site, users could then easily subscribe to the video feeds of their Facebook friends. Now YouTube is taking that functionality a […] Read more »

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The Beautiful Life — that short-lived TV show about models cohabitating in New York — may have gotten short shrift on the CW, but it’s getting a second chance online. Ashton Kutcher’s Katalyst films, which produced the show, has announced a partnership with HP that will […] Read more »

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What’s the Italian word for “schadenfreude?” YouTube lost a copyright infringement suit to Mediaset — the Italian broadcasting firm that Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi founded — just a few days after clips of Berlusconi being assaulted began appearing on it and other sites. A court in […] Read more »

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YouTube’s 2009 view tallies are in, and we’ve got a winner: Susan Boyle’s Britain’s Got Talent clip clocked 120 million views, far surpassing any other video posted on the site. Second on the list of the most-watched videos is the adorably intoxicated David after Dentist, with […] Read more »

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A few years back when big media companies were snatching up web startups for exorbitant prices, old-fashioned concepts like corporate synergy were not a priority. Many acquisitions came with promises to leave startup’s brands, products and leadership alone. That didn’t end up working so well. Read more »

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Is YouTube Looking at a Subscription Model?; Google vice president of content partnerships David Eun said some full-length shows would not be available to YouTube under its current advertising model (Reuters), and Sky reportedly backed out of talks to put its shows on the video site […] Read more »

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News Corp., MySpace Eye Flixster; News Corp. has been conducting due diligence on Flixster as part of a plan to combine it with Rotten Tomatoes. (AllThingsD) VideoEgg, comScore Partner on Tracking Ad Impact Offline; companies will launch a new product that allows brands to gauge the […] Read more »

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Adobe Drops Flash Support for PowerPC G3; Flash Player 10.1 will be the last to support PowerPC-based G3 computer, which was last made in 1999. (CNET) YouTube Adds PBS NewsHour; the official NewsHour YouTube channel will have reports from the NewsHour television broadcast posted the same […] Read more »

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Popcorn Hour calls its C-200 set-top box a “networked media tank,” and the description couldn’t be more apt. The C-200 is big and powerful, but somewhat lacking in the finesse department. Still, this set-top box is one of the best devices I’ve tested for viewing your […] Read more »

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I am at Le Web, which is being held in one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Paris. I’ve been in the city, which is currently gray and wet, for about 48 hours. Following is a recap of the first two days. Read more »

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Comcast, NBC Execs Meet with FCC Commissioners; seeking approval for the Comcast-NBC deal, Brian Roberts and Jeff Zucker separately met with four of the five FCC commissioners, in discussions that have been called “introductory.” (Bloomberg) YouTube Chief Says Ad Sales Are Soaring; co-founder Chad Hurley said […] Read more »

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If Vevo is supposed to be the future of the music industry, that future has gotten off to a slow and ignominious start. Apparently Vevo’s servers are still hungover from a wild night of partying with Bono, Adam Lambert, Mariah Carey, and Lady Gaga, because it’s […] Read more »

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We received word this morning that YouTube has decided to end its short-lived video downloads beta program. David Rodriguez of StuffWeLike.com posted a video explaining the move yesterday along with an excerpt from the email he received from YouTube. The email from YouTube stated: “We want […] Read more »

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Vevo said today it’s signed up EMI Music, adding even more videos to its soon-to-be launched online music video site. With the addition of EMI, Vevo will have three of the four top recording labels in its stable, with Warner Music Group being the only holdout. […] Read more »

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VEVO, the forthcoming music video site from Universal and Sony music (and powered by YouTube), announced today that it will also be getting content from “the vaults” of CBS Interactive Music Group. Starting next year, VEVO will run programming from Last.fm and more than 90 CBS […] Read more »

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James Cameron Talks Avatar on Facebook Webcast Today; director is joined by the film’s stars and will appear on the social network in conjunction with MTV. (Facebook) Apple Sued Over HTTP Streaming; Israeli company Emblaze doing the suing, but hasn’t disclosed what technology is being infringed […] Read more »

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In this gimme-gimme-now-now-now! Internet era, even waiting just a few seconds can spell the difference between someone staying on a page or exiting immediately. To appeal to the instant gratification set, YouTube unveiled its “YouTube Feather” format today. Feather is basically a lightweight version of a […] Read more »

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YouTube launched a new channel to commemorate the site’s top viral videos of the year. The New Years Countdown channel is designed to look like a typical advent calendar, but doesn’t carry with it any of the religious connotations that might come with counting down to […] Read more »

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Would you buy a show on iTunes that you could stream at any time to YouTube? The way that most people answer that question could be crucial to the fortunes of both Apple and Google in the coming months. Google is apparently following up on its […] Read more »

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YouTube is in talks with content providers to add a pay-per view element to its business, which would allow partners to charge end users to view some premium content on the online video site, say “multiple sources.” Read more »

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YouTube will live stream Alicia Keys’ upcoming performance that benefits the Keep a Child Alive charity, which helps raise funds for children with HIV/AIDS. The show starts at 8 p.m. ET on December 1, and according to an intro taped by Keys (embedded below), it will […] Read more »

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Iraq has joined the growing list of nations whose governments have made the move into online video, with the launch of the Iraqi Government channel on YouTube. In his first address on the new video channel, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said the Iraqi government will use […] Read more »

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I have plenty of questions about the new Sungale Cyberus ID700WTA portable media player. Why does this device have so much trouble connecting to my wireless network? Why do my video clips continually skip and stutter when I’m playing them back? Why is the touchscreen so […] Read more »

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Google is making it easier for deaf, hard-of-hearing and global audiences to enjoy YouTube today, by announcing features that make adding captions to videos much easier. The first feature uses the same voice-recognition algorithms found in Google Voice along with the YouTube caption system to create […] Read more »

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Vevo, the forthcoming music video site from Universal and Sony Music and powered by YouTube, announced via Twitter this afternoon that it is officially launching on Tues. Dec. 8th. Here’s a screen grab of the Tweet: The only thing missing from Vevo’s Twitter post was a […] Read more »

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[qi:_newteevee] While the Googlebot’s YouTube is a web video behemoth, Mark Zuckerberg and his Facebook nation have become an online video sleeping giant, and it may have just woken up. Facebook jumped to No. 3 behind established video powerhouses YouTube and Hulu in terms of total […] Read more »

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Looks like the sleeping online video giant that is Facebook may finally have awoken. According to Nielsen’s latest VideoCensus numbers, Facebook jumped to No. 3 behind established video powerhouses YouTube and Hulu in terms of total streams. That’s up from No. 10 just last month. Facebook […] Read more »

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YouTube has launched a new tool, called YouTube Direct, that aims to connect news organizations with citizen journalists producing web video. Built on YouTube APIs, the tool will provide an easy way for news agencies to collect and broadcast clips that users submit for review. By […] Read more »

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Old people do the darndest things — especially when they own a football team. Bud Adams, the 86-year-old owner of the Tennessee Titans, decided to express his excitement over his team beating the Buffalo Bills over the weekend by giving his opponents and their fans the […] Read more »

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At NewTeeVee Live this afternoon, YouTube announced plans to improve the quality of video streams available on its site, upgrading the maximum upload encoding streaming quality from 720p to 1080p. The site will roll out 1080p video over the next few days, said Hunter Walk, director […] Read more »

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YouTube is playing around with real-time comment search in the vein of web darling Twitter. The new YouTube “test tube” feature provides a continuously updating list of current comments on the site and surfaces popular overlaps of conversation as trending topics. Being that YouTube is such […] Read more »

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Playboy CEO Says TV Business is Changed “For Good;” company expreiences a $2 million drop in domestic TV revenues, driven by shift to VOD. (paidContent) RealNetworks Laying Off 4% of Staff; roughly 70 people of its 1,700 workforce. (CNET) Puppet Walt Mossberg v. Ryan Block; a […] Read more »

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What’s next for YouTube? Branded entertainment, or when a sponsor pays creators to make something that will bring its brand to their audience. YouTube is extremely bullish on branded entertainment, Kevin Yen, director of strategic partnerships for the site, said on a panel I moderated a […] Read more »

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A criminal investigation has been launched against senior executives of YouTube and parent company Google in Hamburg, Germany, over allegations of copyright infringement, according to media reports from that country. The case started after a complaint by German music rights holders; Hamburg’s prosecutor has formally requested […] Read more »

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Fox Creates Fox Digital Studios; rebranded Fox Atomic unit will create new and derivative content for digital platforms (it already has an original online development studio called 15 Gigs). (release) Home Entertainment Spending Down 3.2 Percent in Q3; consumer spending on DVD, Blu-ray, digital distribution and […] Read more »

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