YouTube to invest in educational content, creators
6 years, 5 months ago

YouTube to invest in educational content, creators

India TV News  

Google-owned YouTube has announced an investment of $20 million in educational content and creators to expand its initiative to support people across the world in sharing knowledge and pursuing learning on the platform. YouTube said on Monday that it was creating a new Learning Fund programme to support creators who make some of the best learning content on YouTube, the world's largest video-sharing site, with videos covering a wide range of topics from career skills, like interviewing and resume building, to computer science, like coding for game development and JavaScript basics. YouTube has pledged investment to support EduTubers through the Learning Fund and plans to fund content from independent creators, traditional news sources and educational organizations to broaden its content offering. Its major partners include leading online learning platforms, like edX, a non-profit offering courses from the world's best universities and institutions, and OpenClassrooms, an education platform based in France.

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YouTube at 20: The video platform transformed screen entertainment. Now it could change a lot more
1 month, 1 week ago

YouTube at 20: The video platform transformed screen entertainment. Now it could change a lot more

Salon  

The Peabody Awards recognized YouTube in 2008, a little over three years after Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim launched it on Feb. 14, 2005. I remember this because I was on the board that debated whether it was too early to award a website that, as former NBC anchor Brian Williams put it at that year’s Peabody ceremony, …

YouTube to Launch Shopping Program in India, Expanding into Marketplace
Top News
5 months ago

YouTube to Launch Shopping Program in India, Expanding into Marketplace

Hindustan Times  

YouTube in India is looking to evolve into a shopping platform with plans to give creators on the platform another avenue for revenue. The company will partner with Flipkart and Myntra as the partner platforms, allowing creators to tag products in their videos and earn revenue when viewers purchase them on the retailers site. This aligns with their plans to …

YouTube to Launch Shopping Program in India, Expanding into Marketplace
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5 months ago

YouTube to Launch Shopping Program in India, Expanding into Marketplace

Hindustan Times  

YouTube is launching a shopping program in India, allowing creators to earn revenue by tagging products in their videos and directing viewers to partner platforms like Flipkart and Myntra. This aligns with YouTube's plans to evolve beyond video consumption into a marketplace where viewers can discover and purchase products seamlessly within the platform.

YouTube paid over $70 billion to creators in last three years: CEO Neal Mohan
1 year, 1 month ago

YouTube paid over $70 billion to creators in last three years: CEO Neal Mohan

The Hindu  

More than three million channels are in the YouTube Partner Program, which provides ways to earn money on YouTube, as the company paid over $70 billion to creators, artists, and media companies over the last three years, wrote Neal Mohan, CEO of YouTube, in a blog post on Tuesday. “With generative AI coming in, YouTube will develop new ways of …

YouTube completes 15 years in India, optimistic about new AI tools for next phase of growth
1 year, 7 months ago

YouTube completes 15 years in India, optimistic about new AI tools for next phase of growth

The Hindu  

YouTube has over 80 million premium users across the world, said YouTube India on Wednesday to The Hindu as it completes fifteen years of operations in India. “Since 2008, driven by creation tools and increasing preference for personalized viewing, India’s creative entrepreneurs have explored and conquered new frontiers,” said YouTube India. YouTube India stressed upon new AI tools that are …

YouTube set to enter the Indian EdTech space with a new service, to take on Byju’s, Unacademy
2 years, 3 months ago

YouTube set to enter the Indian EdTech space with a new service, to take on Byju’s, Unacademy

Firstpost  

In a move that may shake up the Indian EdTech sector for good, YouTube is set to start its own educational service called Courses, and take on companies like Byju’s and Unacademy. YouTube will be entering into the EdTech space in India, and competing against companies like Byju’s and Unacademy. Google pointed to an Oxford Economics Study that found that …

YouTube expands monetisation plans to Shorts video creators
2 years, 5 months ago

YouTube expands monetisation plans to Shorts video creators

The Hindu  

Google-owned video platform YouTube announced on September 20 it will expand its monetisation plan, called the YouTube Partner Program, to allow more creators to earn revenue through Shorts videos. “From the overall amount allocated to creators, they will keep 45% of the revenue, distributed based on their share of total Shorts views,” the company said. “Creators can now buy affordable, …

YouTube introduces new features for educational content. Check details here
2 years, 6 months ago

YouTube introduces new features for educational content. Check details here

Live Mint  

Streaming platform YouTube has announced that it will offer a stripped-down version of its site tailored for schools and colleges, in an attempt to establish itself in the digital education tools market, even as it introduces new features for creators and institutions using the platform for educational content. According to The Verge report, YouTube has announced new tools for creators …

YouTube's creator ecosystem contributes Rs 6,800 crore to Indian economy in 2020: Report
3 years ago

YouTube's creator ecosystem contributes Rs 6,800 crore to Indian economy in 2020: Report

India TV News  

Highlights YouTube’s creator ecosystem generated considerable economic to the Indian economy in 2020 A creator's presence can help them get a global fanbase, and explore multiple revenue streams The social media users have grown leaps and bounds, and the content creator ecosystem has thrived. A report by Oxford Economics, an independent consulting firm, said that YouTube’s creator ecosystem generated considerable …

YouTube scales back original programming
3 years, 2 months ago

YouTube scales back original programming

LA Times  

Susanne Daniels, YouTube’s global head of originals, inside the YouTube sound stage at the Spruce Goose Hangar in Los Angeles in 2019. YouTube, long known for its user-generated videos, began paying for Hollywood productions and launched shows including “Cobra Kai,” a spinoff of 1984’s hit movie “The Karate Kid;” and series that highlighted the video giant’s stars like Liza Koshy …

YouTube doubles down on kids programs with nine new shows this year
4 years, 1 month ago

YouTube doubles down on kids programs with nine new shows this year

LA Times  

YouTube is significantly expanding its original kids programming this year as it looks to grow its audience in the growing global market for family entertainment. “The importance of diversity and really showing the beautiful range of characters and story and narrative and creators who are telling these really dynamic stories, we think is incredibly important.” The new programs are: “Super …

YouTube has gone from Hollywood pariah to partner. Meet the executive who led the change
4 years, 2 months ago

YouTube has gone from Hollywood pariah to partner. Meet the executive who led the change

LA Times  

When Kelly Merryman arrived at YouTube six years ago, the dust had just cleared on a contentious $1-billion lawsuit with Viacom that had dragged on for years. “There was more trust that needed to be built,” said Merryman, YouTube’s vice president of content partnerships. bringing the creativity of an executive who understands what it is we’re trying to create.” Partnerships …

Worried about YouTube policies, creators look for new ways to bring in money
5 years, 8 months ago

Worried about YouTube policies, creators look for new ways to bring in money

CNN  

Anaheim, California CNN Business — Samery Moras is a 27-year-old six-time Taekwondo US National Champion. While Moras earns money from YouTube via the ads running on her channels, she also has an online store with phone cases, sweatshirts and tank tops emblazoned with her motivational phrase “Fear Less.” She sells e-courses about Taekwondo through a service called Thinkific and runs …

YouTube to invest $20 million in educational content as part of the Learning Fund
6 years, 5 months ago

YouTube to invest $20 million in educational content as part of the Learning Fund

Firstpost  

YouTube said it plans to expand YouTube EduCon to Europe and Asia, starting with India in December and the UK in February 2019. Google-owned YouTube has announced an investment of $20 million in educational content and creators to expand its initiative to support people across the world in sharing knowledge and pursuing learning on the platform. YouTube said on Monday …

YouTube streams 180 million hours of content to televisions every day
6 years, 8 months ago

YouTube streams 180 million hours of content to televisions every day

Firstpost  

Every day, over 60 million users click into or engage with YouTube Community posts. Over 1.9 billion users are logging into Google-owned YouTube each month and on average, users now watch over 180 million hours of YouTube on TV screens every day, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has said. With the increasing penetration of smartphones, data becoming affordable and ever-growing availability …

YouTube to invest $25mn in countering fake news
6 years, 8 months ago

YouTube to invest $25mn in countering fake news

India TV News  

Video sharing platform YouTube has announced that it will invest $25 million to fight against fake news, especially for the urgent coverage of breaking news. YouTube, which is owned by Google, said on Monday that this investment will be part of the Google News Initiative, first introduced in March by the tech giant to help the media and to deal …

Google Launches 'YouTube Kids,' a New Family-Friendly App
10 years, 1 month ago

Google Launches 'YouTube Kids,' a New Family-Friendly App

Wired  

Google has launched a service called YouTube Kids, a new version of the internet’s leading destination for video aimed squarely at children. Unveiled today in a blog post, the service is available as a free app on iOS and Android, and at the moment, it can only be accessed within the U.S. “ the first Google product built from the …

YouTube sees money in gaming-video eyeballs
10 years, 11 months ago

YouTube sees money in gaming-video eyeballs

Firstpost  

To imagine how YouTube might one day become a money-spinner for content producers, consider the power of the irreverent video gamer and online star PewDiePie over his young, free-spending audience. “It’s incredible that YouTube personalities are coming up … and I think it can only grow.” PewDiePie’s uncanny trendsetting talent highlights the potential that content related to video games holds …

YouTube starts paid subscription service
11 years, 10 months ago

YouTube starts paid subscription service

Firstpost  

Google’s YouTube video service is dipping its toe into pay television by starting on Thursday a subscription service with 30 content creators… Google’s YouTube video service is dipping its toe into pay television by starting on Thursday a subscription service with 30 content creators, including children’s programmers Sesame Street and Muppet creator The Jim Henson Co, and the Ultimate Fighting …

YouTube now serving videos to 1 billion people
12 years ago

YouTube now serving videos to 1 billion people

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — YouTube says more than 1 billion people are now visiting its online video site each month to watch everything from zany clips of cute kittens to sobering scenes of social unrest around the world. YouTube crossed the 1 billion threshold five months after Facebook Inc. said its online social network had reached that figure for the first …

YouTube preparing to offer paid subscriptions this year: report
12 years, 1 month ago

YouTube preparing to offer paid subscriptions this year: report

Firstpost  

YouTube, the video website owned by Google Inc, plans to offer paid subscriptions to some of the content on its site later this year… YouTube, the video website owned by Google Inc, plans to offer paid subscriptions to some of the content on its site later this year, according to a media report. YouTube has reached out to several video …

YouTube alienates amateur users by courting pros
12 years, 5 months ago

YouTube alienates amateur users by courting pros

Firstpost  

After struggling for years, in late 2010, Driving Sports TV, a scrappy, two-person video production outfit led by Ryan Douthit, finally began supporting itself with advertising income from YouTube. “I believed their whole pitch, that anybody with talent and drive could make a living out of YouTube.” A year ago this month, YouTube embarked on an initiative to invest hundreds …

YouTube eyes gadgets, channels to boost viewership
13 years, 2 months ago

YouTube eyes gadgets, channels to boost viewership

News 18  

Las Vegas: YouTube is looking to increase viewership on its online video service by making the service available on an array of connected devices and by adding new content, according to a top executive for the Google Inc unit. “What we want is for viewers is to spend more time on YouTube,” Kyncl told Reuters in an interview at the …

YouTube Cofounder Echoes Google's Lust for Platform Dominance
17 years, 4 months ago

YouTube Cofounder Echoes Google's Lust for Platform Dominance

Wired  

Anyone who's been following the OpenSocial and Android announcements has had a front row seat to Google's aspirations for open platform dominance. So, when YouTube's Steve Chen took the stage at the NewTeeVee Live conference today, we got precisely what we expected: less talk about content filtering and more news on potential growth areas for the popular video site's platform, …

After YouTube, Will it be LetsFilm.com?
18 years ago

After YouTube, Will it be LetsFilm.com?

Firstpost  

The Web 2.0 era, the next step in internet evolution, has opened up the online world in a way that the internet is now largely driven by User Generated Content. Keeping the successful open source-based Linux model in mind, LetsFilm.com was built on the same principle as Wikipedia, where web users from across the globe can contribute to the making …

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