Adweek traces the brief window of existance of web video from lonelygirl15 to the modern billion hit bohemeths. December 1995-January 1999 After seeing Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s short Spirit of Christmas, TV exec Brian Graden commissions a second video he distributes to friends on VHS. The video—and Graden—help Parker and Stone land a development Read MoreRead More
After years of cat videos and hot chicks falling over themselves, the ultimate video show is coming to an end. At midnight, the winner will be selected and all other videos will be deleted. Will it be you?Read More
YouTube invited the creators of the most popular channels to star in a mash-up of culturally defining moments of 2012. Directed by Peter Furia A behind the scenes look at the production:Read More
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We’ve started adjusting the ranking of videos in YouTube search to reward engaging videos that keep viewers watching. This is a continuation of ongoing efforts to focus our video discovery features on watch time, and follows changes we made to Suggested Videos in March, and recent improvements to YouTube Analytics. The experimental results of this Read MoreRead More
It’s not too far from robots scanning YouTube channels for copyright protected content to mass killing of all humans.
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The Numberphile pays a visit to YouTube and learns the secret behind one of the website’s famous idiosyncrasies – why view counts on new videos often freeze at 301.Read More
YouTube turns 7 today. And now the statistic is 72 hours of video uploaded every minute.
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Want to experience YouTube offline? Try the YouTube DVD collection.
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Mixing 80′s nostalgia with 60′s chic, the Fine Bros blend a create a cocktail fit for a Madison Avenue advertiser.Read More
With the backing of Gates and Google, Khan Academy and its free online educational videos are moving into the classroom and across the world. Their goal: to revolutionize how we teach and learn. Sanjay Gupta on assignment with CBS News reports.Read More
Creating viral videos is something a lot of people try to do, but creating evergreen videos that have on-going views instead of a flash-in-the-pan spike is perhaps more beneficial in the long-term. Read More
