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YouTube to disable comments on videos of children
March 1, 2019 | David FarnorYouTube will disable comments on videos of children, the online giant has announced this week.
Ever since 2017, there have been reports of paedophiles leaving predatory comments on videos featuring under-18s, or using the comments to alert others to the … Read More
Facebook Watch heads to London to woo creators
February 17, 2019 | David FarnorFacebook Watch headed to London this week to step up its rivalry with YouTube.
This week saw VidCon arrive in the UK capital for its first ever event on British soil – a major sign of both the growing vlogging … Read More
VidCon comes to London: View the schedule
February 13, 2019 | David FarnorVidCon is officially coming to the UK this week, with its first ever Lodon event.
The convention, founded by YouTube creator Hank Green back in 2009, is the longest established festival and summit for the online video community and has … Read More
Why do kids watch YouTube?
January 29, 2019 | David FarnorChildren’s online time has settled at just over two hours per day, new research by Ofcom reveals, as younger viewers continue to move away from old-school linear TV and towards digital streaming services.
Ofcom’s study from a panel of boys … Read More
Machinima videos disappear from YouTube
January 27, 2019 | David FarnorAlmost all of Machinima’s videos have disappeared from YouTube in the last fortnight.
The channel, which is one of YouTube’s most popular, boasts 12.39 million subscribers, a gargantuan audience built up since it launched back in 2006. But fans were … Read More
How YouTube’s Rewind 2018 became the site’s most disliked video
December 18, 2018 | David FarnorYouTube’s Rewind video is something of an annual tradition, much like the way that other people look back at the end of a year and rank the site’s best and worst videos. This year, those two rituals have almost perfectly … Read More
7 year old crowned YouTube’s highest earner
December 5, 2018 | David FarnorA 7-year-old boy is now YouTube’s highest earner, according to the latest rankings by Forbes magazine.
The annual list of top-earning online stars has become a fixture of the new era of entertainment, where people are not only happy to … Read More
Dark Cargo: YouTube Premium orders thriller from Ben Stiller and Sneaky Pete writers
December 3, 2018 | David FarnorYouTube Premium is getting its noir on with a new thriller from Ben Stiller and the writers of Sneaky Pete.
The video giant has ordered a pilot for Dark Cargo, a new series that will join its growing line-up of … Read More
YouTube Premium moves away from paywall
November 29, 2018 | David FarnorYouTube Premium is planning to move away from its paywall model and release its YouTube Originals online for free.
The online giant launched its subscription service back in 2016, offering subscribers a way to watch exclusive and original content, as … Read More
YouTube officially axes video annotations
November 28, 2018 | David FarnorYouTube is removing all annotations from videos across its site next year.
Annotations have been a fixture on the streaming platform for almost as long as YouTube has existed, allowing people to put translucent boxes over the top of the … Read More