YouTube releases updated mobile app

YouTube has updated its mobile app with new features for both viewers and creators.

YouTube has seen viewing time increase significantly in the last year, Google announced in its latest earnings report this week. The site’s growth has been primarily … Read More

AP news archive of half a million videos added to YouTube

Over 1 million minutes of archive newsreel footage are being added to YouTube. The Associated Press and British Movietone, one of the world’s most comprehensive newsreel archives, is being digitised and uploaded to the site in what is the largest … Read More

YouTube builds SVOD service – but is missing big TV bricks

YouTube is beginning to build its subscription VOD service – but the company is still missing crucial bricks.

The video site’s entry into the subscription streaming race has been long mooted, as Google attempts to establish its service as a … Read More

Mobile viewing accelerates on YouTube

People are spending more time watching videos on YouTube, Google has revealed.

The search engine unveiled its earnings for the second quarter of 2015 yesterday, an announcement that arrives just as Facebook’s rival video service begins to build momentum. … Read More

YouTube: King of the trailer park, but for how long?

YouTube is the most popular place to watch film trailers, according to a new study. The research by Ipsos found that over half (54 per cent) of viewers between the age of 13 and 24 said they’re more likely to … Read More

YouTube star PewDiePie earned $7.4m last year

How much did you earn in 2014? And have you ever considered a change in career? Many people might well have this week, as it came to light that one YouTube star earned over $7 million last year.

YouTube celebrities … Read More

Facebook introduces video ad revenue: The killer blow to YouTube?

Facebook has begun to introduce a way for content providers to earn revenue from videos, a step that could prove a killer blow in the site’s rivalry with YouTube.

Google’s streaming site has been the giant of the online video … Read More

YouTube launches newswire for eyewitness footage

YouTube is embracing eyewitness footage as part of a new push into video journalism.

In the last 10 years, we’ve witnessed some of the most important news stories unfold online, from the Green Revolution, Arab Spring and protests in Ferguson, … Read More

WWE launches gaming YouTube channel

WWE has launched its own gaming YouTube channel.

Called UpUpDownDown, it’s hosted by Xavier Woods, who also goes by the name of “Austin Creed”. He will present a range of coverage relating to games, from WWE 2K15 and The Witcher … Read More

Watch – Smosh: The Movie trailer released online

The trailer for Smosh: The Movie has been released.

The film, which is one of the first high profile movie spin-offs from a YouTube channel, was snapped up by Lionsgate last year in a deal for the global distribution rights. … Read More