YouTube
New YouTube is more social, more like TV
YouTube has just rolled out a major redesign that gives the site a social shot in the arm while shifting its focus from the willy-nilly world of outlandish videos to a more polished, TV-like presentation. On the home page, the site’s rich media, double-punch advertising display will be the first thing you’ll notice. The increasingly-familiar Google bar rests across the top, with my G+ notifications there, as well…
Watch Facebook, Twitter and YouTube at the Social TV Summit
The second Social TV Summit, organized by Andy Batkin, kicks off tomorrow (Wednesday) in NYC. Lost Remote (myself) will be there covering the event, and we will be streaming the live conference here on LostRemote.com like we did for the sold-out event this past summer in LA (this one’s also sold out).
Google TV update rolling out, will it save the platform?
The new Google TV software update — a rather major overhaul — is starting to roll out to Google TV-powered sets and devices this week. At the same time, YouTube announced it’s rolling out new original content channels. It’s a combined effort to restart the product, which was widely panned by consumers and blocked by many TV content providers’ websites.
Dijit launches check-in service on top of universal remote
The TV check-in space continues to heat up. Miso recently announced a partnership with DIRECTV that will allow your Miso app to automatically know when you’ve tuned into a specific channel. And Dijit, an app that turns your iPhone into a universal remote (download here), has created a simplified check-in that ties to what you’re watching (since [...]
Anchor produces quick ‘Newsburst’ social media newscast
During a commercial break on WTMJ’s morning newscast, anchor Vince Vitrano shoots “Newsburst,” a quick, informal video newscast he shares on social media. “I wanted to have a little more fun with it out on our news set, and include my co-anchor Susan Kim,” Vitrano explains. “I shoot and edit (a very limited edit) the [...]
This isn’t MTV: YouTube debuts top 100 music videos
Many young Americans watch the latest music videos on YouTube, not MTV. And YouTube has rolled out a new feature a la “Video Countdown” that lists the top 100 music videos of the week. Calculated by song traffic spanning the official music videos, user-uploaded videos and “viral debuts,” YouTube says the charts are a holistic [...]
Early look at new Google TV, YouTube Leanback
Google announced earlier this week at its I/O conference that Android apps are coming to Google TV this summer, and the search giant gave developers a sneak peek: This is the welcome screen with the app market highlighted in the app bar along the bottom — which looks similar to Android tablets. TV is playing [...]
YouTube adding movies in bid for TV viewing
YouTube announced in a blog post today that it’s adding 3,000 new movie titles for rent — the company says it will release more details later today. This after announcing a few weeks ago that it’s investing in up-and-coming talent through YouTube Next. All this means one thing, which YouTube’s Salar Kamangar wrote quite succinctly [...]
Video phones kill the Flip Camera
Cisco announced today that it plans to shutter its Flip Cam unit — those very cool HD video cams that plug straight into your laptop — because its streamlining operations around its core networking products. The writing is on the wall: new smart phones are gobbling up the market, thanks to built-in video cameras and [...]
YouTube launches a live video experience
YouTube has hosted live events before, but now it’s launched a dedicated section to live video. More interesting, YouTube is rolling out a live streaming platform, “which will allow certain YouTube partners with accounts in good standing to stream live content on YouTube,” explains a blog post about the launch. We’re a bit surprised it’s [...]
YouTube plans social ‘channels’ for TV viewing
My two-year old never says he watches TV. “I’m watching Netflix,” he says, or “YouTube.” Those are his two networks (mom and dad also watch “Hulu”), which he can play on our TV set, laptop or iPad. So it’s no wonder that YouTube working on a “major overhaul” to push more aggressively onto TV screens, [...]
‘Gosh, I hope it doesn’t make it on YouTube’
That’s what KCBS reporter Serene Branson told her friend the day after her bizarre, slurring Grammy live shot. But by that time, it was rocketing all over YouTube and entertainment blogs, and soon, the national media, with speculation that she had a stroke. Branson appeared on the CBS Early Show this morning (video) to talk [...]
Would you ‘like’ (or dislike) a TV commercial?
You’re liking lots of stuff on Facebook, why not “like” a commercial you see on TV? Google TV executive Mark Piesanen threw out that idea at the NATPE conference this week, explaining that technology under development by Canoe Ventures could power it. “I’d love to have Canoe-enabled ‘like’ badges, where people vote on commercials they [...]
BreakingNews.com curating Egypt protest pics and vids
Breaking News is searching the web for pictures and video of the protests in Egypt. I recommend checking this out, because it’s a great example of how sites should curate news and not just post their own. The site has set up a filter for “Egypt Protests” and is smartly curating stories about how social [...]
YouTube hosting ‘Your Interview with the President’
As a follow-up to his State of the Union speech, President Obama will take questions. Only the questions won’t be from the media – they will be from you. YouTube is taking questions for its event, “Your Interview with the President” on Thursday. You can submit your questions at youtube.com/askobama or via Twitter using the [...]
‘Bed Intruder’ guy just landed a TV show pilot
WAFF-TV in Huntsville, Alabama interviewed Antoine Dodson last year as he energetically explained how he helped fend off an attacker in the attempted rape of his sister. The interview was turned into a musical mashup, became the most-watched independent clip on YouTube, sold thousands of downloads on iTunes and won an “Internet meme” award from [...]
Local TV mashup ‘Bed Intruder’ tops YouTube chart
When 2010 came to a close, a mashup called “Bed Intruder” topped the list as the most-watched independent clip on YouTube. And Mashable just gave it the award for the “Best Internet Meme” of the year. It all began with an interview by WAFF-TV in Huntsville, Alabama on an attempted rape story. Antoine Dodson, who [...]
Williams update: Video uploaded like crazy to YouTube
Further Update: The Columbus Dispatch editor, Ben Marrison, blogs about why the paper took down the YouTube video: “We must protect our copyrighted material.” Update: Lost Remote commenter Ryan Squire found this: The Columbus Dispatch has posted the video on YouTube, a day after ordering the video service to remove it. The paper posted the [...]
