Tag: YouTube
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YouTube Is Making It Easier to Sign Into Your Account on Smart TVs & Streaming Players
Do you love watching YouTube on your TV but hate how hard it is to sign into your account on a TV? Now Google is making it even easier on Android and select smart TVs and streaming players. Recently, Roku started to roll out an update to its Roku mobile app that will now detect…
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YouTube Is Getting More Aggressive to Stop Ad Blockers
For a year now YouTube has been in a fight with ad blockers as it tries to find ways to stop users who try to skip ads. Recently we have seen multiple efforts to push customers to YouTube Premium, a $13.99 a month subscription service that lets you skip ads and includes other benefits. Some…
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Shout! TV Launches 24/7 Free Streams of Pee-wee’s Playhouse, ALF, Trailer Park Boys, & More on YouTube
Shout! TV has launched a long list of 24/7 free streams on its official YouTube channel, delighting fans with non-stop access to beloved classic and cult TV series. The new streams include round-the-clock programming of fan favorites such as “ALF,” “ALF: The Animated Series,” “Farscape,” “Space: 1999,” “The Whitest Kids U’ Know,” “Mystery Science Theater…
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YouTube Wants The Emmys To Add Awards For YouTube Creators
Do you love the Emmy Awards show? What would yous ay if now creators like MrBeast found themselves up for an Emmy for their YouTube videos? Well that is what YouTube is asking them to do. Since 1949, the Emmys have been a huge part of the artistic world, showcasing some of the best minds…
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YouTube Is Rolling Out An AI Tool That Will Skip Over Boring Parts of Videos
Have you ever watched a YouTube video only to find it didn’t contain the info you thought it had? YouTube is rolling out an AI system that will let YouTube Premium subscribers automatically skip forward to the most relevant part of a video. Google hopes this new feature will help you save time by skipping…
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YouTube is Cracking Down on Apps That Help You Avoid Ads
YouTube, for some time now, has been cracking down on ad-blockers. Now YouTube is expanding its crackdown from ad-blockers to apps on your phone or tablet that lets you watch YouTube without ads. “The use of ad blockers violate YouTube’s Terms of Service,” said a Google spokesperson to cord cutters news when the crackdown started. “We’ve launched a…
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YouTube Now Shows You Auto-Generated Key Moments in Videos on TVs
Do you ever watch a YouTube video only to have most of it be not what you thought it was? YouTube now offers key moments from videos allowing you to skip over boring parts and get right to the part you want to watch on smart TVs. This feature is not new. YouTube has used…
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YouTube is Testing AI That Will Skip Over Boring Parts of Videos
Do you ever watch a YouTube video only to have most of it be boring and not what you thought it was? Now, YouTube is testing an AI system that would let YouTube Premium subscribers automatically skip forward to the most important part of a video. As Google hopes, this new feature will help you…
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Elon Musk Reportedly Wants to Make X Into the New YouTube With a Major Announcement Next Week
For years, even before Elon Musk bought Twitter, now called X, has worked to take on YouTube. Now, according to a report from the NY Post, as soon as next week, X will launch an app on streaming players and smart TVs to stream video from X to your TV. This is not a new…
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YouTube Launches New Creator Channel Homepages For TV App
YouTube’s creator’s channel got a refreshed look this week as the platform updated the homepage on smart TVs to make finding new content and subscribing to channels more accessible. The new look aims to offer a better streaming experience for users watching YouTube on their televisions. The layout has a more “modernized” format that lets…