Tag: YouTube
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YouTube Puts New Limits On Kids Profiles to Protect Their Mental Health
YouTube is shoring up its mental health resources for teen viewers through a series of updates and partnerships with youth, parenting, and mental health experts. The changes aim to provide “guardrails” for YouTube’s younger viewers without stifling teens’ desire to explore. “It’s healthy for teens to choose what they watch because they are exploring their…
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YouTube Premium Gets Price Hikes Around The World
YouTube started raising the price of its ad-free Premium service in July, starting with a rollout in the U.S., Europe, Asia-Pacific, and South America. Beginning November 1, the price hikes hit even more countries. Argentina, Australia, Austria, Chile, Germany, Poland, and Turkey are seeing price increases across individual, family, and student plans for YouTube Premium…
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YouTube & YouTube TV Are Dealing With Widespread Buffering Issues & Poor Quality Issues
Are you using YouTube TV or YouTube and seeing a ton of buffering today you are not alone, and the issue is widespread. A message on YouTube TV’s help page YouTube says, “If you’re experiencing buffering issues on YouTube our team is aware and working on a fix. YouTube TV or NFL Sunday Ticket may…
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YouTube and Twitch Plan to Stop Offering Live Streamers Multimillion-Dollar Contracts
Twitch and YouTube are phasing out expensive multimillion-dollar content deals with top live-streaming gamers like Tyler “Ninja” Blevins as the companies move away from their strategy of chasing talent with massive contracts. At the TwitchCon conference in Las Vegas, Twitch Chief Executive Officer Dan Clancy told Bloomberg News that spending seven and eight figures on…
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YouTube TV & YouTube Will Reportedly Lose $1.2 Billion on NFL Sunday Ticket This Year
Back in December of 2022, YouTube and YouTube TV reportedly paid $2 billion for NFL Sunday Ticket. This comes after decades of the service being exclusive to DIRECTV. Now, according to a report from Morgan Stanley, YouTube and YouTube TV will lose $1.2 Billion this year. There is some good news, though, as Morgan Stanley…
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YouTube Shorts Averages 70 Billion Daily Views
YouTube’s take on TikTok is its own beast. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai disclosed that YouTube Shorts, its short-form video format that apes the experience of TikTok, is averaging 70 billion daily views. The videos are watched by an average of 2 billion signed-in users each month, he added. The performance of shorts has helped drive…
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YouTube’s New AI Tools Help Brands Sync Ads With Cultural Moments
YouTube is working on a new way for advertisers to better reach viewers. The video-sharing app last week announced Spotlight Moments, a new AI feature that automatically identifies the most popular and relevant videos so advertisers can more easily “own the moment” around important events that viewers are engaging with. “Spotlight Moments gives brands a…
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YouTube is No Longer Working On Some Amazon Fire TV Models, Here is Everything We Know
Yesterday an update for the Fire TV YouTube TV app was pushed out. Now, many Fire TV owners are finding that the YouTub app on the Fire TV no longer works. Readers flooded our contact email with complaints about this, and DownDetector is also reporting a growing number of complaints about YouTube TV not working…
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YouTube is Developing AI to Let You Sing Exactly Like Your Favorite Musician
YouTube is reportedly developing a new artificial intelligence feature to make you sound like your favorite artists. The AI voice modifier works differently than a voice enhancer, which can auto-tune a singer to keep them in tune while sounding like themselves. YouTube’s feature, however, makes users sound nearly identical to the real deal, which has…
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YouTube Is Investing In News As It Tries Become The First Place You Go For Breaking News
Today, Google announced that it will be rolling out a new effort to help news organizations post news on YouTube and help them make shorts. This comes as YouTube wants to become your first stop for breaking news. “YouTube has long been a home for news viewers to learn more about the world and the…