Tag: YouTube
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YouTube Premium is Testing a New Lock Screen Feature
Do you subscribe to YouTube Premium? Right now, YouTube is testing a new Premium-only feature that allows you to enjoy your video without worrying about mistakenly bumping controls. Right now, in the try new features part of YouTube Premium, there is a new feature to test out until July 30th, 2023. Here is how Google…
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YouTube is Launching a New Tougher Crackdown to Stop Ad Blockers
If you’re a fan of YouTube and ad blockers, here’s your warning. YouTube is getting strict with ad blocker users while promoting its Premium tier subscription plan. YouTube generates revenue for both the streaming service and content creators by either playing ads or having members sign up for an $11.99 monthly individual subscription plan ($119.99…
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YouTube is Testing Adding Games You Can Play on YouTube
Google is planning to launch a new online gaming product for YouTube called Playables. The gaming tech will allow members to instantly play games via mobile devices or computers through the YouTube app. “Gaming has long been a focus at YouTube. We’re always experimenting with new features but have nothing to announce right now,” said…
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YouTube is Launching a New Premium 1080p on Select Google TV Devices
YouTube has been experimenting with a new 1080p content tier since last year, which provides more information per pixel for higher-quality video viewing. Earlier this year, the upgrade was available only to YouTube Premium members on Apple TV and iPhone devices. In an announcement released last April, YouTube stated: “To provide an even higher video…
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Law & Crime Channel Launches New YouTube Show For Cord Cutters
Back in May of 2022, Roku debuted Law&Crime, a channel spanning U.S. and Canadian audiences dedicated to covering live trials and true crime stories. Law&Crime airs daily and takes a deep look into some of the most high-profile cases, including the trial of Alex Murdaught, Johnny Depp, YNW Melly, and several other major televised trials.…
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YouTube Premium Is Offering a 3 Month Free Trial
Have you ever wished you could watch YouTube ad-free and download your videos for when you are offline? Right now, YouTube is offering three months of YouTube Premium with ad-free YouTube and offline downloads free for three months. This may be a good time to get YouTube Premium as Google has started to crack down…
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YouTube Anti-Piracy Lawsuit Dismissed In a Huge Win For Google
Today was meant to be the start of a lawsuit by Grammy Award winner Maria Schneider against YouTube in federal court over anti-piracy tools. Now, Maria Schneider and YouTube have agreed to have the came dismissed with prejudice, meaning she can not try to sue over this again. Back in 2020, Maria Schneider filed a…
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YouTube TV Will Offer Condensed Game Replays For NFL Sunday Ticket Subscribers
With multiple games happening at the same time, it can be hard to watch every NFL game search week. Now YouTube TV has confirmed that it will be offering an easy and quick qy for NFL fans to watch replays of the games they missed. In the past, NFL Sunday Ticket has offered condensed replays…
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YouTube Partners With Paramount to Promoting Paramount+ Alongside User-Created Star Trek Videos
For years now, when someone uploads a video of Star Trek The Next Generation, you will see an option to buy that episode and watch it on YouTube. Now it seems Google has partnered with Paramount to instead promote Paramount+ as an option to watch Star Trek. This is a great marketing tool for Paramount+,…
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YouTube Orders Piracy Service to Shutdown
YouTube has issued a cease-and-desist notice to Invidious, a free and open-source software posed as a “privacy-respecting alternative front-end for YouTube.” The software allows users to eliminate YouTube’s advertising and avoid user tracking metrics. Along with a Premium membership tier, YouTube uses advertisements to profit from the billions of hours of content streamed daily. Invidious…