Tag: YouTube
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YouTube Will Start Showing Fewer Ads, but There’s a Catch
YouTube is changing up how it shows ads in videos. The video-sharing app will now group ads together for longer ad breaks, instead of multiple short ad breaks during your video. In addition, viewers will see a countdown of how much time is left in the ad break instead of the number of ads they’ll…
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YouTube is Offering More Free Movies and TV Show
A YouTube TV membership has a lot to offer, but for those who want to cut back on paid streaming subscriptions, YouTube’s list of free movies and TV series is worth checking out as it has slowly been growing. YouTube adds new free movies and TV shows every month, which vary depending on which country…
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The Price of YouTube Premium Is Going Up on Grandfathered Plans By As Much as $6 a Month
Back in July, YouTube quietly raised the price of YouTube Premium by $2 a month to $13.99 or an annual subscription of $139.99. At the time, select YouTube Premium subscribers were grandfathered into that new place, but now the will also be hit with a price hike in January, according to a report from 9to5Google.…
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Super Bowl Ads on YouTube Reached 20% More Viewers Than Traditional TV
The Kansas City Chiefs weren’t the only winners at this year’s Super Bowl. Advertisers got a big boost in viewership by putting their commercials on YouTube Connected TV, or YouTube CTV, as well as linear TV. According to media measurement company Comscore, YouTube reached 88% of adults aged 18 to 49 with a Super Bowl…
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YouTube Will Now Suggest Videos to You Based On Its Color
Looking for something new on YouTube? Not sure what you want to watch? Now, YouTube will recommend videos to you based on the color of the thumbnail. Recently YouTube started adding the ability to select the color and see videos from channels you follow that had thumbnails with that color in them. This maybe one…
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YouTube Is Testing Adding a Splash of Color to Your History and Playlist Tabs on Google TV
YouTube is testing out a colorful new design for the playlist and watch history sections of its app for Google and Android TVs. “We are rolling out a new layout to the Library on TVs for all YouTube users. This is part of our modernization efforts announced earlier this year,” a YouTube spokesperson confirmed to…
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YouTube Premium is Offering Free Video Games as Google Wades Back Into Gaming
After axing Stadia in January, Google is trying a different approach to video games – YouTube. Premium subscribers got a notification last week about a new feature users could enable called Playables, according to Droid Life. Once it’s turned on, you can find it in YouTube’s Explore tab for Android, iOS, and desktop. The Playables…
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YouTube Slowing Down Loading Times for Videos on Firefox and Edge As It Continues To Wage War on Ad-Blockers
If you’re trying to watch YouTube videos and still using ad-blockers, you might notice a delay in loading times. Users have observed slower load times on Firefox and Microsoft Edge, but a few have also encountered delays on Google Chrome, according to Android Authority. YouTube said its ad-blocker detection doesn’t target specific browsers. “In the…
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A YouTube Glitch is Making it Look Like You Are Paying For Channels Including NBA TV That You Are Not
Have you gone into your YouTube account to find it shows you are paying for Primetime channels when you are not? You are not alone as what seems to be a glitch that shows people subscribed to NBA TV and other channels. Primetime channels let customers pay YouTube for access to premium content like NBA…
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More Streaming Services Could Join Netflix, Disney, and YouTube’s War on Password Sharing
Netflix set out to eliminate password sharing this year, and while the crackdown is far from finished, the media giant is winning over its rival streaming services. Despite the initial anger from viewers, Netflix saw an explosion of new signups once it began charging U.S. customers extra to share passwords. In June, reports said subscriptions…