13:30 Update: YouTube has confirmed its first agreement to stream a live sporting event over the internet. The Google-owned portal will show coverage of Indian Premier League cricket, an event […]
YouTube victory for Mediaset
A court in Rome has ordered YouTube to immediately remove all Mediaset content from its website including portions from the Italian version of ‘Big Brother’.
Five follows Four on YouTube
Following in the footsteps of Channel 4, the UK commercial broadcaster Five has signed an agreement with YouTube to show videos that will go live ‘shortly’ after being aired. The […]
YouTube considers pay model
YouTube is talking with TV networks and studios to develop a pay model for streaming TV episodes, according to the MediaMemo blog of the Wall Street Journal.
Record 856 million US video views for Hulu
Hulu viewing was up in the US to record levels of 856 million (a 3.1% share) in October during the height of the autumn TV season. The average Hulu viewer […]
BBC Trust restricts Worldwide activities
The BBC Trust has set out a series of changes to the commercial arm of the BBC. It follows an 18-month review of the mandate, strategy and governance arrangements for […]
YouTube will only allow contract partners
YouTube is by far the best watched online video site and with full 1080p HD coming to the portal, viewing is best done on a large screen TV set. However, […]
YouTube adds ‘automatic’ subtitling
Google has announced an automatic subtitling (or ‘captions’, as the Americans call it) service for YouTube videos, using the ‘automatic speech recognition’ (ASR) technology currently employed in the transcription feature […]
Online TV watching continues to grow in US
Online video viewing in the US continued to reach record levels in September with nearly 26 billion videos viewed during the month by more than 168 million internet users, according […]
Full length shows now on YouTube UK
YouTube today announced a new Shows section of its site for UK users, bringing together in one place full length programming and clips from Channel 4, BBC Worldwide, ITN, Fremantle […]