One of the most comforting voices in the history of Southern California has a message of hope for those shut in by the coronavirus.
Vin Scully, who called Dodgers games on the radio and television for 67 seasons until 2016, brought back some memories of warm, sunny days at Dodgers Stadium, if only for a moment, with a…
Standard definition has become the streaming default for YouTube users in Europe, a day after Netflix announced that it too would be trimming bitrates. The moves are a response to EU Commissioner Thierry Breton’s request Thursday that streaming platforms be mindful of the additional bandwidth demands as Europe faces…
Roku jumped in Thursday to cancel its live presentation to advertisers, following Twitter and YouTube earlier in the week.
These companies are part of the NewFronts, which are organized by the IAB. The organization recommended yesterday that presentations all migrate to virtual only and is coming up with a suite of…
Updated with Twitter news:
Twitter joined YouTube in canceling live events for advertisers this year in favor of streaming-only as the coronavirus continues to hit the upfront season.
“Twitter will be producing a fully-streamed presentation for NewFronts this year. We’re excited to embrace this new level of…
EXCLUSIVE: YouTube is planning to build a returnable original series around the idea of music artists recording cover versions of songs that topped the charts on the day they were born. The Google-owned video platform is kicking off the Birthday Song franchise with an episode featuring British singer-songwriter Lewis…
YouTube has opted not to continue with one of its three remaining original scripted series, supernatural thriller Impulse, which has been canceled after two seasons. The decision was made five months after the October release of Season 2.
Impulse was renewed for a second season in July 2018, before YouTube’s strategic…
A group of lawmakers are pressing Google to make one of YouTube’s signature anti-piracy features available to a greater number of creators of copyrighted content.
Earlier this month, a dozen Capitol Hill lawmakers led by Sen. Thom Tillis (R-TN) sent a letter to Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki…
The song was recorded in two versions and went through three releases, and the video was done twice, but A-ha’s classic 1985 music video for Take On Me has now passed the one billion views mark on YouTube.
The Norwegian group’s biggest hit and one of the staples of early MTV took wings thanks to the vision of Warner…
The Grammys and the Oscars are in the rear-view mirror, and South by Southwest is still a month away. That means the music industry gets to take a deep breath and contemplate the more important things in life, like whether a song is any good. One of the oldest axioms of the music business is, “It all starts with a…
YouTube paid out $3 billion to the music industry in 2019 from ads and subscriptions as it partners to grow revenue and promote new artists, said CEO Susan Wojcicki.
In a blog post Friday celebrating the company’s 15th birthday, she laid out some achievements and aspirations. The number of YouTube creators earning…
Justin Bieber has made YouTube history two times over. The premiere episode of Justin Bieber: Seasons docuseries ranks as YouTube Originals’ most-watched debut episode ever in its first week, according to the video-sharing platform. Additionally, Bieber has become the first artist to reach 50 million subscribers on…
Investors punished shares of Google Tuesday after parent Alphabet came in light on revenue in its latest earnings – and even as Wall Street and media watchers lapped up welcome details on YouTube which had never been previously released.
Google revealed that YouTube ad revenue rose 31% in the fourth quarter to $4.7…
