All articles tagged with #video platform
Originally Published 16 days ago — by Financial Times
The article discusses the ongoing growth and influence of YouTube as a dominant digital video platform, highlighting its impact on content creation, monetization, and the digital media landscape.
Originally Published 2 months ago — by 9to5Google
YouTube is introducing a customizable daily timer for Shorts on its mobile app to help users limit their viewing time, similar to features on TikTok and Instagram Reels, with plans to add non-dismissible prompts for parental controls later this year.
Originally Published 3 months ago — by TipRanks
Alphabet's YouTube is introducing new AI tools to support content creators and increase revenue, aiming to enhance the platform's offerings and creator engagement.
Originally Published 3 months ago — by Stratechery by Ben Thompson
In an interview, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan discusses the platform's focus on supporting creators through AI-driven tools, the importance of maintaining a stage for individual creativity, and the company's efforts to evolve as a dominant video and streaming service, emphasizing its role in democratizing content creation and consumption.
Originally Published 1 year ago — by Fortune
Elon Musk's X is launching a television app for Amazon and Samsung smart TVs in an effort to compete with YouTube and pivot to a video platform, aiming to attract online influencers and advertisers. The move comes as X seeks to expand its presence in the streaming video market, but the platform has faced challenges, including a decline in users and advertisers, as well as a significant drop in valuation. Despite these hurdles, Musk is determined to compete with YouTube and is focusing on attracting content creators and enhancing ad revenue streams.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Awful Announcing
Barstool Sports has announced a new partnership with video platform Rumble, following its withdrawal of the Surviving Barstool series from YouTube due to censorship claims. The partnership will give Rumble access to Barstool's video content, while Barstool will promote Rumble as its preferred video home and receive access to Rumble Cloud services. The move comes after Barstool's issues with YouTube, and the partnership with Rumble aligns with Barstool's concerns about censorship, as Rumble is known for being a free speech-friendly alternative to YouTube.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Fortune
YouTube's top creator, MrBeast, has uploaded a video to Elon Musk's X platform and has pledged to share the revenue generated, testing the platform's monetization capabilities. Despite previously expressing doubts about X's funding, MrBeast is experimenting with the platform by reuploading a video from YouTube. He plans to reveal the revenue generated from the X post, which could provide insight into the platform's potential for content creators. This move comes as X, previously known as Twitter, aims to become a "video-first" platform, but faces skepticism and declining revenue.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by NBC News
MrBeast, the popular YouTuber, is testing X after Elon Musk invited him to the platform. He reuploaded a video from YouTube to X to see how much ad revenue it would generate, as X has been trying to attract creators and media personalities. MrBeast's move to X would be a significant win for Musk's company, which has been investing in creators and original content. Despite the potential, MrBeast expressed concerns about funding his high-cost videos through X's revenue sharing.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by The Verge
YouTube has announced several new AI-powered tools for creators, including AI-generated photo and video backgrounds, AI video topic suggestions, and music search. The platform will also introduce Dream Screen, which will allow creators to place AI-generated videos and photos in the background of their YouTube Shorts. AI tools in YouTube Studio will generate personalized topic ideas and outlines for potential videos, while an AI dubbing feature will enable creators to dub their videos into other languages. These new AI-powered tools could revolutionize how creators plan, make, and structure their content on YouTube.
Originally Published 2 years ago — by Beebom
YouTube is conducting an experiment where it will warn users three times and limit their access to videos if ad blockers are detected, in an effort to encourage users to shift to YouTube Premium. The warning will prompt users to either whitelist YouTube, disable their adblocker, or sign up for YouTube Premium. The strike is currently being tested internally and has not been released publicly yet. YouTube Premium offers ad-free video playback, ad-free access to YouTube Music, background playback, and the ability to download videos for offline viewing.