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White House request: Google has no plans to rethink video status

New York Times :: Google said on Friday that it would not comply with a White House request to reconsider the anti-Islam video that has set off violent protests in the Arab world in light of its rules banning hate speech on YouTube, which it owns.

A report by Claire Cain Miller, www.nytimes.com

YouTube restricts video access to controversial video over Libyan violence

CNN :: The video, a film trailer mocking the Muslim faith, will (temporarily) not be accessible via YouTube in Libya and Egypt, the company said in a statement issued to CNN.

Read John D. Sutter, edition.cnn.com

YouTube's Community Rules

Further reactions: Miriam Arghandiwal, Reuters: Afghanistan banned YouTube

YouTube launches TrueView in-stream video ads on mobile devices

YouTube Creator Blog :: More and more traffic is coming from people watching video on smartphones and tablets. People are watching video when out with friends, while waiting in line, or on the bus home. Mobile growth on YouTube has been phenomenal. So to help you monetize your mobile traffic as effectively as on PCs, today we’re launching TrueView in-stream video ads (cost-per-view) on mobile devices.

Announced here Phil Farhi, youtubecreator.blogspot.co.uk

U.S. video viewing statistics: Facebook second largest video site in July

comScore :: Google Sites, driven primarily by video viewing at YouTube.com, ranked as the top online video content property in July with 157 million unique viewers, followed by Facebook.com with 53 million, Yahoo! Sites with 48.7 million, VEVO with 44.8 million and Microsoft Sites with 42.7 million.

A report by www.comscore.com

YouTube re-imagined: 205,347,842 channels on every single screen

 Note: the original Wired headline says 505,347,842 not 205,347,842 channels ... . Anyway too much choice, to be honest.

Gadget Lab | Wired :: The old YouTube you knew (and maybe loved!) is gone. It’s been replaced by something that’s a lot more like a play-anywhere, device-agnostic, multi-channel network. It’s becoming a cable network for people who don’t have cable. YouTube doesn’t want you to watch videos anymore — not in the singular sense, at least. It wants you to stick around and see what comes next.

Mat Honan on Twitter

YouTube re-imagined - A report by Mat Honan, www.wired.com

How YouTube will escape Google's new pirate penalty 'Emanuel update'

Search Engine Land :: Google has announced that it will soon penalize sites that are repeatedly accused of copyright infringement. But one site in particular doesn’t need to worry: Google’s own YouTube. It has a unique immunity against the forthcoming penalty.

YouTube special treatment - A report by Danny Sullivan, searchengineland.com

RTL, ProSiebenSat1 not allowed to launch a joint VOD platform; complaints about YouTube movies channel

The Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf recently confirmed a verdict of the Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office, FCO) to prevent a joint VOD (video on demand) platform of ProSiebenSat1 and RTL because of their dominant duopoly in the market for television advertising. German DER SPIEGEL reports that the media conglomerates complain about Google's launch of its movies channel on YouTube, a VOD platform, which offers synchronized versions of the movies as well.

"Oberlandesgericht Düsseldorf bestätigt Untersagung der Online-Video-Plattform von RTL und ProSiebenSat.1" - Continue to read here (in German) Press Release, bundeskartellamt.de

"Warum hat das Bundeskartellamt die Online-Videoplattform Pro7/RTL untersagt?" - A summary (in German) of the FCO decision, by Johannes Zöttl, kartellblog.de

"Privatsender kritisieren YouTube" - Continue to read here (in German) DER SPIEGEL, 08-12-2012

 

 

War? YouTube app disappears from iOS 6 beta 4 as Apple breaks Google ties

Not "war", follow the Reuters link below.

9to5mac :: iOS 6 beta 4 has removed the YouTube application that existed on iOS since the first version in 2007. We’re not entirely sure what to make of this, but this could have to do with Apple trying to break away from dependence on Google services.

A report by Mark Gurman, 9to5mac.com

Reuters :: "Apple says license to include YouTube app in iOS has ended"

HT: Jérémie Lannoy via Twitter

Eventster's social signals: Find events you’ll like, which to avoid

TechCrunch :: Eventster, the iOS app which aggregates events across North America and Europe, is rolling out a big update today which it hopes will further differentiate its event listings application from numerous competitors. The update uses semantic technologies to guess at the relevant keywords surrounding an event in order to integrate social media postings from Twitter, YouTube and Instagram in real-time alongside the listing.

A review by Sarah Perez, techcrunch.com

SoundCloud expands its effort to become the YouTube of public radio and podcast

Nieman Lab :: Now, as part of its effort to “unmute the web,” SoundCloud is courting radio news professionals, podcasters, and indie storytellers. A year-old team of about a half-dozen people is focused on spoken-word content. The company just hired Jim Colgan, formerly a producer and digital experimenter for WNYC public radio, to manage partnerships with audio providers.

A report by Andrew Phelps, www.niemanlab.org