Abu Dhabi Media Company invests in Vevo
Vevo has announced a new investor in the project.
Abu Dhabi Media Company has become the latest company to invest in this project which aims to launch before the end of the year.
Other investors in the company include Sony Music Entertainment and Universal Music Group.
Vevo CEO Rio [...]
Google: YouTube to be profitable soon
Google has stated that they are closing in on the stage when YouTube would start generating money for them.
YouTube has been a loss making platform for the company. They acquired it at a very high price. And the expenses to operate it are massive.
YouTube recently announced that they [...]
YouTube logo highlights 1 billion views achievement!
Google has been changing their logo on the homepage pretty frequently now.
They have done something similar with YouTube.
Google owned video sharing service YouTube is currently displaying an updated logo highlighting its achievement of delivering more than 1 billion views per day!
Incidentally, it’s also the third [...]
Google AdSense to feature YouTube promoted videos!
Google AdSense has announced that the service would now deliver YouTube promoted videos in the media ads.
The company has now launched YouTube Promoted Videos in AdSense ad units.
This service would enable content providers on YouTube to get a much wider reach on the web.
Currently, these ads [...]
Warner Music Group confirms YouTube deal
Warner Music Group has confirmed that they have signed on a deal with YouTube to provide their content on the popular online destination.
This deal would enable YouTube to broadcast videos from the archives of Warner.
Madonna and Green Day are some of the popular musicians currently signed on [...]
Yahoo Search now plays video inline
Yahoo has announced an improved video searching capability.
The search engine result page would now let the user play the video on that page itself.
So there is no need to open up the video page to check it out.
Yahoo Search page would also show the related videos [...]
Time Warner to provide content to YouTube
Google YouTube is all set to get some fresh media content from Time Warner.
The two companies are collaborating and would share the advertising revenues.
YouTube is already hosting content from other media giants like Sony Pictures Entertainment, MGM Studios and ABC.
The video content provided by Time Warner [...]
Google acquires On2 Technologies
Google might have sold their radio advertising business to WideOrbit, but they are investing more in video technologies.
The search engine giant has announced that they are taking over On2 Technologies which is primarily a video technology solutions provider.
The deal is worth around USD 106.5 million.
Google spoke about this acquisition: “Today video is [...]
YouTube allowing third party ads on their videos
YouTube has announced a new partnership with FreeWheel which would now enable some of their partners to sell their own ads which would run inside their videos.
YouTube has been managing the video ads themselves all this time.
This new feature would benefit their partners who want more [...]
Oh noes. MSN Soapbox being shut down… YouTube Wins!
Google has scored yet another convincing victory against Microsoft.
The US based software giant has announced that they are closing down their MSN Soapbox service.
MSN Soapbox was launched as a rival service to Google YouTube. But it failed miserably.
Microsoft has revealed that users would [...]
