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YouTube Originals on the hunt for education-focused programming
YouTube is taking an education-focused approach to originals and leaning into “self-motivated learning” on the…
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Edinburgh TV Festival unveils State of the TV Nation panel
YouTube’s EMEA chief Ben McOwen Wilson, Channel 4 CEO Alex Mahon (pictured) and Lionsgate TV…
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Studio 100 appoints Disney, YouTube alum as CEO
Former YouTube and Disney executive Martin Krieger is returning to German children’s firm Studio 100…
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Amazon in talks with YouTube’s Wax for drama role
Amazon Studios is in talks to appoint YouTube Premium’s scripted exec Jon Wax following the…
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Quintus picks up OTF factual package
Germany’s Quintus Media has picked up a raft of programming for its YouTube channel Free…
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Showtime picks up Kirsten Dunst YouTube series
Showtime has picked up On Becoming a God in Central Florida, a nine part series…
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Freeview joins YouTube as headline sponsor for Edinburgh TV Festival
Freeview has joined YouTube as joint headline sponsor of August’s Edinburgh TV Festival. The year-long…
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YouTube confirms “karate-chopping” of Premium paywall
YouTube has confirmed that its premium content will be available for free as the business…
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YouTube hires Fox veteran to boost unscripted
YouTube has hired Fox veteran Alex Piper to head up unscripted as it continues to…
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YouTube cancels four shows as it continues Premium pullback
YouTube has cancelled four shows as it continues to roll back its Premium strategy and…
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YouTube pulls out of Premium race
YouTube has cancelled plans to build a slate of high-end drama and comedies as it…
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YouTube removes 7.8m videos for breaching site rules in Q3
YouTube removed 7.8m videos that violated the platform’s guidelines in the three months from July…
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YouTube to wind down Premium offering
YouTube is planning to put its original content ahead of its paywall in what marks…
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Hulu hires YouTube exec for acquisitions
Hulu has hired former YouTube TV exec Heather Moosnick to drive its content acquisition strategy…
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Facebook, YouTube reject “one-size-fits-all” ratings measurement
Facebook and YouTube have expressed a desire to get involved in a Joint Industry Currency…
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YouTube CEO strikes out at European copyright reform
YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has spoken out against the European Parliament’s copyright reform initiative, claiming…
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European Parliament approves 30% Euro content rules for VOD
The European Parliament has approved new rules for audiovisual media services, which include a 30%…
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YouTube Premium sets up French originals
YouTube has launched its first subscription-only French content from Studio Bagel and Golden Moustache. Canal+-owned…
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YouTube: TV is our ‘fastest growing screen’
The television is the “fastest growing screen” for YouTube, while TV content is notching up…
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YouTube Premium unveils German originals
YouTube Premium has commissioned its first German originals The trio of formats form part of…
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Federation hires Little Dot to manage YouTube presence
Kids content distributor Federation Kids & Family has appointed Little Dot Studios to manage the…
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TBI Weekly: Takeaways from Edinburgh
At this week’s Edinburgh International TV Festival, key execs revealed what they’re looking for on…
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YouTube to potentially place premium unscripted shows in front of paywall
Luke Hyams, head of the newly formed originals unit at YouTube EMEA, discussed the shows…
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YouTube picks up Jordan Peele sci-fi comedy
YouTube has ordered a half-hour sci-fi comedy from Oscar winning director Jordan Peele, as it…
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YouTube steps up originals game with Kirsten Dunst series
YouTube Premium has ordered Kirsten Dunst-starring dark comedy On Becoming a God in Central Florida,…
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Netflix & OTT services drive record $748bn brand value for 2018
Entertainment brands such as Netflix have aided a 21% growth in brand value to $748…
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YouTube reveals Royal Wedding streams reached 11.2 million
The live-stream of last weekend’s UK royal wedding between Prince Harry and Meghan Markle was…
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YouTube commissions Priyanka Chopra series from Sundog
Independent producer Sundog Pictures has secured a series commission from digital platform YouTube. Entitled If…
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BT premieres The Terror on YouTube in UK first
BT is giving the public a chance to watch the first episode of AMC’s thriller…
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Logan Paul ads suspended after YouTuber tasers dead rats
YouTube has suspended controversial YouTube vlogger Logan Paul soon after he tasered deceased rats in…