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Bob Dudley, Chief Executive for BP Response, answers your questions about the oil spill

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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ask BP questionsGoogle Moderatoryoutube.com/citizentubeCitizenTubelive stream of the oil gushing into the waters of the Gulfanswered questions submitted by YouTube usersOlivia Ma, YouTube News Manager, and Ginny Hunt, Google Public Sector Manager

Professional caption services get “YouTube Ready”

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

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DCMP's current list of YouTube Ready vendors

Have passed a caption quality evaluation administered by the DCMP

Have a website and a YouTube channel where you can learn more about their services (see playlist below)

Have agreed to post rates for the range of services that they offer for YouTube content. Typical rates range from $2/minute for a transcript to $10/minute for full professional captions.

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Naomi Bilodeau, Caption Evangelist, recently watched "Deaf Mugger."

Video game fans pick their E3 fave

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Toy Story 3: The Video GameE3 channel Mark Day, Gaming Manager, recently watched “Amazing Fire Animation!”

Rumblefish launches user-friendly music program for YouTube community

Tuesday, June 29, 2010

Do you ever wonder how to find music you’re allowed to use in your videos? Have you had a video blocked due to unauthorized use of music? Well, we are happy to show our support for a new site called FriendlyMusic. FriendlyMusic gives YouTube users the option of purchasing a lifetime license to edit a song into their video. How does this work? Go to www.friendlymusic.com and browse through their catalog of pre-cleared music for YouTube. You then have the option to purchase an mp3 and download the track. Once you download it, the track is yours and subject to your creativity. Add it to a YouTube video, create a mash-up with, or add it onto the existing audio in your YouTube video. Videos with Friendly Music soundtracks are licensed for unlimited views for the life of the video all over the world.
Since its launch, YouTube has pioneered ways for users to get professional music into their videos while respecting copyright -- and generating revenue and promotion for artists, songwriters, and music companies. Through Content ID and a series of unprecedented deals with music labels and publishers, we’ve turned user-made music videos into a business opportunity as well as a form of expression. With Audioswap, we built a library of songs you can drop right into your existing YouTube uploads. And with countless artists, we’ve hosted DIY music-video contests and film festivals.
To be clear, many of the FriendlyMusic tracks are still available for free in Audioswap. What’s new is that the FriendlyMusic store offers you up-front reassurance that specific songs are pre-cleared for your video -- plus the ability to edit those songs in your own video editing tools, at the point of creation. This marks the first time a music company has offered YouTube users a direct license. We’re excited about it and we hope you are too.
Try it out and let us know what you think.
Ali Sandler, Music Partner Manager, and Glenn Brown, Head of Music Partnerships, recently both watched "Baby Samba Dance!"

Paul McCartney: On YouTube Playing Hyde Park For Born HIV Free

Friday, June 25, 2010

This Sunday (June 27) Paul McCartney takes to the stage to headline Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park and YouTube will be hosting a stream from the event at the BornHIVFree channel.

Starting at 8.30pm in the UK (12.30pm Pacific Time), visitors to the channel can enjoy an exclusive broadcast of McCartney's performance, donated by the former Beatle to The Global Fund’s Born HIV Free campaign, which has another high-profile patron in the form of France’s First Lady, Carla Bruni-Sarkozy.

Born HIV Free is urging people pledge their support to The Global Fund’s efforts to eliminate mother to child transmission of HIV by 2015 by adding their names to the organization’s Support Wall. At present, 45% of HIV-Positive pregnant women have access to the drugs they need to block transfer of the virus to their babies, with Global Fund-supported programmes reaching 790,000 to date… 340,000 in 2009 alone. The goal is clear and your voice could make the difference.

So, as you are listening to Paul McCartney work his way through what – with The Beatles, Wings and his solo recordings – must rank as one of the best sets of songs of all time, spare a minute to find out more about Born HIV Free, The Global Fund and maybe even add your support. YouTube will be updating live on Twitter this Sunday via @youtube, and you can add your comments to a planned Twitter stream on the channel using #bornhivfree.

Have fun,

Jamie Dolling, YouTube UK, recently watched "Rehearsal Footage – 19th May 2010".

Shakira takes your questions on YouTube

Thursday, June 24, 2010

She’s a global music star with hypnotic dance moves, a philanthropist and a YouTube phenom (her “Waka Waka” video, made for the 2010 World Cup, has over 32 million views). But now, Shakira is opening herself up to your questions.

Beginning today, you can ask her any question you’d like -- about her music, her work supporting education for all children through the 1Goal campaign and her own Barefoot Foundation, her World Cup stint, or anything else. The top questions will be posed to the Colombian songstress in an interview next week.

Here’s more from the lady herself:

Questions should be submitted in either video (preferable) or text to www.youtube.com/join1goal before midnight PT on Saturday, June 26. The full interview will be posted to the same channel and featured on the YouTube homepage next week.

Ramya Raghavan, Nonprofits & Activism Manager, recently watched “Queen Rania Invites You to Join 1Goal.”

Streaming live from the Twilight Eclipse premiere

Thursday, June 24, 2010

EclipseTwilight’s YouTube channelAccess Hollywood

Twilight channelThomas Henry, Display Team, recently watched “New Moon Volturi Fight Scene”.....again.

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