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Music Tuesday: Raphael Saadiq, Jane’s Addiction, PJ Harvey and more
2011年5月10日火曜日
Live music, soul music, war music...this week, we bring you a little bit of everything. Let’s dive in!
Raphael Saadiq’s old soul
Before
Amy Winehouse
, before
Sharon Jones
, before a whole slew of singers realized there were still jewels to be mined from classic soul and R&B,
Raphael Saadiq
got it. The guy had been one third of
Tony! Toni! Tone!
in the 1990s, but in the years since, he’s reinvented himself, transforming from silky crooner into vintage soul man...and sought-after producer. His new album drops today, and to celebrate, he shares the sounds of kindred spirits, be they
The Black Keys
, the
White Stripes
or everybody in between.
Jane’s Addiction...live
We're bringing
Jane's Addiction
to Google I/O tonight, but no need to hunt for sold-out tickets. You can watch the band perform live tonight at 8 p.m. PT on
youtube.com/googledevelopers
. And while you're waiting, why not enjoy a few videos hand-picked for you by none other than Perry Ferrell and Dave Navarro? Their introductory video proves their rapport remains strong after all these years.
PJ Harvey “Let England Shake”
Polly Jean Harvey needs no introduction. The woman single-handedly resuscitated rock in the 1990s for a lot of fans; she’s fierce and uncompromising and she never stands still as an artist. Case in point: her new album. “Let England Shake” is a wide-ranging meditation on violence and war, and in commissioning a series of videos for the new album, she certainly isn’t blazing new ground -- we’ve recently profiled
album-length films from R.E.M.
and
TV On The Radio
-- but as always, nobody does it quite like PJ. Find out why.
Steve Earle “NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert”
Some may know him for his roles on HBO series like The Wire and Treme, but in fact, Steve Earle is the great unsung troubadour of this generation, a songwriter of uncommon humanity and grit. This live performance in NPR’s offices captures his wit, his irreverence, but most of all his talent.
Sarah Bardeen, Music Community Manager, recently watched
“Steve Earle: NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert.”
Get more into movies on YouTube
2011年5月9日月曜日
Here at YouTube, we can’t get enough video. When it comes to movies, we’re just as excited: YouTube hosts a great selection of
movie trailers
and showcases a variety of independent films in our
Screening Room
;
last year we announced
the ability to rent movies from Sundance Film Festival; and this year at Sundance we premiered
Life in a Day
, a documentary film about a single day on earth filmed by thousands of YouTube users, produced by Ridley Scott and directed by Kevin Macdonald.
Today, we’re announcing another step in our goal to bring more of the video you love to YouTube: the addition of thousands of full-length feature films from major Hollywood studios available to rent in the US at
youtube.com/movies
. In addition to the hundreds of free movies available on the site since 2009, you will be able to find and rent some of your favorite films. From memorable hits and cult classics like
Caddyshack
,
Goodfellas
,
Scarface
, and
Taxi Driver
to blockbuster new releases like
Inception
,
The King’s Speech
,
Little Fockers
,
The Green Hornet
and
Despicable Me
. Movies are available to rent at industry standard pricing, and can be watched with your YouTube account on any computer. The new titles will begin appearing later today and over the coming weeks to www.youtube.com/movies, so keep checking back.
But your movie experience won't begin and end with a single film. With 35 hours of video uploaded every minute to YouTube, there’s a sea of content that can add to your movie experience. Many movie pages feature YouTube Movie Extras -- free behind-the-scenes videos, cast interviews, parodies, clips and remixes from YouTube’s unique community of content creators. Movie pages also showcase reviews from Rotten Tomatoes, so you’ll see feedback from critics before you decide what movie to get into. Over time we'll also be adding additional videos and features to YouTube Movie Extras so that you can get even more into movies on YouTube.
Learn more about
movies on YouTube
or visit
YouTube.com/movies
to start watching now.
Camille Hearst, Product Marketing Manager, recently watched "
300
" and Matt Darby, Product Manager, recently watched "
The Matrix
."
Welcome to the future of video. Please stay a while.
2011年5月9日月曜日
It’s a Saturday and you want to watch your
favorite YouTube star’s show
, a
big Hollywood movie
, a clip of your friend’s weekend in Austin, a
newly-released music video
, a
global sporting event
, a
live concert
and
breaking news from Japan
. Six years ago, when YouTube first arrived, you’d have to go from TV to laptop, desk to couch, or platform to platform, to do all this. Six years ago, there were also two types of video: video you watched on your TV, and video you watched on your laptop. Today there’s increasingly just video, and it’s available everywhere: on a phone, a tablet, a laptop or a television screen, in your office, on your couch, in a cab.
YouTube isn’t about one type of device or one type of video. Content from traditional media partners, made-for-web and personal videos all co-exist on the site. Like surfing? You can watch pros shoot barrels, rent your favorite surf movie and check out your friend’s upload of his morning session at your favorite local spot. News junkie? YouTube has breaking news uploads from citizen journalists alongside anchored reports and live streams from news partners.
You’re finding more and more of the content you love on YouTube, which is now available on 350 million devices. We know this because you’re watching videos to the tune of 2 billion views a day. But you’re spending just 15 minutes a day on YouTube, and spending five hours a day watching TV. As the lines between online and offline continue to blur, we think that’s going to change.
Today, we’re going to start adding around 3,000 new
movie titles for rent
available to users in the U.S. (more on this in a post later today) that will be accompanied by reviews and behind-the-scenes movie extras. Whether it’s short movie trailers, funny movie parodies or full-length blockbuster films, we encourage you to sit back and settle in to the YouTube movies experience.
In addition to expanding our movie offerings, we’re also bolstering our investment in the content that’s already being viewed by hundred of millions of people on YouTube. Our 20,000+ partners—folks like
Machinima
,
Annoying Orange
and
Ryan Higa
—are producing original content for the web and commanding TV-size audiences for their own brand of programming. Through
YouTube Next
, we’re helping fuel the creation of this type of content with initiatives like the
YouTube Creator Institute
and
YouTube NextUp
, following past initiatives like
Partner Grants
(which brought us Key of Awesome, creators of one of
2010’s most-watched videos
) and $1,000
B&H Photo credits
. In the coming year, we’ll bring even more content to YouTube. Building on the success of Partner Grants and YouTube NextUp, we’re providing even more resources to creators who you’ll know from TV or Hollywood, and to existing YouTube partners who have already built loyal audiences on the site. Look out for more details on this in the coming months.
While six years ago you had to move device, room and platform to get all the video that matters most to you, today you can find it all on YouTube. By expanding our content partnerships worldwide and stimulating the success of budding filmmakers, artists and entrepreneurs, we’ll ensure that YouTube remains the best place for the world to see and discover rich talent. So stay tuned—there’s much more to come.
Salar Kamangar, Head of YouTube, recently watched “
Salman Khan: Let’s use video to reinvent education
”
This week's Trends: major news, proms, and the dougie
2011年5月6日金曜日
Each weekday, we at
YouTube Trends
take a look at the most interesting videos and cultural phenomena on YouTube as they develop. We want take a moment to highlight some of what we've come across this week:
We tracked the
reaction
across the country following the President's address on the death of Osama bin Laden.
We studied how President Obama's
correspondents' dinner remarks
were the most watched ever on YouTube.
We catalogued 10 different, creative, and funny ways high school students
asked each other to prom
.
We looked into the the history of "
the dougie
" through YouTube searches.
We saw how college kids are celebrating finals week with
flash mob dances
.
And this "ultimate dog tease" became one of the week's most-shared clips:
Check back every day for the latest about what's trending on YouTube at:
www.YouTube.com/Trends
Kevin Allocca, YouTube Trends Manager, recently watched "
Shower Dudes - Wanton Song
."
You old romantics you…72 million live streams in 188 countries for the Royal Wedding on YouTube
2011年5月6日金曜日
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are YouTube's newest megastars. Though half the globe was still in darkness, YouTube users from across the world got wedding fever for the Royal Household's official live stream of the landmark wedding on
The Royal Channel
.
The Royal Wedding was live streamed
72 million times
around the world to 188 countries. Those who didn’t see it live still had an opportunity to don their fascinators and catch up with the re-broadcasts later in the day. When it was all said and done, the total streams on April 29, 2011 reached
101 million
as romantics around the globe tuned in to watch the fairytale ceremony, the procession and the final balcony kiss.
And what a kiss it was…during the 10 seconds around the highly-anticipated Royal kiss, the YouTube channel site, powered by Google App Engine, experienced an additional
100,000 requests
on top of the already high load … an effective additional 10,000 requests per second.
Live streams were highest in the UK and the US, but looks like love was in the air across the channel as well. The top 5 countries viewing the live event online were:
United Kingdom
United States
Italy
Germany
France
The online excitement extended to The Official Royal Wedding
website
. Since the launch on March 2, there have been approximately
37.7 million page views from 13.7 million visitors
to the site, which was hosted on Google App Engine and built by Accenture.
The entire live stream of the Royal Wedding, along with video highlights can be found on
The Royal Channel
.
Congratulations to The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge!
Rachel Ball, partner development associate, recently watched “
Best Wishes from Mr. McGrail's United States History Class
.”
America’s Got Talent wants you
2011年5月4日水曜日
Have you seen your favorite YouTubers perform
on television
or
in concert
, and wondered when it would be your chance in the spotlight?
We’ve teamed up with
America’s Got Talent
for a second year in a row on a contest in which you’re invited to submit an audition video and compete for a chance to appear live on NBC’s America’s Got Talent and even win one million dollars.
If you can sing, dance, juggle, or pretty much perform any other talent, send us your video from today until June 9 at midnight ET at
youtube.com/agt
. We’ll gather the videos and ask for your votes from June 28 to July 8. And this year, you can also submit and vote for your favorite videos on your
Android
devices and
iPhone
.
Contest Info
An expert panel of NBC representatives will review the submissions and select the top 20 entrants. Those 20 entrants will go live on the AGT YouTube channel, where the YouTube community gets to vote for their favorite to become The YouTube People’s Choice Winner, with a guaranteed spot on the AGT YouTube Special episodes taping August 9 and 10. The grand finale will air on September 14.
If you’re looking for tips in applying, visit the America’s Got Talent Channel at
youtube.com/agt
to get an idea of the creativity and talent that makes it to the show.
Liuba Petkova, Marketing Programs Manager Entertainment & Film, recently watched “
America's Got Talent YouTube Special - Jackie Evancho
.”
CIS Fair Use legal experts answer questions about YouTube
2011年5月4日水曜日
Two weeks ago we offered the YouTube community the opportunity to
ask leading fair use experts
from Stanford’s Center for Internet and Society (CIS) questions about fair use. Using
Google Moderator
, more than 300 of you submitted 100+ questions and voted almost 3,000 times on the questions you wanted answered.
As expected, the questions varied dramatically, reflecting the diversity of content created and shared by YouTube users. Some of you wanted to know about
dubbing over a cartoon
, while others asked about adding
commentary to video game play
and someone else was hoping to create
software tutorials using computer screencasts
.
This week Anthony Falzone, Executive Director of the Fair Use project, and Julie Ahrens, Associate Director of the Fair Use project, answered a selection of the top voted questions (in the
video’s description
you can select which specific questions you want to see answered):
Thanks to all of you who submitted and voted on questions and please visit the
YouTube Copyright Center
if you have more questions.
(Full disclosure: Google provided start-up funding for the Fair Use Project, but has no involvement in the cases or positions that the project chooses to take.)
Will Houghteling is on the YouTube News and Politics team and recently watched “
Seth Meyers at the White House Correspondents Dinner
.”
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