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Thursday, April 16, 2009
Starting today, India begins general election proceedings for the 15th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India. The elections will occur over the course of one month, with final results announced on May 16th.
The Election Commission of India
expects 714 million people to cast their votes this year, and in anticipation, it has uploaded a number of videos in both English and Hindi about proper election administration to its YouTube channel. For example,
this video
trains election officials on how to be a good presiding officer.
If you're looking for tales from the campaign trail,
NDTV
has been covering the Indian election season closely on YouTube for the past few months, highlighting trends like the youth vote:
And if you're still hungry for information, please visit the
Google India Elections Centre
for the most comprehensive information about Members of Parliament, this year's candidates, development across parliamentary constituencies, and much more.
Happy voting,
Ramya Raghavan
YouTube News & Politics
YouTube Symphony Orchestra: From Idea to Reality
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Today represents the final culmination of an idea many months in the making: a first-class global orchestra brought together by YouTube. This week, over 90 musicians from around the world -- including a
Spanish guitarist
, a
Dutch harpist
and a
Lithuanian birbyne player
-- have gathered in New York City in preparation for tonight's historic YouTube Symphony Orchestra performance at Carnegie Hall. And today on YouTube's home page, we are proud to present the world premiere of Tan Dun's composition "Internet Symphony, Eroica," as selected and mashed up from nearly 3,000 video submissions from around the globe.
Maestro -- the mash up, please!
Along with the "Eroica" premiere, we're also posting exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the preparation leading up to tonight's performance. Learn more about the
YouTube Symphony Orchestra
by watching candid vlogs, early rehearsals with conductor and creative director
Michael Tilson Thomas
, and meet-and-greets between the musicians lucky enough to participate in this once-in-a-lifetime event. Many thanks to our "Vlog Squad" team of classical musicians (
Caeli Smith
,
Jeremy Denk
, and
Eiko Sudoh
), and to
Harmony Films
, who are currently putting together a full-length documentary on the YouTube Symphony Orchestra.
And for those of you who can't make it to New York in time for the big show, don't fret. We'll be posting the full performance from Carnegie Hall on YouTube tomorrow at
www.youtube.com/symphony
.
Symphonically Yours,
Michele Flannery
YouTube Music
New Nonprofit Partners Weigh in on Dating Violence, Teach You How to Get Your Bike on A Bus
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Here's what's been going on in the world of YouTube Nonprofits since
we last spoke
:
*
Do Something
released
this video
to raise awareness about the fact that 1 in 3 teens are abused in a relationship, after a
New York Times
article about Rihanna and Chris Brown's domestic violence incident quoted teens saying that dating violence wasn't a major issue. The video has received over 500,000 views and according to DoSomething's Chief Technology Officer, the organization has gotten close to 250,000 requests for dating abuse awareness bracelets.
* The
Iowa Bicycle Coalition
aims to educate citizens about the importance of bike safety and includes a number of helpful how-to videos like
how to load your bike onto a bus
and
how to choose the right type of bike for you
.
*
Architecture for Humanity
, citing the World Bank statistic that educating all children worldwide will require the construction of 10 million new classrooms by 2015,
is inviting
teachers, students, architects and designers to work together to design the classroom of the future. The ideal design will provide smart, safe and sustainable learning spaces for children.
*
Special Olympics International
has just launched a new "End the R-Word" campaign to end the use of the word "retard." This
campaign video
features various teens talking about how the word is offensive and needs to go.
Enjoy,
Ramya Raghavan
YouTube Nonprofits & Activism
Adopt a Feature: Round #3: Thecomputernerd01 Is King!
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
We're back with the final update for this edition of Adopt a Feature.
Last time we spoke
, we promised a home page takeover of some of the best videos submitted so far. On April 2, we did just that, and it generated enough awareness to spur on a few more fantastic entries, including incorporatedfx's
QuickCapture song
, amcclinton's thorough and enthusiastic
dive into Insight
, and a
country pulldown gem
from cowtipper11.
In sum, the 32 clips about the six features (you can see them all
here
) notched 818,698 views, 4,579 comments and 6,603 ratings -- that's a lot of people you helped to enlighten, people who might not have otherwise known that there is
a whole library of audio tracks
for your videos or that you can see what's popular in, say, Japan.
We crown
thecomputernerd01
the king of all this: his
zany explanation
of how the country/language pulldown menus work was responsible for more than a quarter of all Adopt a Feature views. For that, he gets a (non-)lousy T-shirt (as does everyone who was featured), immortality in this blog and hopefully lots more subscribers.
So with that, we'll wrap up this edition of the program. Let us know in the comments below what you thought, and we'll be back in two months with a set of new features for you to cast into the warm glow of your video camera.
Thanks for adopting,
Hunter Walk
Director, Product Management
The YouTube Team
YouTube Helps You Live Green
Monday, April 13, 2009
In anticipation of Earth Day on April 22, we’re teaming up with Sun Chips to launch a channel devoted to all things green:
Live Green
is your one-stop-shop for videos from partners committed to helping you live a more eco-friendly life. For example, you’ll find:
• Architect
Michelle Kaufmann
innovating on items you might normally throw away:
•
Discovery Networks
exploring sustainable urban agriculture:
•
Grist TV
answering your environmental questions:
And that’s just a sampling of Live Green’s inspirational powers. Visit
the channel
every day to get your daily dose of eco ideas -- each one could make a difference.
Be back on Earth Day,
Sadia Harper
Community Manager
YouTube Howto & Style
New Partner Roundup: Smithsonian, Encyclopedia Britannica, and More
Friday, April 10, 2009
Not sure where to start today? Here are some highlights of recently joined or converted partners:
*
smithsonianchannel
tells America's stories. There's lots of video on Wanda Jackson, the first lady of rock 'n' roll, and riveting insight into
turmoil among the Monkees.
*
Encyclopedia Britannica
leaps into the world of video: their YouTube channel contains vibrant footage of the internal workings of the human body, like this
pounding heart
(commenter BinkieMcFartnuggets is not far off when he says it looks like a chicken breast beating its head on the wall), cheese making, astronomy, and more.
*
LibraryOfCongress
has gems from vast archives, including
the earliest Edison films
. (More on government channels in a future blog post.)
*
BlahGirls
features sassy animated teens dishing on the week's celebrity gossip. From producer Ashton Kutcher.
*
TotalBeautyTV
specializes in helping you approximate celebrities' looks, from
Gwen Stefani's signature makeup
to
Reese Witherspoon's clean and classic hairstyle
.
*
FixMyRecipe
comes to the rescue when you and your kitchen are just not getting along. Chef Billy Parisi helps "fix" recipes on a daily basis. Send your recipe to chef@fixmyrecipe.com to see if it will become a "Featured Fix of the Day."
*
paintinganddrawing
offers instruction in watercolors, acrylics, oils, and pastels -- there are four new 24-minute instructional art programs uploaded every week.
Ciao,
Mia Quagliarello
Sr. Community Manager
The YouTube Team
Announcing VEVO, a Partnership with Universal Music Group
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Today we are joining forces with Universal Music Group (UMG) to announce the launch of VEVO, a music and video entertainment hub that will feature UMG’s premium video content. This service will blend UMG's broad catalog of artists and content production capabilities with our video technology and user community -- in other words, we'll provide the technology infrastructure that will power VEVO and host UMG’s extensive library of professionally-created music videos on the new site. This content will be exclusively available through VEVO.com and a new VEVO channel on YouTube through a special VEVO branded embedded player. It launches later this year.
We're hopeful that this partnership will set a positive example of how the digital and music industries can work together. Moreover, VEVO gives users a deeper, more immersive music experience. As part of the agreement, we've renewed and extended our deal with UMG to allow users to continue creating and watching videos containing UMG sound recordings and Universal Music Publishing Group’s compositions in various territories around the world. You'll even be able to buy favorite tracks on the spot with our
Click-to-Buy
feature.
Best,
Chris Maxcy
Partnerships Director
The YouTube Team
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