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Great Scott! Over 35 Hours of Video Uploaded Every Minute to YouTube
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Remember
in March
when we shared with you that more than 24 hours of video being uploaded to YouTube every minute? Well, you continue to amaze us: you’ve increased the amount of video uploaded to YouTube to 35 hours per minute. That breaks out to 2,100 hours uploaded every 60 minutes, or 50,400 hours uploaded to YouTube every day. If we were to measure that in movie terms (assuming the average Hollywood film is around 120 minutes long), 35 hours a minute is the equivalent of over 176,000 full-length Hollywood releases every week. Another way to think about it is: if three of the major US networks were broadcasting 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year for the last 60 years, they still wouldn’t have broadcast as much content as is uploaded to YouTube every 30 days.
As you can see from the above chart, the number of uploads to YouTube have more than doubled in the last two years. How come? Here are some of the factors contributing to the growth:
The time limit for videos uploaded by users
increased by 50%
from 10 to 15 minutes.
The upload file size increased over the last few years by more than 10x to 2GB via our standard uploader.
Mobile phones have improved dramatically in how quickly and easily they upload videos to YouTube.
More companies integrating our APIs to support upload from outside of YouTube.com (Activision’s
Call of Duty Black Ops.
as one very cool example where you can record and share video footage from within the game).
So, what happens in 35 hours? Here are just some of the things that can happen in that time frame:
A team can set the record for
the longest soccer
(eh hem... futbol) match in history.
Someone can
drive
non-stop from YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, CA to Chicago, IL.
You could fly over half-way around the world
in a balloon
.
Clearly, you are able to tackle some of our most daunting challenges. So it is with that in mind that we throw down another heavy gauntlet: upload 48 hours of video every minute. That’s right: two full days and 100% growth of what we achieved back in March of 2010.
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Tonight! Watch Bon Jovi perform their greatest hits, live from NYC
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Bon Jovi lived on a prayer: that you would determine the set list for their concert tonight. And you heeded that call: 1,494 of you submitted 1,733 questions and cast nearly 25,000 votes to determine what those songs would be. So tune in to
www.youtube.com/bonjovi
at 8 p.m. (ET) tonight to watch this legendary band perform for the world from the Best Buy Theater in Times Square, New York City.
If you can’t make the show, it will replay twice every six hours over a 24-hour period so you’ll have another chance to watch. Rock on!
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Baby Bob Marley
."
Howcast vlogger wanted!
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Howcast is changing it up this week, and Heather Menicucci’s weekly series on
filmmaking in the digital age
will resume next Friday.
Help Howcast find our first video blogger!
We're looking for someone to produce, edit and host our new video blog taking a look inside Howcast and the world of how-to. This is a real, paid part-time gig in our NYC office in SoHo.
Want to show us what you can do? Tell us why you should be the face of our new series by submitting a video response on YouTube. Be as creative as you want as long as you highlight Howcast's how-to content.
Be sure to check out the full requirements below, which include a dynamic onscreen presence, availability to work in our New York office, and serious video shooting and editing skills. Entries will be judged on originality, charisma, technical prowess and YouTube user comments.
Sound like you? Maybe your best friend? Your cat? OK, maybe not your cat, but you get the point. Anyone could be harboring dreams of online video stardom, so spread the word!
And if you think you've got what it takes, submit your audition now:
Here's how to enter:
Visit
YouTube.com/Howcast
to watch the casting call video.
Review the job requirements* and make sure you qualify.
Create a vlog entry highlighting both Howcast’s how-to content (
sample videos
) and your own individuality. Don't forget to wow us with your shooting and editing skills!
Upload the vlog entry as a video response on YouTube to this video
here
by Nov. 30.
Send us the link to your video response and full contact information (name, phone number, e-mail, mailing address) to
vlog+casting@howcast.com
.
If you’ve got questions, e-mail
vlog+casting@howcast.com
.
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”
* Requirements:
Fun, dynamic personality
Great on-camera presence
Availability to work in Howcast's NYC office at least 2 days each week
Minimum one year commitment
Video shooting and editing expertise, experience with Final Cut Pro or comparable editing software
Bonus: After Effects experience
Control YouTube on the desktop, or the TV... with the YouTube Remote app for your phone
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
If you’re like me, you love watching YouTube on your smartphone. My phone is always with me, which means my favorite YouTube videos are never more than a few taps away. Sometimes though, mid-watch, I wish I could get a big-screen experience of that video. What if there was a way to wirelessly “connect” my phone to a much larger screen, like a Google TV?
Cue YouTube Remote, a new Android app that we’re launching in the
Android Market
today.
YouTube Remote creates a virtual connection between your phone and
YouTube Leanback
. To ‘pair’ your phone with your Leanback screen, simply sign into YouTube Remote on your Android phone, and to YouTube Leanback on your Google TV or computer
with the same YouTube account.
Just like that, you've connected your powerful multi-touch Android screen with the biggest screen in your home. Once connected, you can use the rich browse and discovery interface on YouTube Remote to find and queue up videos to watch, and send them all to Leanback with a single tap. With YouTube Remote you can play, pause, skip forward and back and even control the sound volume.
YouTube Remote is currently in beta and contains new and experimental features that are not in the official YouTube Android app. Please give us your
feedback
and help us improve the product - we'll integrate the best features from this beta app into the official YouTube Android app in the coming months.
Again, you can download YouTube Remote now on the
Android Market
. It’s currently available only in the US but we’re working hard to make the app available in more countries very soon. To download, scan the QR code below or go to the Android Market app on your phone and search for “YouTube Remote”.
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Do you love K-POP?
Saturday, November 6, 2010
Well, we know
Will.i.am
does after he
called out the Korean girl group 2NE1 on YouTube
earlier this year. If you are not familiar with K-POP, check out some of the top Korean music labels like
YG Entertainment
,
SM Entertainment
and
JYP Entertainment
, then come back between November 10 and 28 for your very own chance to be the next K-POP star.
MBC, the No. 2 TV network in Korea, is partnering with YouTube to search the world for the next big talent. Top Korean music labels have found audiences all over the globe watching their music videos and now it’s your turn to do your own performance. Don’t worry if you don’t speak Korean; you can audition in any language.
Based on the video views and votes for your submission, you’ll have the opportunity to be sent to Korea for a second audition on national TV. The final winner will be awarded KRW 300 million as well as a sponsorship from MBC to be debuted as the next K-POP star. For more details, visit
www.youtube.com/MBCAudition
.
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Emilynoel83 wins the first “On the Rise” spotlight
Friday, November 5, 2010
Meet
Emilynoel83
, a morning news anchor who's also a “makeup addict” who loves to make videos about beauty products. Today she's on our homepage. And you put her there.
Last week, we
announced
a new initiative to give rising channels greater visibility and hopefully also more subscribers. We selected four channels whose subscriber base flourished in the last month, and we asked you to choose which one should go on the homepage. As you can see, Emily won by a significant margin.
Here’s a few words from Emily herself:
The growth of "Beauty Broadcast" has been slow and steady since late 2007, gaining subscribers that are more loyal than I could've imagined. My YouTube channel is my passion, and I'm thrilled to think that more people can become part of it as a result of this poll! As many have found, Beauty Broadcast isn't just about makeup... but also positivity, fun, and inner beauty. Thanks to this opportunity, I hope many people will go "On the Rise" right along with me! :)
We’ll be back soon with four new channels for you to vote on in the next edition of “On the Rise.”
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Great videos on a budget: how to fake a zombie attack
Friday, November 5, 2010
Heather Menicucci, Director,
Howcast Filmmakers Program
, is writing weekly guest posts for the YouTube blog on filmmaking in the digital age. You can catch up on previous posts
here
.
Last week
, we made some arguments for why quality matters in web video, and we heard from Howcast filmmaker
Luke Neumann
, who said that it matters “because you never know who’s watching.” Duh! Watching Luke’s videos, you can tell he’s motivated by much more than that, but as we said last week, it’s a good starting point.
Luke’s been making Howcast videos for about a year now and he’s got more than 50 under his belt. From the beginning, he impressed us with videos like “
How To Yodel
,” where he showed he could build a story around a simple script, work in some cool camera angles, and make us laugh. Last week we featured one of his newest spots, “
How To Survive a Zombie Attack
.” If we thought Yodel was pretty darn good when it came in a year ago, you can imagine "Zombie Attack" knocked our socks clean off.
Luke clearly strives for the best every time he uploads. The web offers free access to audiences like no medium ever has. As filmmakers, we’re tasked with not squandering this access. Every upload should be better than the last to keep this audience coming back for more and to refine our skills for the day when perhaps we are handed that huge check to make something.
We asked Luke to let us in on how he does it. How did he make this gorgeous zombie video on a budget that would barely cover the average wedding video? How did he create that apocalyptic feeling, complete with fiery explosion? And, how did he make his
zombies look like they’re decomposing before our very eyes
?
Here’s Luke’s first “Behind the Scenes” video for Howcast. This is the first part of a new series where we’ll be letting you come behind the scenes to see how our filmmakers make the most creative how-to videos on a DIY budget.
Step 1: Cover yourself in plain old dirt to look like you’ve been to hell and back.
The
Walking Dead
producers could learn something from Luke!
Want to learn more about how Luke created Zombie Attack? Visit his
blog
where he posted in-depth tutorials, photos and a cool trailer.
Heather Menicucci, Director,
Howcast Filmmakers Program
, recently watched “
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”
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