YouTube Adds Video Auto-Captioning For Deaf
YouTube is making all it’s hosted videos accessible by adding auto-captioning. Currently it only works for English language and it is ideal for the deaf and also when watching videos in noisy environment. Users can also upload a non machine translated caption for the video.
YouTube, Vimeo No Flash HTML 5.0 Videos
Online video sharing sites, YouTube and Vimeo has launched a test program for showing videos via HTML5 instead of requiring Adobe Flash.
You can check out the HTML 5 videos at YouTube here and at Vimeo here.
YouTube Movie Landed $30 Million Deal With Hollywood
Fede Alvarez only spent $300 for making the short robot attack movie for YouTube. The four-minute short, “Ataque de Panico!” (Panic Attack) has been watched 1.5 million times. Now Sam Raimi (Evil Dead, Spiderman franchise) is throwing $300 million to Fede to make a sci-fi thriller set in Argentina and Uruguay.
YouTube Goes Lite With Feather
YouTube on began testing a lightweight version of its video player pages called “Feather.” The viewing option strips out many of the website’s bandwidth hungry elements for underpowered computers and low-bandwidth connections.
From YouTube Blog: “Feather,” is an ultra light watch page, launches today in TestTube, our ideas incubator where we test out new products.
YouTube Adds 1080p HD
YouTube has announced that the company will allow users to upload and view video in full 1080P HD video. YouTube rolled out the ability to upload and stream 720p video last year.
U2 Concert On YouTube Attracts 10 Million Streams
U2’s live broadcast of the 150 minutes concert at Rose Bowl Pasadena for its 360 Tour generated 10 million streams across seven continents on YouTube. Watch it now if you have missed the event.
YouTube To Share Ad Revenue To Users
YouTube will start sharing advertising revenue with users who upload the most popular videos. YouTube already shares advertising revenue with the owners of copyrighted material that is frequently uploaded.
Currently this is only available in the US.
Koreans Cannot Upload And Comment On YouTube
Google has disabled the ability to upload YouTube videos and comment in Korea due to a Draconian new South Korean law passed April 1. Under the new “Comprehensive Measures for Information Protection on the Internet” law, people must identify themselves with a name and identification number before they can participate on YouTube.
Koreans can bypass this by using a different country version of YouTube.
YouTube Adding Full Length Sony Movies
YouTube is in talks to license full-length Sony Pictures movies for streaming on the site. If this is going ahead, YouTube will be able to compete with Hulu, which is streaming full-length movies and TV shows.
Sony Pictures is already streaming more than 60 feature films on it’s own Crackle.com. Disney reportedly in talks to add full TV episodes to YouTube.
With YouTube, Hulu, Crackle offering full length films, the time to ditch cable tv is upon us.
Source: YouTube, Sony Pictures in talks over feature films
China Bans YouTube
China has banned YouTube internet video sharing website. Could this block due to a recent video that was spotted on YouTube showing handcuffed Tibetan prisoners being beaten by a Chinese police officer?
Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said, “Many people have a false impression that the Chinese government fears the Internet. In fact it is just the opposite.” Google has confirmed China has blocked YouTube.
Source: “Unafraid” China apparently fears YouTube
