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Country Food was created on YouTube by two creators (Srinath and Laxman) located in India, they were already traditionally employed in video post production, and bought their production values to YouTube. Srinath was even married with several kids; not the typical YouTuber profile.
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YouTube is testing a new “Material Design” look for YouTube and you can check it out at YouTube.com/new – It is a progressive web app, built with the Polymer 2.0 framework. It brings a simplified look to YouTube, and introduces the Dark Theme as an accessible feature (rather than as a Easter egg-like hack).
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A discussion about YouTube’s exclusive live streaming relationship with the music event known as Coachella. I talk about the robust user experience YouTube/Coachella created and how this experience would be valuable for Communicators & their clients.
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This week we talk about money and video… and how YouTube is offering and pricing their premium products, explore PewDiePie reduction in monetization on YouTube and PewDiePie’s own content (which is increasingly non-monetizable). To then move the conversation away from money, I discuss Jenny Doan who has profited from YouTube by giving her content away.
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This week: Gorillaz – a virtual band in VR, deep neural networks (DNN) looking for sound effects and actual humans translating video titles and descriptions.
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With over 400 new hours of content uploaded every minute YouTube is struggling to categorize and monetize video without risking offending brands and their publics by placing ads from major brands near content that is perceived as disruptive, offensive, or derogatory. This week over 250 brands pulled or suspended their ads.
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Gaming and video are two different ways of telling stories. Kahoot is a tool that “drives” learning through gameplay and it can be used to enhance engagement around your company with internal or external stakeholders. Kahoot can help even if you are not making videos. Kahoot can help you creating engaged presentations and drive home key takeaways for your next meeting.
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/fir/International_Women_and_VR_Video-au.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 6:57 — 3.4MB) | EmbedSubscribe: Google Podcasts | Email | RSS | Subscription OptionsInternational Women’s Day (IWD) coverage on YouTube and VR video (e.g., 360 degrees) where both covered this month in the Official YouTube Blog. I found it interesting that IWD and content with lots of… Continue Reading →