Dish debuted the YouTube app on its Hopper 3 DVR late Thursday, becoming the first major pay-TV company in the US to enable videos from the massive site to play through its set-top box alongside traditional TV. Practically speaking, this means Dish customers can search, browse and play YouTube videos without switching inputs and devices. …
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YouTube Red is moving into Hollywood territory with its latest round of original programming. Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s company Seven Bucks Productions will coproduce the eight-episode “Lifeline” about a time-traveling insurance agent. “Impulse,” from director Doug Liman, will follow a young girl who can teleport out of danger. Dan Harmon, who produced the “Community” TV series, will deliver a scripted …
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This is part of our Road Trip 2016 summer series “Life, Disrupted,” about how technology is helping with the global refugee crisis — if at all. Firas Alshater stood blindfolded, arms outstretched, in a crowded Berlin square. A handwritten sign was placed next to his feet: “I am a Syrian refugee. I trust you. Do you trust me? Hug me!” …
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It may start getting clearer when a YouTube video was paid for by an advertiser, but only if the creators feels like sharing. On Tuesday, YouTube said it added an optional feature that puts visible text on the first few seconds of a video. The text reads “Includes paid promotion” in the lower left corner. Creators on YouTube who build …
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The first episode of the “MegaBots” video series, which premiered Wednesday on YouTube, shows the team’s progress toward designing, building and testing a machine for the upcoming Giant Robot Duel against Suidobashi Heavy Industry of Japan. Testing the durability of a six-ton, 15-foot tall robot makes for an entertaining series. But because hitting a $200,000 robot with a paintball cannon …
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More than 80 million people tuned in Monday night for the first presidential debate. And that was just on TV. The numbers are still being sorted out, but millions more watched the spirited give-and-take between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and other streaming services. Facebook said real-time video of the debate was streamed 55 …
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While some inventors are known for their brilliance in the field of robotics, another kind of inventor — YouTuber Simone Giertz — has made a career out of making embarrassingly bad robots. “The Late Show” host Stephen Colbert brought Giertz to his program Friday for a demo of her inefficient robots that brush teeth, apply lipstick, applaud and chop veggies. …
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Star Wars fans are known for using their talents to make fun video tributes using action figures, toy vehicles and more. Now they’ll be able to enter their fan-made videos in a new contest sponsored by Lucasfilm and Disney. To kick things off, Lucasfilm posted the video “Star Wars Go Rogue – Chapter 1” on Tuesday on the official Star …
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Today’s lesson in digital media: Don’t play around with YouTubers and their payday. Social media was in a frenzy Thursday about apparent changes to how YouTube handles commercials on clips deemed unfriendly to advertising. YouTubers and their fans were incensed, but Google’s massive video site said it was simply trying to be more transparent. A hashtag about the uproar, #YouTubeIsOverParty, …
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Get ready for YouTube’s mockery of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton to really look the part. At its “YouTube Spaces” in Los Angeles and New York, Google’s video site has created fake election settings for video makers to use. Los Angeles has a 360-degree Oval Office and a multipurpose set including a news desk, presidential podium and polling station. New …
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