Youtube has reached an agreement with Indian broadcasters Sony Entertainment Television (SET), Colors, ImagineTV, Star India, and VikatanTV, to bring their content onto the video streaming website. In total, more than 19,000 full episodes of 300 programmes in six different languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali, Gujarati, and Punjabi – will be offered to Youtube’s Indian viewers. A constantly updated page at youtube.com/shows allows viewers to keep in touch with the latest … [Read more...] about Youtube improves TV offering
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Reuters recently launched Reuters TV, a new YouTube channel featuring ten news, commentary and analysis programmes covering hard news, finance, politics, technology and special Reuters investigations. This marks the news agency’s entry into the rapidly growing business of online video programming. According to comScore, 182 million US internet users watched online video content in December 2011 for an average of 23.2 hours per viewer, adding up to a total of 43.5 billion videos viewed. The … [Read more...] about Moving online
YouTube delivers premium entertainment
YouTube has launched Entertainment News Television (ENTV) a premium channel devoted to celebrity news on PMC and ION channels in the US. ENTV leverages the breaking news reporting stable at the heart of PMC's core entertainment brands, including Deadline.com, HollywoodLife.com and Movieline.com, along with ION Television's distribution platform. It will also feature a number of lifestyle shows. The channel also plans on a weekly show with TVLine Editor-in-Chief Michael Ausiello; a daily … [Read more...] about YouTube delivers premium entertainment
Classic Doctor Who now on YouTube
London - BBC Worldwide has launched the Classic Doctor Who channel, which features a mixture of classic clips and exclusive previews from forthcoming Doctor Who DVD releases. The YouTube channel will complement the Classic Doctor Who Twitter account @classicdw run by 2entertain. Jo Warren, head of UK & Ireland sales says, "We're really looking forward to giving Classic Doctor Who its own home on YouTube. It will be a great space for fans to discuss Classic Who - we're launching with some … [Read more...] about Classic Doctor Who now on YouTube
YouTube to stream IPL cricket
YouTube's first live major sporting deal is to stream live Indian Premier League cricket matches worldwide, excluding the US. The Guardian (UK) reports that the two-year YouTube global deal exceeds original parameters that the Google-owned video-sharing website would stream live IPL matches only to countries that did not have rights deals with the IPL. The value of YouTube's deal was not disclosed. However, the IPL originally sold its internet rights to the Dubai-based company netlinkblue for … [Read more...] about YouTube to stream IPL cricket
Discovery Communications announces YouTube partnership
Silver Spring, MD/ San Bruno, CA - Discovery Communications and YouTube announced the debut of nine YouTube channels, featuring a collection of clips from Discovery's family of network brands. Tailoring content to the global YouTube community, Discovery will also roll out a series of targeted international channels showcasing localized and native language content for specific regions around the world. The partnership also includes a number of program promotion initiatives designed to tap into … [Read more...] about Discovery Communications announces YouTube partnership