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YouTube Capture App Hits iPad: For Those Who Just Can't Wait to Upload

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In this crazy world of we-want-it-and-we-want-it-now, the lack of YouTube Capture on the iPad has been a long time coming. And now, it's here. No more straining your eyes to see the iPhone video now, iPad users can now shoot and upload to YouTube in no time.

YouTube Working on Adaptive Streaming for Mobile and TV

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YouTube is working on adaptive bitrate streaming for mobile and TV, because buffering is awful. Buffering and other kinds of interruption caused $2.16 billion in lost revenue last year for the online video industry, and people tend to leave after a couple of seconds of bad video.

Fullscreen News Bits: Devin Super Tramp Hits A Million, New VP of Brand Strategy Announced

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Fullscreen has all sorts of exciting news to report: the hiring of Mekanism's Brendan Gahan as their new VP of Brand Strategy. And one of their content creators. Devin Super Tramp, has crossed a million subscribers and is now announcing a new extreme sports series.

Netflix: Now with Facebook Integration. We Can All Rest Easy Now

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Huzzah! The long-awaited Netflix-Facebook integration is here! You can now share with all your friends what you watch! I will not be participating! But all of you out there who have been waiting so long for this...it's finally here!

Machinima Continues Its Premium Content Quest, Signs Ridley Scott for 12 Sci-Fi Shorts

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Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner, Alien, and Prometheus, has teamed up with Machinima to produce 12 sci-fi shorts. It's a perfect match, as Scott has been in the digital space for a long time and has produced and/or directed much of the kind of content that is in Machinima's wheelhouse.

VEVO TV Launches, Old-School MTV Type Programming Is Back

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VEVO will be launching a new cable channel this year that will play music videos all the time and hopefully won't succumb to a reality programming phase that will change the channel forever. You can watch the new channel online right now on all the various devices.

2012 Cord-Cutting Numbers: Video Won't Be Killing Anything Anytime Soon

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In 1979, The Buggles released "Video Killed the Radio Star." It might feel like video is killing TV when you hear the number of people cutting the cord, but that isn't the case, and it doesn't have to kill TV to succeed. If anything, the numbers show that people just have a lot of options these days.

Vimeo Announces Vimeo On Demand: Creators Get 90% Revenue Share

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Vimeo on Demand is coming to Vimeo, allowing creators to sell their work, set the price, customize the page the content is on, show it on Vimeo and their own website, country availability, and can be shown anywhere Vimeo can be accessed. Creators get 90% of the cut after transaction fees.

The Week In Video: Funding, Streaming And Pushing Girls Off Cliffs

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There's been a lot of news about this week and we catch up with some of the stories that we didn't cover in depth. We love the look of the new Roku 3 and it's on our shopping list for next month. We also catch up on the fascinating story of steaming media which is a big grown up 8 years old this year.

An Inside Job: How Web Video Can Improve Internal Communications

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Video is a great way to communicate your company's message, and the best part is, it can always be accessed later when someone has questions. Here's an overview of how businesses use video internally to best communicate with employees, customers, and colleagues.

The Top 20 Social Video Ad Campaigns For February 2013: David Beckham, Google Glass, Super Bowl

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The top 20 social video ads chart for February 2013, powered by Unruly, is--no surprise--dominated by Super Bowl ads. But a few others sneaked in there too, including ones featuring David Beckham, Google Glass, and the recently-announced Playstation 4.

New YouTube Channel Design Available for All Users NOW [UPDATE]

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The new channel design is set to be up by the end of the day. And today is March 7, so be on the lookout for these changes in the next few hours. The new channel design will offer a consistent look over all devices and a few more neat features.

YouTube Introduces 'One Channel': New Design Starts Rolling Out

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YouTube is rolling out the new channel design called One Channel. And it looks like all the partners and businesses of the world now have access to it after the initial test for a few partners in the past month. The new channel design promises a consistent look across all devices, plus a few more bells and whistles.

YouTube Previews Upfronts by Emphasizing What Works

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YouTube previewed their upcoming Digital Content Newsfronts in Chicago and basically came out saying, "We're going to keep doing what we do best." In that case, it's comedy, music, personal expression, and live events, touting SourceFed, Karmin, and the presidential debates, to name just a few.

Sesame Street Hits A Billion Views: First Non-Profit to Hit Milestone

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Sesame Street did it! It hit a billion views and their very own Count Von Count is singing a thank you video to everyone who contributed. Can he count all the "yous" in YouTube? He certainly can! He's the Count! Sesame Street's milestone is much-needed good news for the non-profit, a show that almost everyone has grown up with in their lifetime.

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