YouTube UK Blog
New Video Upload Redesign Beta
Sunday 28 September 2008
We're excited to unveil our new and improved video uploader. A random sample of YouTube users have already been using the beta version, but now we're inviting everybody to check out this more streamlined uploading experience. Just login to your YouTube account and click
this link
to opt in. The new video upload flow includes these cool features:
You can enter in your video's metadata (title, description, tags, etc.) while the upload is processing.
Upload multiple files at once, without downloading a plugin (separate progress bars will display for each file).
The file-size limit for uploads has been raised from 100MB to 1GB.
We want your feedback, so don't be shy. Please leave a comment here, upload a video (using our
new upload beta
, of course) or
join the discussion
on our Community Help Forums.
The YouTube Team
Announcing "In My Name," a Global Effort to End Poverty
Thursday 25 September 2008
Today, in New York City, world leaders will meet to discuss the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), eight time-bound, measurable goals that they set in the year 2000 to combat global poverty. These ambitious objectives were promises made to the poor, meant to hold world leaders accountable for ending global poverty by 2015. Today, we are halfway there.
That's why YouTube, Will.i.am, and nonprofit organisations
Oxfam
,
GCAP
,
Save the Children
and
Comic Relief
are launching "
In My Name
," a global effort to raise awareness around these goals -- and to give you the opportunity to tell your leaders to do more. See Will's message on the project here:
John Legend, Scarlett Johansson, Fergie and others are joining Will to speak out about the importance of achieving these goals. But world leaders also need to hear from you.
From now through November 1, visit
www.youtube.com/inmyname
to upload a video stating your name, your home country, and your simple message to your government about the need to meet the MDGs. Be as creative, compelling, simple, or wordy as you like -- this is your chance to join the video petition to end world hunger.
At the end of the programme on November 1, a mash-up of the most powerful submissions from around the world will be broadcast directly to global leaders at the United Nations General Assembly, as proof that global citizens are holding them to their commitment to create a better world for everyone.
You can make a difference in the fight against poverty -- all it takes is your name.
Sincerely,
Ramya R.
YouTube Nonprofits & Activism
Join YouTube's Facebook and Twitter Groups
Thursday 18 September 2008
Did you know YouTube has an official presence on Facebook and Twitter? Sign up for these groups to receive the latest company news, product updates, hot video alerts, and much more. Here's how...
...to become a YouTube Facebook fan:
* Create a
Facebook account
if you have not already
* Sign in to your account
* Go to
http://www.facebook.com/pages/YouTube/7270241753
* Once you are on the YouTube page, you will see an option to "Become a Fan" on the top right hand corner of the page. Click it to join!
...to become a YouTube Twitter follower:
* Create a
Twitter account
if you have not already
* Sign in to your account
* Go to
http://twitter.com/youtube
* Click the "follow" button under the YouTube logo to start getting tweets every day
Long live social networks,
The YouTube Team
What Should Labour Do? What Film Should Future Generations Watch?
Tuesday 16 September 2008
Two stark questions, one shared factor: both the Labour Party and the British Film Institute are inviting YouTube users to provide them with possible answers.
The Labour Party
kicks off its annual conference in Manchester this weekend and plans to incorporate feedback and suggestions from YouTube users into the event, with politicians and party activists addressing the issues raised head on:
.
The initiative has already drawn almost
100 responses
, so get your suggestions in quickly. You never know, the Government may even take your idea on board and effect real change in your local area.
.
On a slightly different note,
the British Film Institute
clocks up its 75th birthday this year. By way of celebration it is looking to answer the question of which film we should
share with future generations
. Ashley Walters has the brass neck to suggest that his latest film, “Adulthood”, should make the cut – surely you can be more imaginative than that?
Have fun,
The YouTube Team
New Features For Channels: Category Browsing & Comments Moderation
Monday 15 September 2008
New features for channels we hope you dig:
BROWSE CHANNELS BY CATEGORY
All channels are now categorised so you can more easily find your favourite creators and videos. On the
Channels
page, under
All
, you can browse for channels uploading videos to categories like
Film & Animation
,
News & Politics
,
Sports
, etc. You can also use this functionality to filter your results to show
Partners
only.
MODERATE COMMENTS ON YOUR CHANNEL
Now you can moderate all comments other users leave on your channel page.
To turn this feature on, go to the
Edit Channel Info
page in
My Account
. There you can change your settings to allow comments from "Friends" or "Everyone" to display on your channel automatically or only once you have approved them. All comments waiting for your approval are highlighted on the
"see all"
page of your channel comments. Once you have chosen which individual comments you want to approve, click the "Approve Selected" button. If your
email options
are set to notify you of new bulletins or comments on your channel, the link in your email brings you to the page where you can approve selected comments.
We're always interested in hearing your feedback! So, if you've got something to say about the aforementioned features, please leave a comment on this post or join active discussions on our
Community Help Forums
. You will find pinned topics for the site improvements listed above in the
Feeback & Suggestions
section.
Holler at us,
The YouTube Team
Help Centre Videos Made By You: Call for Submissions
Saturday 13 September 2008
YouTube is, well, a video product. So we thought, why not use videos to provide help to our users? That's where you come in...
We know you know how to make informative, creative videos -- the site's full of them. We're asking you to use your skills to create videos that we can embed in our
Help Centre
. If selected, your video will be seen by many of the 1 million+ users who visit the Help Centre each day!
To participate, here's what you need to do:
1. Decide which
Help Centre entries
you'd like to make an original video about:
Captions / Subtitles definition
Editing my video
Make a playlist
How to upload
Customizing channels
Contact lists
Transferring from camera to computer
Add/Change Profile Picture
Viewing Higher Quality Videos
Video annotations definition
2. Upload your video to your YouTube account, then submit it through
this page
.
Here are a few tips to help you along the way:
Keep it brief
(1-2 minutes is perfect)
Be creative, clear and 100% original
Stay on topic
(only submissions which address the Help Centre entries included in the list above will be accepted)
Keep our
Terms of Use
and
Community Guidelines
in mind
Have fun with it
The deadline for submitting your video is
October 10, 2008
, so get up off of your keester and make some videos to help your fellow users!
Good luck,
The YouTube Help Team
Updated Community Guidelines
Friday 12 September 2008
As the YouTube Community expands and evolves, we're always trying to keep pace by creating policies that reflect innovative new uses of YouTube and the diverse content posted by users every day.
We realise it's not always obvious where we draw the line on content that's acceptable to upload. Our goal is to help you to be able to keep your videos up and also keep your account in good standing. With this in mind, we've updated the Community Guidelines to address some of the most common questions users ask us about inappropriate content. Included in the update are a few new things to steer clear of, like not directly inciting violence or encouraging other users to violate the
Terms of Use
. In the UK and Ireland in particular, the specifics of this update essentially bar users from showing weapons in their videos with the express aim of intimidation – so please bear that in mind.
If you haven't taken a look at the
YouTube Community Guidelines
lately, go check them out. We've also added
tips and examples
to explain our policies on hate speech, violence and other content.
We know most of you video heads are not necessarily interested in reading a novel, but this is an essential read for anyone with a YouTube account.
The YouTube Team
The Streets: Original YouTube Material
Thursday 11 September 2008
Want to hear
The Streets’
new album before it’s released? You’ve come to the right place, as today Mike Skinner offers UK YouTube users an early taste of “Everything Is Borrowed”. Homemade music promos, behind-the-scenes footage, musings on life and the creative process – they’re all here. Together with a kitten video and some footage of the band’s back garden…
“We were the first people ever to put a video on YouTube,” claims Skinner. “People don’t know that. They owe us.” And with such powerful reasoning, how could we deny them the opportunity to give
“Put A Donk On It”
the frontpage profile it so richly deserves? But to be a little more serious about the effort that the band has put into
The Beats
, it’s clear that The Streets have wholly embraced the potential YouTube offers and are busy fleshing out a new – and often very, very funny – way of connecting with their public.
“We love YouTube – it has honestly changed the world we live in and way in which we consume content,” explains Skinner. “We make almost all of our videos ourselves, because no-one knows us like we do. Plus, it’s much cheaper and easier to control… having no money and relying on yourself forces you to be creative.”
On that note, go forth and see what The Streets have done with the UK homepage. And remember: if you would like to have a similar opportunity,
contact us
and make your case.
Have fun,
The YouTube Team
Project: Report -- YouTube's First Journalism Contest
Tuesday 9 September 2008
In partnership with the
Pulitzer Center
, YouTube presents
Project: Report
(www.youtube.com/projectreport), a journalism contest (made possible by
Sony VAIO
and
Intel
) for non-professional, aspiring journalists to tell stories that might not otherwise be covered by traditional media.
In each of the three rounds of Project: Report, reporters will be given an assignment to complete. Each of these assignments gives you an opportunity to report on the important individuals, issues and communities in your life that most people do not yet know about.
The assignment for Round 1 is to profile someone in your community in three minutes or less, highlighting a story you think deserves to be heard by a wide audience. Submit your video entry for Round 1 by midnight EST on Sunday October 5, and a panel of journalists from the Pulitzer Center will narrow the field to 10 semi-finalists. The assignment for Round 2 will then be announced, and the judging for this round will be opened up to the YouTube community to determine the five finalists who will move onto the third and last assignment. Winners of each round will receive technology prizes from Sony VAIO and Intel, and the grand prize winner will be granted a $10,000 journalism fellowship with the Pulitzer Center to report on a story outside of their home country.
Even if you did not participate in or advance past Round 1, you may still complete the assignments for Rounds 2 and 3, though you will not be eligible for the grand prize. With
Project: Report
, YouTube and the Pulitzer Center hope to highlight as many of your stories as possible and draw attention to important topics that have been under-reported, misreported, or not reported at all.
So, it's time to pick up that video camera, take on this assignment, and start reporting your stories to the world.
Yours,
Olivia M.
YouTube News & Politics
Beijing Paralympics on YouTube
Monday 8 September 2008
The 2008 Paralympic Summer Games is underway in Beijing's Bird's Nest stadium, featuring 4,000 athletes from 150 countries competing in 20 sports for 472 gold medals. Be sure to check out
Paralympic Sport TV's YouTube channel
over the next two weeks for event footage, profiles, interviews and more.
A few athletes to watch for: world no. 1 wheelchair tennis player
Esther Vergeer
from the Netherlands, Canada's
Chantal Petitclerc
, German swimmer
Kristen Bruhn
and South African sprinter Oscar Pistorious, aka "The Blade Runner." Pistorious's recent attempt to qualify for the South African Olympic team electrified the sports world, but he's up against a highly competitive field of sprinters. Here's a recent profile of Oscar:
Some interesting facts about the XIII Paralympic Games:
> The host country of China is looking to surpass the 63 gold medals they won in Athens in 2004. In preparation for the Games, the Beijing city government made subway stations wheelchair accessible and added 2,000 wheelchair-accessible buses and taxis.
> Sixteen of the 213 athletes on the U.S. delegation are military veterans, including swimmer Melissa Stockwell, an Army veteran of the Iraq War, and discus and shot-putter Scott Winkler, an Army veteran of the campaign in Afghanistan.
>
Wheelchair rugby
-- or "murderball" as it's known to most fans -- has its own welding shop in the Olympic Village to repair dents and busted chairs resulting from high-speed collisions.
In addition to watching all the action, you can upload your own Paralympic moment to YouTube and add it to
Paralympic Sport TV's YouTube group
.
Enjoy!
The YouTube Team
Metallica's Favourite YouTube Shredders
Friday 5 September 2008
Heavy metal rockers Metallica have inspired countless musicians on YouTube – think extreme guitar soloists, pounding drummers, violin trios, hard-edged vocalists and even animated kerrang-ing Lego musicians. Turns out the band itself has noted this phenomenon. Here's drummer Lars Ulrich revealing his favourite Metallica-inspired videos and wondering if some of these musicians could even out-play his crew:
The videos Metallica chose include an eight-year-old
guitar phenom
from Sweden, a Spanish
violin trio
performing "Nothing Else Matters," teenagers banging out
"Master of Puppets"
in their bedroom, and Canadian "Shred the Web" winner (and uber-fan)
Francisco Meza
. Lars shares the whole playlist on the
MetallicaTV
channel and today we are featuring them on YouTube's home page. Also featured is the new Metallica
video
, "The Day That Never Comes," an epic guitar-solo journey through the desert during wartime.
Happy Headbanging,
The YouTube Team
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