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YouTube in Rewind: What You Watched in 2012
Monday 17 December 2012
It’s the time of year again to pause,
rewind
and remember the videos, entertainers and moments that captivated you in 2012.
Over the past 12 months Korean Pop transcended boundaries and took the world by storm. Cover songs, parodies and truly epic events entertained us in countries near and far. You participated in conversations at a global scale, uploading videos to share ideas on everything from nonprofit campaigns to political satire to new and surprising voices and talents. Plus, all over the world, you tuned in for the most up-to-date news footage of elections, natural disasters and more.
2012 has been a big year for YouTube. You’ve been watching more than 4 billion hours of video a month. Millions of creators are using YouTube channels to experiment with innovative forms of entertainment, explore their passions and interests, and take creativity and pop culture to new levels. 2012’s top trending videos and top channels showcase this creative ingenuity in ways we'd never before thought possible.
Check out the
YouTube Rewind channel
to explore the trending videos of the year and popular channels in your country. For the UK, here’s what we were all talking about in 2012:
Top Trending YouTube Videos
PSY - GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) M/V
KONY 2012
Somebody That I Used to Know - Walk off the Earth (Gotye - Cover)
Lucy Spraggan's audition - Last Night - The X Factor UK 2012
asdfmovie5
One 1 Pound Fish, Queens Market, Upton Park, London E13
Red Bull Stratos - freefall from the edge of space - SUCCESS!
Opera duo Charlotte & Jonathan - Britain's Got Talent 2012 audition - UK version
The Nick Clegg Apology Song: I'm Sorry (The Autotune Remix)
James Bond escorts The Queen to the opening ceremony - London 2012 Olympic Games - BBC
And be sure to check out some of the top hits from the global lists on the
YouTube Rewind channel
taking in fashion and beauty, news and politics, and more.
Jayme Goldstein, YouTube marketing, recently watched
"Laurent Garnier B2B Yousef in the Mixmag DJ Lab"
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The Nobel Prize: Live Today
Monday 10 December 2012
The Nobel Prize
has been awarded annually since 1901 for world achievements in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and peace. This year the Nobel Foundation has teamed up with Google to livestream some of the key events during the Nobel Week on
YouTube
.
Today, the Nobel Prize Award Ceremonies are streamed live from Oslo and Stockholm. Make sure to tune in and
watch the proceedings live
from 11.50am-5pm GMT (12.50-18.00 CET).
Over the weekend the Nobel lectures given by the Nobel laureates were live streamed from Stockholm. Online audiences were invited to ask questions via Google Moderator for the
Nobel Week Dialogue
-- a full day of panel discussion with Nobel laureates, members of Barack Obama’s administration and other prominent politicians and authors. You can see all this and more at the
Nobel Prize channel
and engage on Google+ at
google.com/+NobelPrize
.
Jamie Dolling, YouTube UK, recently watched
"2009 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Barack Obama"
.
Rihanna: 777 Live On YouTube
Friday 16 November 2012
Seven countries, seven days, the release of a seventh album in “Unapologetic”:
Rihanna
is having quite a week of it on the 777 tour, and on Monday you can catch up with her live at a top secret venue in London before she boards a Boeing-777 with 150 journalists and fans and heads to New York for the concluding date.
Scheduled to start at 9pm (GMT) on the official release date of “Unapologetic”, sets so far have included versions of
“Man Down”
,
“Only Girl In The World”
,
“Diamonds”
,
“Umbrella”
and
“We Found Love”
, so if you’re a RiRi obsessive make no mistake:
youtube.com/RihannaLive
is the only place to be Monday evening.
Laura Quinn, YouTube Marketing Manager, recently watched
“BT Infinity Presents an exclusive LIVE gig with Conor Maynard
”
.
Peace One Day Concert: Live on YouTube
Friday 14 September 2012
On Friday, September 21,
Elton John
will perform live on YouTube, headlining the
Peace One Day
Celebration
‘Global Truce 2012’ concert at Wembley Arena.
Staged on Peace Day, the concert also includes performances from BRIT award-winning
James Morrison
and YouTube sensations
2CELLOS
. There will be introductions from Peace One Day ambassador Jude Law, Lily Cole and the organisation’s founder, Carnegie Wateler Peace Prize-winner, Jeremy Gilley. The show is set to be the biggest event of Peace One Day’s groundbreaking 13-year history.
Viewers will be able to discuss the live stream on the
Peace One Day
YouTube channel with Google+, Twitter and Facebook.
In 1999 film-maker Jeremy Gilley founded the non-profit organisation to lead a process that resulted in the unanimous adoption by UN member states of the first ever annual day of global ceasefire and non-violence. With the day in place, Peace One Day works t
o establish
Peace Day around the world. Since the adoption of the Peace Day resolution in 2001, activities on September 21 have enabled families to be reunited, mosquito nets and food aid to be delivered, and children to be vaccinated all over the world. Not only has Peace Day been proved as a catalyst for life-saving activity it has also become an annual platform for widescale civil society action towards a more peaceful world.
Subscribe to the
Peace One Day
channel
or follow them on
Google+
to learn more about their Global Truce campaign.
Laura
Quinn, YouTube Marketing Manager, recently watched
"Student Activation Launch 27 Feb 2012
"
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Bestival: Live on YouTube
Friday 31 August 2012
Bestival, the technology-loving, fancy-dressing,
award-winning
festival turns its sights on YouTube this year, offering the community -- wherever they may be -- the chance to tune in to the action from the event’s Main Stage and Big Top from September 7-9.
Florence + The Machine
,
The XX
and
Azealia Banks
lead one of Bestival’s strongest line-ups in its nine-year history, with performances streamed from
youtube.com/BestivalTV
in real time. Also expect sets from the likes of
Friendly Fires
,
Two Door Cinema Club
,
Emeli Sandé
,
Bat For Lashes
,
Orbital
,
Miike Snow
and
New Order.
The detailed daily program of the live stream will be available on the
Bestival YouTube channel
.
Once Bestival comes to a close, individual songs from acts will be available on-demand for the next 90 days on the Bestival YouTube channel. But don’t let that prevent you from getting involved in the action live -- things have a tendency to happen at Bestival, so see them on YouTube first.
Posted by Laura Quinn, YouTube Marketing Manager, recently watched “
Canoeists Stunned At Swimming Koala
”.
European creators: could you be YouTube’s next big thing?
Saturday 18 August 2012
Our NextUp program has unearthed some
fantastic
creative
talent
over the last year and we’re delighted to announce that today we’re launching the project again for European YouTube partners.
NextUp is a development program exclusively designed for YouTube Partners with bags of potential. We’d love to see even more partners using the site as a launchpad to career success, so we’re supporting them through funding, education and promotions via NextUp. By helping them invest in new equipment and training, talented creators are going to develop whole new genres and online experiences for audiences around the world -
ironing skydiving
anyone?
Eligibility
So, let’s get down to the details. If you’re an official YouTube partner in either France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Russia, Spain, or the UK and are 18+ years old on the day of application, then you could be eligible to enter. Your channel must have between 5,000 - 100,000 subscribers as of August 17th 2012 and you must have uploaded at least 6 public videos to your channel in the last 6 months (February 17th 2012 - August 17th 2012). If you meet the eligibility requirements, then you can apply
here
.
In order to apply, you’ll need to submit one pilot video and answer one free response question:
The pilot video should be an example of the project you want to create for your channel, and demonstrate your creativity, talent, and skill with video-creation and storytelling (the video should be max. 3 minutes in length).
The open response question is a written outline of your YouTube project. It is required to provide additional context to your video pilot entry and has a 400 word limit.
Applications are open until September 23rd 2012. Once applications close, a panel of YouTube judges and the 2011 NextUp winners will select 25 winners from across Europe.
Prizes
Winners will receive an all expenses paid to trip to London, where you’ll be able to attend a week of hands-on training and mentorship in our brand new creator space, complete with studios, editing suites and the latest audio-visual equipment. In addition, winners will get a €4,000 video equipment package and €3,000 in cash to help boost the quality of your content as well as promotion across YouTube to help you build your audience
We can’t wait to see what creative ideas you all come up with in 2012!
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Summer in the City: Live on YouTube
Friday 17 August 2012
This weekend we’re looking forward to attending
Summer in the City
in London, an annual gathering of the YouTube clans that has seen its audience grow to more than 1,500 in just four years.
Here’s a message from the founders:
This year the event will be held at
The Brewery
in Central London. Whether you’re a creator, producer, or a fan, there are activities including workshops, games, exhibitions, live musical performances and more. Admission is free, so if you’re in London head down from noon on Friday, and 11am on Saturday.
We’ll be hosting a room where you can speak directly with YouTube experts about your channel, including tips and tricks to get the most out of your videos. There will also be workshops on a range of topics throughout Friday and Saturday -- sign up for these
here
.
If you can’t attend, the Saturday evening event will also be live streamed from 5pm (BST) on the
Summer in the City
YouTube channel. Tune in to see what’s going on at the venue and see some of your favourite YouTube acts performing live on stage.
We look forward to seeing you there.
Kieran Doyle, YouTube Partner Operations, UK, recently watched
“Team GB: Don’t Stop Me Now”
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Rock the Games: Announcing Noisettes
Thursday 9 August 2012
Rock the Games has added a new act to its line-up of artists performing and responding to fan questions, with
Noisettes
scheduled to be streamed live from 5pm this Friday, August 10.
The band joins acts like Rizzle Kicks, Lawson, Mika and Conor Maynard in playing live and answering questions gleaned from Twitter and Google+ at the
London 2012
channel
, so ask what you will using the hashtag #asknoisettes.
Sadly, Pixie Lott, who was scheduled to feature in Rock the Games this Friday, has had to withdraw.
Laura Quinn, YouTube Marketing Manager, recently watched
“Don’t Upset The Rhythm”
.
Rock the Games: Announcing Conor Maynard
Monday 6 August 2012
YouTube sensation Conor Maynard (aka The British Justin Bieber) has been added to the roster of talent lined up for the Rock The Games series, which streams live from tomorrow -- August 7 -- on the
official London 2012 channel
.
The 19-year-old, who this week topped the album charts with debut LP “Contrast”, was signed on the strength of his YouTube channel
/skillzaisherebooya
, covering tracks like Beyoncé’s
“If I Were A Boy”
and is slated to play both legs of the V Festival on August 18/19.
He joins Rizzle Kicks, Lawson, Mika and Pixie Lott in answering questions gleaned from Twitter and Google+ at /London2012, using the hashtags #askpixie, #asklawson, #askmika, #askrizzlekicks and now #askconor.
So get thinking, and to inspire you here’s an interesting question put to Pixie Lott by @pixiefan_123: “
If you could live off one food for five days, what food would you choose?”
Laura Quinn, YouTube Marketing Manager, recently watched
“Conor Maynard Vegas Girl Intro...”
Rock the Games: Live on YouTube
Friday 3 August 2012
London 2012 isn’t just about athletic and sporting excellence, it’s also about showcasing the best that the United Kingdom has to offer -- a fact not lost on the Organising Committee, LOCOG. In that spirit they have launched the ‘Rock the Games’ programme, which sees artists perform in venues throughout the Olympics.
In addition, the
London 2012
Organising Committee (LOCOG)
will be live streaming selected artists on their official London 2012
YouTube channel as part of the ‘Rock the Games’ music programme.
Rock the Games will feature live performances and interviews with artists performing in London 2012 venues. The YouTube community in the UK and US will have the chance to ask questions and watch some of the artists perform a song or two. The series will be hosted by presenter
Gemma Cairney
.
The series kicks off on Tuesday, August 7, with
Rizzle Kicks
(#askrizzlekicks) and
Lawson
(#asklawson), and will continue with artists including
Mika
(#askmika) and
Pixie Lott
(#askpixie). The full schedule of performances can be found on the
London 2012
YouTube channel and updates will be provided on the
London 2012 Google+ page
.
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"Marley"
.
A Taste of EXIT: Serbian Festival Live on YouTube
Monday 9 July 2012
The summer of music continues on YouTube this weekend with a live stream of a selection of the acts set to grace the
EXIT Festival
, which runs from July 12-15 and is staged in Novi Sad, Serbia.
You’ll be able to tune into the Dance Arena to watch
Avicii
,
Totally Enormous Extinct Dinosaurs (T.E.E.D)
, Felix Da Housecat and
Miss Kittin
, and the Fusion stage for Kamp!, DAF,
Death By Chocolate
,
Hatebreed
and
Batucada Sound Machine
.
Held in the walls of an 17th Century fortress on the banks of the Danube, EXIT has to rank as one of the most atmospheric festivals in the calendar and in the past has been named “Best European Festival” by Yourope, the Association of the 40 largest festivals in Europe, so expect a treat.
To stay up to date with what’s happening on site and share your thoughts on the acts and more, head to the
EXIT Festival Google+ page
. Roll on Thursday.
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Introducing... the Hurtwood Prize for Young Filmmakers
”.
Usher: Live From London
Monday 11 June 2012
Usher Raymond
is no stranger to multi-tasking. He’s a multi-platinum pop phenomenon, a riveting dancer, a songwriter and an impresario. This is the man who signed
Justin Bieber
, after all. On Monday, June 11, he’ll add 'ground-breaking live performer' to his list of accomplishments, when he takes to a London stage for his American Express UNSTAGED performance, in partnership with YouTube and VEVO.
The singer will endeavor to shatter the walls between performer and audience by inviting audience members to join in the show; they’ll create virtual avatars of themselves which will appear on stage with him. He’ll also be performing songs from his new album, "Looking 4 Myself"' on the eve of its release.
The show will be directed by
Hamish Hamilton
, a veteran director who has shepherded concert films for the likes of U2, Madonna, The Rolling Stones and many more. Hamilton has no shortage of vision, as his behind-the-scenes look into his direction of this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show demonstrates.
Tune in this Monday to see the pyrotechnics as they happen: the show airs live on
youtube.com/UsherVEVO
at 1pm PT. If you miss it, be sure to catch the rebroadcast immediately afterwards.
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“Usher - You Make Me Wanna...”
Missing Children's Day
Friday 25 May 2012
Missing Children Europe and its member organisations do vital work finding missing or sexually exploited children - and supporting their families in time of crisis with emotional, social and legal help via the European telephone hotline.
Google has been working with the group for a while and we’re pleased to report that the first part of our collaboration with them is now live, in time for International Missing Children’s Day, today. Thanks to Google technology embedded in their website, it’s now possible to search for publicly available information across all MCE member websites.
The European Commission is hosting a conference next week in Brussels to raise awareness about the vital work of the European 116000 Missing Children hotline. If children go missing, relatives can call the hotline and speak with specialists. Today, Missing Children Europe launched a promotional film short called “Futures”, which will run on TV, in cinemas and on YouTube:
These are great examples of how technology can help to make both the online and offline worlds a better place for children, in line with our commitments we made when we signed up to the Commission's Better Internet for Kids coalition. We’ll continue working with Missing Children Europe and its members in coming months to help them share information and work together more effectively using our technology.
Marco Pancini, Senior Policy Counsel, Google, recently watched:
"Missing Children Europe -- Train".
Rock In Rio. Live From Lisbon. On YouTube.
Tuesday 22 May 2012
Have you ever been to Portugal or Spain? More importantly, have you ever rocked in Portugal or Spain? If you haven’t or if you have and miss it, you’ll have a chance to watch a great line-up of bands during this year’s 2012 Rock in Rio music festivals in Lisbon (
May 25, 26 and June 1, 2, 3) and
Madrid
(June 29, 30 and July 6,7),
live online exclusively on the official
Rock In Rio YouTube channel
.
Taking their titles from the great rock festival
that began in Brazil’s Rio de Janeiro, this year’s concerts are happening over several days of an awesome summer, especially if you’ve got your eyes on the European concert scene. Just a mouse-click away, you’ll have more than enough chance to catch
rockers
like Metallica, Evanescence, Mastodon, Sepultura, Linkin Park, Smashing Pumpkins, The Offspring, Limp Bizkit, Lenny Kravitz, Maroon 5, Ivete Sangalo, Expensive Soul, Stevie Wonder, Bryan Adams, Joss Stone, The Gift, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Kaiser Chiefs in Lisbon. Expect to see many of the
headliners’ concerts from Madrid on YouTube as well (stay tuned for updates)
. We’ll also be posting on-demand video from some of the coolest things happening at the events in case you miss them. You can also check out
Rock
In Rio Lisboa+
and
Rock In Rio Madrid+
on Google+ to stay up to date with the latest and greatest concert news.
This is going to be a great summer - we’re looking forward to playing air-guitar with you on YouTube.
Federico Goldenberg, Manager of Content Partnerships, recently watched
"Written In The Stars -- Tinie Tempah cover, by Karmin Music".
This Friday: Royal Ballet Live
Thursday 22 March 2012
Tomorrow the Royal Ballet opens the doors of the
Royal Opera House
to a worldwide audience for a day-long livestream offering unparalleled access to life as a member of the company.
Offering a glimpse into the unique environment of the ballet studio and a chance to witness the work and dedication that go into The Royal Ballet’s performances, the day will begin with a broadcast of morning class live from 10.30am (GMT). This will be followed by rehearsals from works such as
"Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland"
and
"Romeo and Juliet"
, as well as the opportunity to see ballets in the process of being created by Wayne McGregor – The Royal Ballet’s resident choreographer - and Liam Scarlett, ahead of their world premieres on April 5.
The day will round off at 18.30 GMT as Wayne McGregor and musician/producer Mark Ronson rehearse and discuss their new ballet, "Carbon Life", in front of an invited audience.
And you can be part of the day too. As part of the online event you can submit your questions to put to the dancers and internationally renowned choreographers who work with The Royal Ballet. You’ll be able to post your comments and questions via Twitter with the hashtags #RBLive and #RBLquestions and The Royal Ballet team will choose a selection to ask live.
In the run up to Royal Ballet Live you can also unleash your inner dancer by
submitting a video of yourself
doing a grand jeté (a big jump!), a selection of which will be broadcast to the world. The more
creative the location
the better.
If you can’t tune in live, there’ll be a rebroadcast shortly afterwards and highlights from the day will be available on the Royal Opera House YouTube channel.
Laura Quinn, Marketing Manager, YouTube, recently watched
"2-year-old dancing the jive"
.
Britain's Got Talent 2012: You Be The Judge
Friday 6 January 2012
"Britain's Got Talent" is poised to return to ITV for 2012, and along with the return of Simon Cowell and the addition of Alesha Dixon and David Walliams to the panel comes one more judge: the YouTube Community.
Last year the talent show invited would-be winners to apply via YouTube for access to an exclusive audition. This time, "Britain's Got Talent" will identify the best submissions and then ask visitors to the
show's channel
to decide which acts will have the opportunity to present their skills in person at the Birmingham auditions on February 18. Meaning that you, the audience, will be able to try your hand at being Simon Cowell for real. Who will you back for fame?
If you fancy your chances of making it all the way to a slot on the bill at the Royal Variety Performance and trousering the show's incredible £500,000 prize, then you have until Tuesday, January 22, to upload your submission. Full details are available
here
.
The shortlist will be unveiled on Monday, February 6, at which point the acts will have seven days to generate as many votes as possible before the winners are settled and slots booked for an audience with the fearsome Cowell, Dixon, Holden and Walliams.
Get filming, get uploading and show "Britain's Got Talent", the judges and the YouTube community what you can do.
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