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What's Up on YouTube: Boxing, More Boxing and Migrating Birds
Tuesday, 29 April 2014
Las Vegas is built on showbusiness and right now the biggest show in town is the forthcoming fight to decide who will become the Welterweight Champion of the World, with the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather taking on Marcos Maidana. As part of the build-up to the bout, the
Showtime Sports channel
has produced an Emmy-nominated series
profiling the fighters
, which sits neatly alongside full-length fight footage and more, including Maidana’s
2010 loss to the UK’s Amir Khan
at light welterweight — billed by Oscar De La Hoya as one of the fights of the decade.
If that isn’t enough of the sweet science for you, British boxing legend Chris Eubank’s son, Chris Jr, has set up a channel documenting
his progress in the ring
. The latest uploads show him knocking out Hungarian champion
Sandor Micsko
in the second round of the their eight-round fight, taking his tally to 14 fights unbeaten.
Another series of note to hit YouTube this week comes from TV naturalist Chris Packham, who, when he isn’t busy inserting The Smiths and David Bowie song titles into his BBC “Springwatch” scripts, is a keen birdwatcher. Troubled by the springtime tradition in Malta of shooting migrating birds — much of which is illegal —
“Malta - Massacre on Migration”
sees Packham talk to local campaigners, hunters and the local Police as he takes a closer look at a practice that many believe is impacting bird numbers across the whole of Europe.
For more highlights from across YouTube, head to the
YouTube UK Spotlight channel
to see the hottest videos of the day, stay abreast of what’s happening in the news and find out more about some of the trends making waves on the platform. And if it's music you want, give
youtube.com/music
a try -- what could possibly go wrong?
Jamie Dolling, YouTube UK, recently watched
“Ed Sheeran F64”
.
YouTube: What’s Up
Monday, 14 April 2014
YouTube was busy over the weekend, with The FA Cup reaching the semi-final stage at Wembley and the Coachella Festival streaming live from its site at Indio, California, so if it’s goals or gigs you’re on the hunt for, you’ve definitely come to the right place.
The FA Cup
has been uploading game highlights and more throughout this season’s cup campaign but has introduced a couple of new features in the form of
Slomo:Cam
and
Pitch:Cam
which offer up new angles and approaches to capturing the excitement of live sport. Besides these innovations, the channel features build-up content, interviews and post-match responses, offering a one-stop-video-shop as the hunt for silverware reaches its climax.
Weekend One of
Coachella
has wrapped but the channel is still streaming live performances from the likes of
Ellie Goulding
,
Bastille
and…
Bryan Ferry
(with Ladytron). The festival has also uploaded performance videos, so if you’re looking for a shot of live music still shrouded in desert air, you know where to go.
If you fancy a more local music experience, however,
Neneh Cherry & Rocketnumbernine
are slated to deliver an exclusive afternoon session for Boiler Room TV on Wednesday from 2pm. Tessa Pollitt from legendary all-female punk band The Slits provides a warm-up set and if the session is anywhere near as good as the one offered up by
Andrew Weatherall and Friendly Fires
earlier this month, then a treat is in store.
For more highlights from across YouTube, head to the
YouTube UK Spotlight channel
to see the hottest videos of the day, stay abreast of what’s happening in the news and find out more about some of the trends making waves on the platform. And if it's music you want, give
youtube.com/music
a try -- what could possibly go wrong?
Jamie Dolling, YouTube UK, recently watched Chase & Status
"Blk & Blu featuring Ed Thomas"
.
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