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TV screen consumption, short videos to drive growth in India: YouTube

As per some estimates, YouTube users in India grew from 122 million in 2017 to around 567 million in 2022

YouTube now offers high quality 1080p video on web for premium subscribers

Premium subscribers can also freely download video, stream offline and host Google Meet session to watch videos in groups

Google's YouTube Shorts platform launches new features for creators

YouTube Shorts, short-version video sharing platform of YouTube, has crossed 2 billion views by logged-in users monthly, the company said in a blogpost on Tuesday. Seeing the rise in short-format portrait videos, the Google-owned online video sharing platform has launched new features to lure more creators on its platform. The company is testing a mobile-first vertical live experience for creators to get discovered on the Shorts feed, it said. YouTube Shorts has also launched six new tools such as collab for remixing videos in side-by-side format, suggestions for remixing videos and replying to comments with a "Shorts" video and saving them to playlists, among others, according to the blogpost. Last month, Meta-owned Instagram announced enhancements to Reel templates like text, transitions and AR effects, Instagram head Adam Mosseri shared in a reel.

YouTube hikes prices on US premium plans; annual subscription up $20

It has also hiked prices for YouTube Music by $1 to $10.99 in the U.S. The move follows similar price increases by Amazon Music, Apple Music and Tidal

NCLT starts live streaming proceedings of principal bench on YouTube

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) on Thursday started live streaming of the proceedings on YouTube. The live streaming of the proceedings of the principal bench headed by NCLT President Justice S Ramalingam was started on a pilot basis. This initiative to livestream has been taken by the NCLT and the Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) to "promote transparency in the court proceedings for the benefit of litigants and stakeholders. "As a pilot, the proceedings of the Principal Bench of NCLT presided by Justice Sudhakar Ramalingam and Member Avinash Srivastava were on live broadcast on YouTube today," MCA said in a tweet. After the pandemic, several high courts, tribunals, including NCLT and NCLAT and the Supreme court, went for virtual proceedings. In late 2022, the Supreme Court started live streaming for the first time. Set up under section 408 of the Companies Act, 2013 in June 2016, the NCLT has eleven benches, including the principal bench in the national capital. It h

I-T dept issues notices to 15 social media influencers over low tax payment

The social media influencers came under the radar of the I-T department after posting their travel to exotic locations and luxury shopping on social media platforms

Finfluencer advertisement using govt logo by YouTube stirs a hornets' nest

Not an endorsement by the government, clarifies MoS Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Piyush Goyal holds interaction with 50 top-performing Youtubers in India

Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal has held an interaction with over 50 top-performing Youtubers in India on various issues like popularising handicrafts, benefits of millets and consumer awareness, an official said. The interaction was held on June 23. Youtubers who participated in the discussions include Vivek Bindra, Gaurav Chaudhary (Technical Guruji), Viraj Sheth (Co-founder Monk Entertainment), Ganesh Prasad (Think School), Shlok Srivastava (Tech burner), Prafull Billore (MBA Chai Wala), and Anushka Rathod (Anushka Rathod Finance), among others, the commerce and industry ministry official said. "Minister Piyush Goyal held a fruitful interaction 'SAMPARK SE SAMVAD' with an interesting group of top-performing Youtubers in India, from diverse genres who are experts at demystifying content of any nature," the official said. The issues discussed during the interaction included consumer awareness and protection (with a special focus on fake websites), cyber security, ways

YouTube's short and smart future: Here're challenges, opportunities

In its 15th year, India's largest OTT is trying to master the world of short video before new competitors chip away at ad growth

OpenAI used data from Google's YouTube to train its AI models: Report

YouTube's terms of service ban using content for anything other than "personal, non-commercial use"

YouTube lowering eligibility requirements for monetisation programme

Video-sharing platform YouTube has announced that it is lowering the eligibility requirements for the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) and also introduced a few monetisation methods

Rahul takes a truck ride from Washington DC to New York to speak to drivers

In the video posted by him on YouTube, Rahul Gandhi can be seen discussing how American truck drivers earn fair wages and work in a system that is focused on the 'driver's comfort'

Kids under 12 chose YouTube's video content over TikTok: Report

Despite the incredible popularity of TikTok, about 9 out of 10 kids under 12 in the US access content on YouTube versus 4 in 10 for TikTok, a new report has shown.

YouTube TV announces fixes for audio sync, Apple TV crashes among others

YouTube TV is also fixing the issue related to the first-generation Apple TV 4K, which has been suffering from crashing issues for a while now

YouTube accounts of Tanmay Bhat, Aishwarya Mohanraj under cyberattack

Tanmay has claimed the two-factor authentication was breached in his case

YouTube testing new connectivity feature for Nest speakers on Music app

This feature shows the overall plays a song has received from all users across the platform

YouTube stops removing fake US presidential election fraud claims

Two years, tens of thousands of video removals, and one election cycle later, "we recognised it was time to reevaluate the effects of this policy in today's changed landscape", the company said

Google to delete inactive Gmail accounts, here's how to save your account

The popular messaging account Gmail is going to delete inactive accounts. Here's how you can save your account

Here's how youngsters from India's small towns are making it big on YouTube

For every success story, there are countless others who struggle to monetise their content. Also, not everyone has an equal opportunity to reap the benefits of making an income from such platforms

Google-owned YouTube to introduce 30-second non-skip ads to TVs: Report

The company said that running longer-form creative on the big screen aligns with advertisers' objectives, and allows for richer storytelling