YouTube Discontinues it's Custom Player

YouTube has recently discontinued it's embedded Custom Video Player, with the announcement being a bit under the radar.

YouTube NextUp for Europe

It seems YouTube has a version of YouTube NextUp open for certain parts of Europe.  More information can be found here.  For anyone interested, this ends very soon (June 28th).

YouTube App Confirmed (for Xbox, anyway)

Microsoft announced at their E3 Media Briefing in Los Angeles today that YouTube will be available through XBox Live as part of an XBox Dashboard update this fall.  No other feature details for the app have been announced at this time.

(As of this post, the app has not been announced for any other console.)

YouTube Looking for Game Console Software Engineers

A recent Google job posting for YouTube is hinting at an upcoming video service for game consoles.

Since I wrote the article for another site, follow the link here for more details.

YouTube Takes You to (Copyright) School

YouTube has recently announced the opening of their new Copyright Help Center.  Along with this announcement is the opening of YouTube Copyright School, which users will have to complete a tutorial if they are caught violating copyright. 

This is hopefully an attempt to keep fewer accounts from being suspended due to accidental or unjustified copyright claims, though it has been made clear that the removal of copyright strikes is still not guaranteed.

Setting up FMLE for YouTube Live

Here's a video I made to try and help someone who is trying to use the YouTube Live Streaming feature.

YouTube Live, but not THAT Live

The rumors were true, YouTube is experimenting with Live Streaming.