YouTube to post full-length MGM films "NEW YORK (Reuters) - YouTube, the largest video-sharing website, will show full-length television shows and films from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's archives in its latest step to boost advertising revenue by adding professional programing, the company told Reuters on Sunday.

The site, owned by Google Inc, plans to make the announcement about the new partnership on Monday.

MGM Studios will kick off the partnership by posting episodes of its decade-old "American Gladiators" program to YouTube on one channel.

On another channel, MGM will post full-length action films like "Bulletproof Monk" and "The Magnificent Seven" and clips from popular movies like "Legally Blonde." These will be free to watch, with ads running alongside the video."

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 11/10/2008 11:01:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  Queen Elizabeth to give Holiday message via YouTube

Queen Elizabeth will be broadcasting her 50th Holiday message via YouTube. The 81-year-old Queen of the Brits' annual Xmas speech is the only time during the year she writes her own lines.

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 12/24/2007 10:04:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  18-year-old Mac fan’s ad posted to YouTube becomes Apple TV spot for iPod touch "The idea that you do not have to be a professional to create a good commercial is becoming widespread, in a trend known as consumer-generated content. Leave it to Apple to paraphrasing the company's old slogan a bit think differently," Stuart Elliott reports for The New York Times.

"A television commercial for the new iPod Touch from Apple, scheduled to begin running on Sunday, 10-28 is being created by the longtime Apple agency, TBWA/Chiat/Day. It is based on a commercial that an 18-year-old English student and Apple devotee named Nick Haley, who says he got his first Macintosh when he was 3 created on his own one day last month," Elliott reports.

"His spot offers a fast-paced tour of the abilities of the iPod Touch, set to a song titled 'Music Is My Hot, Hot Sex' by a Brazilian band, CSS," Elliott reports. "Mr. Haley said he was inspired to make the commercial by a lyric in the song, 'My music is where I'd like you to touch.'" Watch the video here .

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 10/26/2007 09:47:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  Save YouTube videos for any device with vConvert

I came across this cool application over @ LifeHacker . vConvert will allow you to convert YouTube content for any device very easily. If you don't want the video, vConvert will also allow you to just capture the audio and automatically convert it to mp3.

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/20/2007 11:23:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  Download and convert YouTube videos for iPhone and iPod

"Mac OS X only: Freeware application TubeTV downloads YouTube videos and converts the video for consumption on Apple TVs, iPods, and iPhones. Just search for a video on YouTube using TubeTV's search box (or grab a link from a video currently playing in Firefox), then click the Save button. TubeTV will proceed to download and convert the video." Via lifehacker .

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 8/03/2007 09:53:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  Apple adds YouTube to iPhone It seems with each passing day the iPhone gets better and better. Apple has announced that the iPhone will ship with a special YouTube player.

"iPhone has a special YouTube player that you can launch right from the home screen. So now you can access and browse YouTube videos wherever you go. And when you find a video you want to send your friends, iPhone can even create an email with the link in it for you."

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/20/2007 09:32:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  YouTube access coming to mobile phones "YouTube co-founder Steve Chen said today consumers in many parts of the world will have access to the popular video-sharing Web site on their mobile phones by next year. [via the Mercury News]

"Taiwan-born Chen made the remarks as he spoke to a group of enthusiastic Web users at a forum on Internet development in Taipei.

Videos of between 30 to 60 seconds could best serve the needs of commuters on subways or buses, while files of up to 10 minutes will be sufficient for train riders, he said.

As Internet technologies move into the next phase, Web sites should provide richer content and greater mobility so users can have access to them anywhere, Chen said." Via PDALive .

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/11/2007 08:45:00 AM 0 comments links to this post

  Justin Timberlake signs YouTube star to new record label "Looks like YouTube is bringing sexy back. Former boy band sensation and current pop star du jour Justin Timberlake has signed Esmee Denters, an 18-year-old Dutch singer who got her start by building up buzz on the ubiquitous video-sharing site, to his new record label.

Timberlake, 26, founded Tennman Records in a joint venture with Interscope Records last month; Denters is the first artist signed."

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  ¶ posted by Jimmie Geddes, Editor @ 6/06/2007 09:22:00 AM 0 comments links to this post