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Google’s YouTube TV in Half of US Homes

by Yvette Raikes

Following last week’s story about Facebook’s challenge, Google says that its YouTube TV is available in half of US homes now, following a rollout in 14 new areas. The company announced that 17 more …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 31| YouTube

LG Promotes Nanocell on YouTube

by Bob Raikes

LG Electronics has made a celebrity video that is published on YouTube (with 3.5 million views, when we looked) that shows footballers Steven Gerrard and Adam Lallana kicking footballs at two different video walls …

Tags:Back Panel| Large Display Monitor| LCD TVs| LG Electronics (LGE)| Vol 24 - Issue 28| YouTube

Google Pulls Plug on YouTube Flash Player

by Alan Spencer

In 2012, YouTube introduced a HTML5-based video player to replace its Flash-based video player. This transition has been ongoing for several years, and has caused Sony, among others, to remove the YouTube Flash video …

Tags:HTML5| Large Display Monitor| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 25| YouTube

YouTube TV Goes Live in Five US Metro Areas

by Alan Spencer

YouTube is launching YouTube TV in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco Bay Area, Chicago, and Philadelphia at a cost of $35 a month, which is priced at less than half the average cost …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 13| YouTube

YouTube to Launch New TV Service in US

by Alan Spencer

YouTube is launching a live linear TV service in the US for $35 per month. The service will include channels from the most popular cable networks plus a cloud DVR with unlimited storage. The …

Tags:Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| USA| Vol 24 - Issue 08| YouTube

YouTube to be Available on Xfinity X1

by Alan Spencer

The YouTube app will be available on the Xfinity X1 in the US later this year. That will allow X1 customers to easily browse and seamlessly access the entire YouTube catalogue of live shows, …

Tags:Cable| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| OTT Video| Vol 24 - Issue 08| YouTube

Google Will No Longer Let Apple Users Enjoy YouTube in 4K Quality

by Alan Spencer

In the future, watching UltraHD on YouTube will require support for Google’s VP9 codec, which Apple has so far not supported. For a decade, content providers have used MPEG4 (and its sub-classes such as …

Tags:Apple| Codecs| Large Display Monitor| Mobile Display Monitor| MPEG4 (H.264 AVC)| Vol 24 - Issue 04| VP9| YouTube

Hisense Adopts Seraphic for YouTube TV

by Bob Raikes

We reported that Hisense would use the Seraphic HTML 5 browser last summer and now the firm has said that it will use the technology to ship a YouTube-certified smart TV, globally. Xiaofeng Lin, …

Tags:Hisense| Large Display Monitor| MEA (Middle East & Africa)| Smart TV| Vol 24 - Issue 03| YouTube

SONIQ Smart TVs Integrate SERAPHIC Browser for YouTube TV

by Milos Pavlovic

SONIQ, the renowned Australian smart TV manufacturer, announced a partnership with SERAPHIC to integrate its YouTube TV solution in smart TVs. SERAPHIC is a leading digital TV browser and “TV+ Internet” solution provider. To …

Tags:Smart TV| Software| YouTube

Samsung and YouTube Expand HDR Support

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has worked with YouTube to ensure that the YouTube app on the firm’s Smart TVs will support HDR content streaming. The update started rolling out just before Christmas and will apply to all …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Samsung| Vol 23 - Issue 51| YouTube

Samsung Updates For YouTube HDR

by Bob Raikes

Samsung has provided an update for its 2016 SUHD and UHD TVs to support HDR content streamed from YouTube. The update needs support for VP9 Profile 2, and cannot be supported by the hardware …

Tags:HDR - High Dynamic Range| Large Display Monitor| Vol 23 - Issue 48| YouTube