YouTube grabs $8.93 billion in ad revenue during Q1
The video streaming platform earned nearly 10 percent of Alphabet’s overall revenue during the first three months of the year.
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YouTube Premium grows to 125 million users, service launches Premium Lite
The plan costs $8 per month and offers commercial-free streaming of most videos on the platform.
YouTube to release lower-cost “YouTube Lite Premium” plan
The service will offer uninterrupted streaming of non-music video content, but lack offline downloads and access to YouTube Music.
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki dies from cancer
Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube who resigned last year to focus on her health and family, died this week at the age of 56.
YouTube experiences technical glitches with NFL Sunday Ticket programming
Customers complained of buffering, other issues while trying to watch Sunday morning and afternoon football games.
YouTube starts to improve advertising business
YouTube saw its advertising business improve during parent company Alphabet’s second financial quarter of the year.
YouTube logs another quarter with declining ad revenue
Marketers continue to pull back on ad spending via YouTube’s streaming video platforms, according to Google’s latest earnings report.
YouTube TV still committed to multi-screen feature
YouTube TV is still on track to bring a much-anticipated feature to subscribers of its live-streaming cable replacement service.
YouTube posts ad revenue drop during third quarter
YouTube generated $7 billion in advertising revenue during its most-recent quarter, down from $7.2 billion reported last year.
YouTube amends terms to run ads without paying users
The change was published in an email to YouTube users on Wednesday.
PBS moves closer to YouTube TV launch with official artwork
PBS was supposed to launch on YouTube TV this month, but financial complications and other setbacks have pushed back the date indefinitely.