YouTube

Paralympic Games drive 20 million viewers to Channel 4 UK
YouTube was the biggest OTT distribution platform for Channel 4, with more than 4 million live and on-demand streaming minutes.

YouTube overtakes Disney as most-consumed TV media brand in July
Nielsen says an increase in younger viewers and higher interest in political news helped elevate the user-generated video platform.

Ronaldo YouTube channel smashes subscription record
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo grew his YouTube channel to 1 million subscribers in just 90 minutes, smashing the platform's growth record.

Olympics help increase total TV time in July, Nielsen says
Streaming accounted for more than 40 percent of all TV consumption for the first time since Nielsen began tracking that data.

YouTube updates “Fantasy View,” other features for NFL Sunday Ticket customers
YouTube is rolling out a slate of new features to help enhance the viewing experience for subscribers of its NFL Sunday Ticket package

Disney hires Adam Smith away from Google’s YouTube
At Google, Smith worked on YouTube Music, YouTube Premium and other video-based subscription products.

YouTube Q2 advertising revenue misses Wall Street estimates
YouTube earned $8.66 billion in core advertising revenue during, a figure that was higher on a sequential basis but lower than what Wall Street analysts were expecting.

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell: Sunday Ticket a ‘premium product’
The commissioner downplayed concerns by some DirecTV subscribers that the league engaged in collusion to artificially drive up the cost of NFL Sunday Ticket.

YouTube TV considers more “enhanced” picture settings
YouTube TV is testing different settings that aim to deliver an improved video signal without using additional bandwidth.

Channel 4 reports increase in viewership on YouTube
hannel 4 saw a three-fold increase in viewership of its shows on social video platform YouTube

NFL schedule details begin to leak ahead of official release
Netflix gets a Christmas game; first Monday Night Football match-up revealed; Peacock to stream an overseas game.

YouTube TV likely to become biggest pay TV platform in U.S., analyst says
YouTube TV could become the largest pay TV provider in the U.S. by 2026 and achieve full profitability by then, according to an analyst.