International Business News - YouTube http://www.ibtimes.com All articles are copyrighted by IBTimes.com 400 100 http://www.ibtimes.com/ http://www.ibtimes.com/images/top_logo_ibt2_3.gif Shares of movie rental companies Netflix Inc and Blockbuster Inc fell on Thursday, dragged down by news that online video site YouTube is talking with several major movie studios about renting movies, analysts said. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219721-.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/netflix-blockbuster-shares-fall-on-youtube-deal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090903/netflix-blockbuster-shares-fall-on-youtube-deal.htm Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:03:02 EDT The popular video-sharing Website YouTube, owned by Google, announced an expansion of the YouTube Partnership Program (YPP), which was first launched in December 2007. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/219422-youtube.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090830/youtube-broaden-video-profit-sharing-program.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090830/youtube-broaden-video-profit-sharing-program.htm Sun, 30 Aug 2009 14:49:35 EDT Google on Wednesday took another step in its Web video strategy by announcing it will acquire On2 Technologies, a creator of high-quality video compression technology in order to boost its YouTube site. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/218050-youtube.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/google-buys-on2-video-firm-bolster-youtube.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090805/google-buys-on2-video-firm-bolster-youtube.htm Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:39:52 EDT Social media has made customer service more important than ever Dave Carroll, a Canadian musician who created a hit song of complains against United Airlines which he posted on YouTube. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/217354-youtube-complain-song-cost-united-airlines-180-million.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090724/youtube-complain-song-cost-united-airlines-180-million.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090724/youtube-complain-song-cost-united-airlines-180-million.htm Fri, 24 Jul 2009 20:48:14 EDT Following Pirate Bay's announcement on Tuesday that it will be acquired by a Swedish software company, analysts are speculating what will happen to Video Bay, its new video streaming site that places them in direct competition with services like YouTube and Hulu. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/216102-the-video-bay.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090701/pirate-bay-video-bay-hulu-youtube-peter-sunde.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090701/pirate-bay-video-bay-hulu-youtube-peter-sunde.htm Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:08:41 EDT YouTube co-founder Steve Chen is leaving the video service, three years after being bought by Google , but is staying with the search giant, according to a report by All Things Digital. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/216026-chad-hurleyand-steve-chen.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090630/youtube-co-founder-steve-chen-leaves-company-but-remains-with-google.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090630/youtube-co-founder-steve-chen-leaves-company-but-remains-with-google.htm Tue, 30 Jun 2009 16:46:32 EDT The creators of the popular BitTorrent search engine The Pirate Bay have turned their sights to a new market - streaming video - with a new website that is already billed as a rival to YouTube and Hulu. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090629/pirate-bay-takes-on-youtube-hulu-with-video-bay-bitorrent.htm Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:19:55 EDT Apple's new iPhone 3GS has boosted mobile video uploads on YouTube by 400% per day since it went on sale last week Friday. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090625/youtube-mobile-videos-soars-400-with-iphone-3gs-release.htm Thu, 25 Jun 2009 18:04:43 EDT Google apologized yesterday for what it called a "traffic jam" that resulted in slow service on its web properties, or even causing the site to go down. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090515/google-embarrassed-slow-service.htm Fri, 15 May 2009 11:55:22 EDT Google was experiencing some technical issuesm the Mountain View-based company confirmed this morning after the site was taking long to load and users were experiencing problems in accessing various Google Web applications. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/213624-google.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090514/google-and-gmail-was-down-morning-company-now-says-it-039fixed.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090514/google-and-gmail-was-down-morning-company-now-says-it-039fixed.htm Thu, 14 May 2009 14:53:36 EDT Walt Disney Co. has reached a deal to take a nearly 30% stake in the popular Hulu video website and will offer full episodes of its ABC TV shows on the site. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/212920-hulu.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090430/disney-gets-30-chunk-hulu-video-website.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090430/disney-gets-30-chunk-hulu-video-website.htm Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:55:25 EDT Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger expressed caution over the US cable industry's move to restrict online viewing of television shows to cable subscribers, saying that the limits could provoke backlash from consumers. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211558-bob-iger.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/disney-cautious-on-restricting-online-content.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090402/disney-cautious-on-restricting-online-content.htm Thu, 02 Apr 2009 15:04:17 EDT The Walt Disney Co. and Google Inc.'s YouTube are close to a deal that would allow Disney content to be distributed through YouTube, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211384-youtube.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090330/report-disney-youtube-close-sealingdeal.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090330/report-disney-youtube-close-sealingdeal.htm Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:35:07 EDT China is not afraid of the Internet, its Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, even as access to the popular video sharing site YouTube appeared to be blocked. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/211144-a-screenshot-of-youtube-com.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090324/unafraid-of-internet-china-appears-to-block-youtube.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090324/unafraid-of-internet-china-appears-to-block-youtube.htm Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:48:01 EDT Video streaming Web site Hulu.com is the latest website to catch on the social networking trend online. The site celebrated its one-year anniversary on Thursday by launching a new social networking feature on its site that makes it easier for users to interact with the site and shares videos with their friends. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210736-hulu.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/hulu-rolls-out-lsquo-friends-rsquo-feature-on-its-anniversary.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090313/hulu-rolls-out-lsquo-friends-rsquo-feature-on-its-anniversary.htm Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:15:12 EDT YouTube and Universal Music Group, the nation's largest recording company, are in talks to enter a partnership that would create a new music video hub powered by YouTube. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210281-doug-morris.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/youtube-universal-music-close-partnering-on-hub-music-videos.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/youtube-universal-music-close-partnering-on-hub-music-videos.htm Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:24:07 EST Google Inc's YouTube and Universal Music Group are in talks to create a premium online music video service, sources familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210279-a-man-looks-at-youtubes-web-site.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/youtube-and-universal-talk-on-music-video-site-sources.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090304/youtube-and-universal-talk-on-music-video-site-sources.htm Wed, 04 Mar 2009 20:32:01 EST In spite of status updates on Facebook, sharing personal videos on Youtube, "tweeting" to your friends on Twitter, why are users today still so lonely? http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/210205-loneliness.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090303/facebook-twitter-users-among-loneliest-people-america.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090303/facebook-twitter-users-among-loneliest-people-america.htm Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:16:54 EST As more Americans get used to watching video on their computers, websites offering free movies, TV and clips are enjoying a 13 percent increase in web traffic from the previous month. http://www.ibtimes.com/data/articleimgs/209327-google.jpg http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090206/youtube-ahead-hulu-online-video-market-share.htm http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/20090206/youtube-ahead-hulu-online-video-market-share.htm Fri, 06 Feb 2009 10:59:26 EST