La plataforma líder mundial en streaming de música, Spotify, está expandiendo su contenido al lanzar una versión beta limitada de videos musicales completos para suscriptores premium. Según informes de The Verge, la compañía sueca busca competir directamente con YouTube, propiedad de Google, que ha dominado la industria durante más de dos décadas. Inicialmente, los videos…
TikTok is making big changes to its Effect Creator Rewards program to help more creators earn money. Expansion to more countries TikTok is now bringing the Effect Creator Rewards program to Effect creators in 33 new countries, making it available in a total of 53 regions. This means more creators from places like Argentina, Austria,…
YouTube is constantly tinkering with its app design across different platforms and screen sizes, and today, the company shared the latest changes coming to its TV-optimized app. There’s a clear focus on making the viewing experience more interactive and giving greater prominence to chapters, comments, and video descriptions — without getting in the way of…
To date, YouTube on televisions has been a leanback experience focused on displaying fullscreen content. An upcoming redesign of YouTube video player for TVs adds more interactivity. YouTube set out to “find a way to add greater engagement to the living room, while still striking the right balance between interactivity and immersion.” This new UI…
Rooster Teeth, a digital content pioneer, is bidding farewell after 21 years. The shutdown comes as Warner Bros. Discovery, its parent company, makes the tough decision. The process, starting March 6, is expected to span several months. The announcement At an all-hands meeting, Rooster Teeth’s general manager, Jordan Levin, broke the news to staff. In…
Xiaomi is removing a feature in its latest updates that allowed users to play YouTube videos in the background without subscribing to Premium. One of the biggest benefits of YouTube Premium since its inception has been the ability to play videos with the screen turned off. The app doesn’t allow this functionality without subscribing. As…
Jimmy Donaldson, better known online as MrBeast, was recently recognized by YouTube for his remarkable feat of amassing 200 million subscribers. MrBeast is now the first individual creator to reach this achievement. MrBeast’s 200 million trophy YouTube awarded MrBeast a special trophy in recognition of his achievement. The trophy itself is shaped like the logo…
In a nutshell YouTubers quit for various reasons, such as burnout, waning passion for the craft and wanting to focus on creating — not running a business. As YouTube approaches its 20th anniversary, it’s likely that more long-time creators will retire from YouTube. Despite stepping back from their original platforms or content, many retired YouTubers…
Twitch CEO Dan Clancy recently shared the platform’s future planned updates and improvements for 2024, with the goal of boosting user experience and community participation. Plus, even though Twitch faced difficulties in 2023, such as policy changes and layoffs, Clancy reiterated the company’s dedication to being a community-focused livestreaming service. Redesigning the Twitch mobile app…
A major outage from Meta has taken down Facebook, Instagram, and other products, but it seems that some users are also seeing issues with some Google services. Earlier this morning users noticed a major outage with Meta services as 9to5Mac reports. This includes taking down Facebook, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and other services almost entirely. Users…
This article originally appeared on Business Insider. MrBeast appears to be ushering in a new, more mature era of YouTube. In his latest post on X, the YouTube megastar said wants to leave frantic, energetic personas in his videos behind. “This past year I’ve slowed down our videos, focused on storytelling, let scenes breathe, yelled…
In a nutshell AfreecaTV saw a notable uptick in popularity late 2023, which was attributed to a number of events, including Twitch’s withdrawal from South Korea. AfreecaTV is becoming the new home for many South Korean streamers who were previously affiliated with Twitch. By offering incentives for migration and seamless Twitch integration, AfreecaTV is aggressively…
Hello, and welcome to Decoder. I’m Hank Green: I am a science guy, I help run an educational media company called Complexly, and I am also a big fan of this podcast. I am not, however, the editor-in-chief of The Verge. But Nilay Patel is, and Decoder is Nilay’s show about big ideas and other…
On February 29, Meta shared exciting news about improvements to its Performance Bonus program. This program aims to reward creators for their content, and now, there’s no limit to how much they can earn in a month. A shift in revenue streams In recent years, Meta has been changing how it makes money. Instead of…