Sep 24
There are bad comments, and then there is the seventh level of commenting hell known as YouTube comments. The video service is now hoping to turn those conversations into something that doesn’t make you want to take a shower and …
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Sep 24
Comments on the internet: often a haven for trolls and axe-grinders, but comment threads also give rise to some insightful and entertaining commentary. In an effort to encourage the latter and to provide users with an improved experience, YouTube’s rolling out a new commenting system that integrates deeply with Google+. What does that mean, exactly? Much like that other social network’s News Feed, comments in YouTube will be based on relevance, not how recently they were posted. So, comments from people you know, celebrities and video creators, plus positively rated comments will percolate to the top of comment threads according to Big G’s ranking algorithms. Additionally, replies will be nested beneath original comments to better enable conversations. Like Facebook, should you find the idea of automated comment curation unsettling, you can always switch back to the old way of having the most recent comments show up first.
The integration with Google+ also broadens your commenting boundaries; post a comment on YouTube, then share that video on on G+ and comments and replies made on either site will show up in both places. You can also control who gets to read comments you make by choosing which circles will see them, so you can even have private conversations. As for content owners, the system borrows features from many other commenting platforms. To deal with comments at scale, channel admins can build user whitelists and blacklisted words and phrases to make moderation easy. YouTube Product Manager Nundu Janakiram tells us that the comments system has been in the works for over a year, and that these features are only the beginning. His team plans to provide even better tools for users and content creators to let them filter out the noise and increase the quality of comments. Initially, folks will be able to test out the new comments in the discussion tab on any YouTube channel’s home page, after which it’ll roll out to individual videos in the coming months — and we’d be shocked if these G+ enabled comments don’t make their way into many other Google properties eventually, too.
Sep 20
It has already been revealed that a YouTube mobile app update will bring offline viewing functionality in November. Only yesterday more details about this feature emerged, users will be allowed to store videos on their devices for 48 hours, they can be viewed anytime within that window without needing an internet connection. Once the 48 hour window is up, the device must be connected to the internet again if the user wants to view those videos. Vevo, one of the biggest content providers on YouTube, will block the offline viewing feature for its videos.
A Vevo spokeswoman confirmed to Variety that “We’re not going to allow viewing of our music videos or other programming in offline mode.” She reportedly didn’t elaborate on what has compelled Vevo to make this decision. It is possible that under the licensing agreements that Vevo has with music labels, it might not be allowed to offer downloaded versions of the music videos. Vevo has licensing deals with UMG, EMI Music, CBS Interactive Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Hollywood Records and others. A memo was leaked yesterday which Google has apparently sent to its partners, the company allows them to opt out of offline viewing if they so wish.
Vevo Will Block YouTube Offline Viewing original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Sep 20
When YouTube’s offline viewing feature launches in November, don’t expect to find Vevo on board. According to Variety, the music video service has opted out of the functionality, which will let users download videos on Youtube mobile apps for up to 48 hours of offline playback. YouTube reportedly gave Vevo and other partners a chance to opt out of the upcoming feature, so — while Vevo is the site’s biggest content supplier — this news is hardly scandalous. It makes sense, too; the music video provider has its own apps to promote, after all.
Filed under: Mobile
Source: Variety
Sep 19
The ability to view videos offline is expected to come to YouTube mobile apps this November. It hasn’t been revealed as yet exactly how this feature will work, there has been chatter that YouTube might allow viewers to store videos for a “short time” for viewing when there’s no internet connection. The folks at AllThingsD claim to have obtained a memo that Google has sent out to commercial upload partners detailing how the offline viewing feature will work.
According to the memo, the updated YouTube app will come with an “add to device” feature which will allow them to store videos for a short period of time. If internet connectivity is lost, the stored videos will be available for offline viewing on their device for up to 48 hours. Once the time limit ends, the stored videos can not be watched until the device is connected to the internet again. After being connected, the time limit is refreshed. Videos for rental or purchase won’t be included, and Google in-stream ads will run in connection with the content. Offline views will be added to the total view count once the device goes online. Video uploaders will have the option of disabling offline viewing of their videos when they’re being uploaded or after they have been uploaded. The feature can also be disabled by region or asset. Google hasn’t commented on the leaked memo as yet.
More Details On YouTube Offline Viewing Emerge original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Sep 19
Need more clarification on how YouTube’s offline video feature for mobile will work? Well, All Things D has shed a little light on the process via a memo Google sent to its YouTube partners. Turns out, offline video will be enabled by default in the YouTube app when it goes live in November, but wary partners do have the option to opt-out and can make that change right now. On the viewer end, all cached videos, accessible through the YouTube app’s “on device” section, will be available for a 48-hour offline window that refreshes whenever the app reconnects to the internet. And, yes, there will be ads, but they’ll be of the in-stream variety only. The new functionality doesn’t apply to any movies or TV shows that Google offers for rent or sale and it’s also still unclear if music videos will be whitelisted. But, hey, at least now you’ll have one more way to watch this glorious weirdness when you’re out of signal range.
Filed under: Cellphones, Internet, Mobile, Google
Source: All Things D
Sep 18
YouTube is one of the most visited streaming video sites on the Internet. It creates a huge amount of traffic, even if that traffic is difficult for Google and YouTube to monetize. YouTube has announced a new feature is coming to YouTube mobile soon that will allow for off-line video viewing. As it is now […]
Sep 18
You’ve been able to pre-cache YouTube videos on Android to watch—while still online—for a while. But by November, you’ll be able to watch them offline, too.
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Sep 18
YouTube is one site that commands the attention of millions of eyeballs every single day, whether it is on the desktop or on a mobile device such as a smartphone or tablet. Well, here we are with word that YouTube’’s Android app might be getting offline viewing capability when November rolls around later this year. It is nice to see a company help an app progress from where it is at that particular point in time. Remember how last summer, Google introduced to the mobile YouTube app an ability to view pre-cached videos as long as there is an online connection?
This particular feature that is making its way to YouTube’s mobile apps might even allow you to store videos for disconnected viewing for a “short time” only, and when it comes to such a description, it remains to be seen whether that will comprise of minutes, hours or days. Still, it is worth a shot and it would definitely go some way in seeing an increase of users for the mobile YouTube app, that I am pretty confident of. All we need to do now is sit tight and wait for an official response later this November to get the entire skinny on the situation.
YouTube Mobile Apps To Introduce Offline Viewing In November original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Sep 17
YouTube’s Android app added the ability to watch precached videos (while still online) last summer, but Google’s video streaming unit isn’t stopping there. A post tonight on its Partners & Creators informed video makers that viewing of stored videos with no internet connection is coming soon. According to the blog the feature is coming to its mobile apps — following up on the recent updates on Android and iOS — in November, and will let viewers store videos for disconnected viewing for a “short time.” We don’t know if that consists of minutes, hours or days at a time but we’ll keep an eye out for more details — perhaps this is what the team that used to work on video responses has been up to.
Filed under: Internet, Mobile, Google
Source: YouTube Creators Blog
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