Streaming as a viewing category leveled up again in December, according to Nielsen’s monthly Gauge report, rising 9% over the previous month after a comparable gain in November. Collectively, streaming outlets accounted for 43.3% of total watch time on TV sets, up from 35.9% in December…

YouTube and parent Google said Wednesday they are contributing $15 million to organizations providing relief efforts during the ongoing L.A. wildfires. Along with charitable arm Google.org, the tech giants are giving funds to Emergency Network Los Angeles, American Red Cross, the Center for…

It’s been over a year since SAG and the WGA ended their months-long strikes with agreements that sought to address the coming impact of artificial intelligence on film and TV production. But in that time, the technology has grown by leaps and bounds, with Open AI last week releasing its…

UPDATED with sentence: Carlos Watson, the founder and former CEO of Ozy Media, was sentenced to 116 months, or nearly ten years, in prison for conspiracy to commit securities fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in an unusual case that briefly captivated the media…

Hundreds of hours of ITV shows are about to hit YouTube while the UK commercial net has hired a Channel 4 exec to run a dedicated YouTube sales team. As UK broadcasters continue to burrow into the digital space, ITV has struck a deal with YouTube that will see the likes of Love Island, I’m a Cele…

YouTube has revealed new stats and insights about viewing in the living room, a key strategic area of recent focus for the video giant. Total daily viewing via a TV set reached 1 billion hours, the Google division said Wednesday in a blog post. The scale is consistent with Nielsen’s monthly…

Australia will become the first country in the world to outlaw social media use among under-16s. Children will no longer be able to use Facebook, TikTok, Instagram and other platforms after the Australian Senate passed a law confirming the ban. Should companies not comply with the ban, they…

EXCLUSIVE: For a kids brand that has just hit 20 billion views on YouTube, Booba has somewhat gone under the radar — at least to industry watchers. However, with new several broadcast deals in place and freshly updated formats of the animated show rolling out, the brand is emerging as an important…

EXCLUSIVE: Channel 4 is piloting a celebrity prank show on linear that emerged via its YouTube channel. Tapped Out Prank Stars is a supercharged version of the format that originated on Channel 4.0, with  rapper ArrDee, comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri and JLS singer Aston Merrygold set to take on…

Netflix has taken on the second season of The Sidemen’s YouTube reality series. The streamer has greenlit a second season of the Big Brother-esque Inside, which will air early next year. The first season aired on YouTube, with the first ep having amassed 14 million views via the Sidemen YouTube…

EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Jeff Dye has shot his first hour-long special, Last Cowboy in LA, with 800 Pound Gorilla producing. It premieres on YouTube today at at 5 p.m. PST. A trailer can be found above, with a link to the special itself also accessible here. Related…

YouTube’s recent momentum can be attributed to many factors, but the living room appears to be chief among them. Google Chief Business Officer Philip Schindler delivered a number of updates on the video platform’s recent performance during corporate parent Alphabet’s third-quarter earnings call…