Google to merge Play Music & YouTube Red into new service
Google has confirmed plans to unify Play Music and YouTube Red, creating a stronger service in the face of competition like the increasingly video-saturated Apple Music.
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Roger Fingas
Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson promotes Apple team-up on 'Rock X Siri: Dominate the Day' YouTube flick [u: now available]
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has declared that he has partnered with Apple to develope The "Rock X Siri: Dominate the Day" 鈥� a film that will debut on YouTube on July 24.
Mike Wuerthele
YouTube TV grows, now services 15 markets and serves 48 channels to iPhone
YouTube has expanded its live television service to 10 more markets, and boosted the number of available nationwide channels to 48 including BBC America, Syfy, plus assorted sports and news channels.
YouTube TV comes to 10 more US markets like Atlanta, Houston & Miami
YouTube TV 鈥� Google's recently-launched live streaming service 鈥� will soon expand to 10 more U.S. urban markets, the company announced this week.
YouTube developing free original shows with Kevin Hart, Ellen DeGeneres & others
Possibly concerned about the growing amount of original video on competiting services like Netflix, Hulu, and Apple Music, Google's YouTube has announced plans to premiere six new shows, starring people like Ellen DeGeneres and comedian Kevin Hart.
YouTube TV rolls out in five cities with free Chromecast offer
YouTube TV, Google's live TV streaming service, is now live in five major markets in the United States, with Google tempting users to try out its $35 subscription service by offering a free Chromecast, allowing shows to be viewed on a television instead of through the iOS and Android apps.
Malcolm Owen
AT&T, Verizon join firms pulling millions in ads from Google, YouTube over hate, terrorist content
The U.K. advertising backlash against Google is spreading to the United States. Mobile carriers AT&T and Verizon, Enterprise car rental and pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline are among the major ad buyers acting to distance their brands from the offensive and extremist content that saturates YouTube.
Daniel Eran Dilger
Corporate brands, UK government pull ads from Google's YouTube over extremist hate group videos
A series of major brands have pulled ads from Google's YouTube following reports that their ads are being shown next to terrorist, hate group and other offensive or controversial videos.
Google launches Uptime collaborative YouTube viewing app exclusively for iOS
Google's "Area 120" incubator project has developed Uptime 鈥� an iPhone app for watching YouTube videos collaboratively with other users of the app.
