YouTube is preparing for Super Bowl 51, namely the commercials that air during the big game. YouTube AdBlitz stores all of the commercials so you can rewatch any that you might have missed and vote on your favorites. As this is the 10th year of YouTube's involvement, they made a slide deck to report the minutes viewed and other stats surrounding YouTube AdBlitz. YouTube is … [Read more...]
The Jetsons in live-action
Justin Lin, director of Fast and the Furious and Star Trek Beyond, made a commercial for Arconic framed as a live-action recreation of Hanna-Barbera's The Jetsons. Arconic is a rebrand of the Alcoa manufacturing division and the Jetson characters work for Arconic in the year 2062. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37waZeR4isc A website for the brand/commercial explains … [Read more...]
Cordcutters can tune into YouTube for their election day coverage
The presidential news cycle that has been ongoing for the past two years will end tomorrow with the US Presidential elections. In addition to the presidential election, there are also many important races for Congress and local offices. If you have a traditional TV with broadcast, cable, or satellite, you might just flip to any national broadcast channel or CNN to watch … [Read more...]
Automate your social media with Thoughts & Prayers App
This parody ad for an app offers to automate your social media posting so that you are seen as a caring, aware individual while saving you time! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXrB7Y6gVN8 … [Read more...]
YouTube addresses Content ID and revenue issues for content creators and the music industry
YouTube published two posts to the YouTube Creator blog yesterday. The first one addressed Content ID issues for creators and the second one defended YouTube revenue from the music industry. Content ID is YouTube's automated system to scan uploaded videos for copyrighted content. This could be either the video (like uploading a TV show) or the audio (a song you are dancing … [Read more...]