YouTube Red originals

Google Unveils YouTube Red Originals

As more and more websites and TV channels unveil premium, pay-to-play streaming services, it was only a matter of time before YouTube, the king of internet video, got in on the game. With the launch of YouTube, the biggest video site on the web has entered the world of paid content with a service that promises ad-free viewing, and it gambles big on the viability of some of the site’s biggest personalities.

How It Works

For $9.99 per month (with a one month free trial), YouTube Red lets users watch YouTube videos completely ad free, and to watch videos offline on a phone or tablet. It also lets users stream video in the background, and includes a free subscription to Google Music and its impressive storage and streaming capabilities.

Perhaps most interestingly, YouTube Red subscribers get exclusive access to new, exclusive content that’s not available anywhere else on the site. Working in tandem with some of the site’s biggest stars, YouTube is making a big move into the world of original programming.

Original Programs

With the launch of YouTube Red comes the debut of multiple new original programs from online celebrities like PewDiePie and Lilly Singh, as well as teen-oriented media companies AwesomenessTV and Rooster Teeth.

The programs run the gamut from reality-TV style shows like Scare PewDiePie (where people try to prank the YouTube host) to original movies Dance Camp and animated sci-fi comedy Lazer Team. YouTube has also announced new shows that will be soon to follow, including another YouTube personality feature, Fight of the Living Dead, and college humor show Bad Internet.

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YouTube Red originals

Fuller House Update: Where Are They Now?

The late 80s/early 90s sitcom Full House is remembered fondly by millions of fans across the world, so it was really only a matter of time before a reunion of some sort took place. Still, many people were caught by surprise when Netflix announced that it had revived the series as Fuller House, a sequel/reboot featuring the original (but now much older) cast of characters. Would the show be able to retain its old magic, or had time passed it by? How many of the old cast members would return to play their old roles?

Now that the new series has made its Netflix debut, Full House fans can breathe a sigh of relief. Not only has the show stuck to the same sunny, old-fashioned type of family-friendly comedy that was the show’s hallmark, the cast was able to slip back into their old roles like they only stopped yesterday, not more than two decades ago.

Even Bob Saget, whose post-Full House career has mostly been noticeable for his decidedly un-family-friendly standup persona, doesn’t seem to have had any problem leaving his raunchier material at the door in order to play friendly, wholesome Danny Tanner. The only major cast members who don’t make an appearance are Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen as Michelle; both sisters declined to appear, though the character does appear in flashbacks.

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Twitch Grows from Humble Roots to Juggernaut

The livestreaming platform Twitch.tv grew from a spinoff of a general interest video streaming site to an Internet colossus, becoming the fourth largest source of peak Internet traffic in 2014. The platform allows convenient, easy access to video game-related content streamed by individual players, who are increasingly abandoning traditional television and using their game and TV remote controls to check out Twitch.

Visitors to Twitch can watch livestream videos of users playing or talking about videogames and can also interact with them via chat. Commonly viewed content on the site includes e-sports tournaments, gaming talk shows, and personal streams from players.

Twitch started as a content category of justin.tv, an Internet site that allowed anyone to broadcast video online. The video game category quickly became the most popular category, and justin.tv was eventually shut down to allow its founders to focus on Twitch.

A few fast facts about Twitch:

  • Twitch was recently acquired by Amazon for $970 million.
  • About 76 percent of users are between ages 18 and 49.
  • About 68 percent now watch less television to focus on game entertainment online.
  • About 58 percent of Twitch users spend 20 hours or more on the site.

Twitch is expected to continue to grow, as demand for gaming entertainment continues its exponential increase.

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