In the mid-2000s, improvements to data speeds and broadband costs led to an explosion of first generation video streaming services. A group of ex-PayPal employees founded YouTube in 2005. Seeing the ...

When two browsers are playing the same web video, Coplay can connect them with WebRTC (using PeerJS) and enable users to control two video players synchronously. Coplay now works on Youku, Sohu TV, ...

Imagine if YouTube pivoted to licensing and producing professional content years ago, transitioning away from user-generated videos to become more like Netflix or Hulu. This more or less sums up the ...

Parents will now be able to set a timer for how much time children’s connected accounts can spend watching Shorts — YouTube’s ...

YouTube has become the largest digital library for 'Sesame Street' content, including offering more than 100 full episodes to ...

Parents will also be able to manually create and adjust child and teen accounts on YouTube. ...

A streamer’s investigation of fraud in Minnesota garnered millions of views. His content was questionable, but his methods ...

YouTube announced that it would officially be picking up a large portion of the Sesame Street episode catalog. The company notes that episodes dating back to the first one in 1969 would be among the ...

YouTube’s big streaming lead over Netflix and other competitors stems in large part to its dominance during daylight hours. Credit...Fortunate Joaquin Supported by By John Koblin At Nancy Ann Ling’s ...

Hedy Phillips is a freelance lifestyle writer based in New York. While she's not writing on topics like living on a budget and tips for city dwelling, she can usually be found at a concert or ...

Christmas time may be over, but there’s a minor miracle at YouTube as most of its free-to-watch movies from December are still there. While The Godfather now sleeps with the fishes at some other ...

“Paparazzi King,” a docuseries about Italian media personality Fabrizio Corona — who is known for capturing celebrities in compromising moments — is set to drop globally on Netflix Jan. 9. The news ...