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What Eight Million Livestreams Really Means

Peter Kafka in Media on October 15, 2012 at 3:00 am PT

YouTube can now deliver live TV to a global audience at the same scale as TV. But the future of live Web video is probably going to be niche, not mass.

YouTube Channel Guide Robert Kyncl Talks About What’s Working, What Isn’t (Q&A)

Peter Kafka in Media on October 7, 2012 at 8:55 pm PT

An extended chat with the guy behind Google’s ambitious plan to take on TV. Lesson one: Great content doesn’t matter if no one can see it.

YouTube, Which Wants More TV Dollars, Pays Up for More “Channels”

Peter Kafka in Media on October 7, 2012 at 8:00 pm PT

YouTube pours more money into the experiment it launched a year ago, by inking deals with another 60-plus Web programmers, many of them in Europe. Some of them you’ve heard of.

Powermat Is Back With a New Charger and a Bigger Vision

Arik Hesseldahl in News on June 11, 2012 at 7:25 am PT

Once a tiny Israeli start-up with big dreams, Powermat has teamed up with Procter & Gamble’s Duracell brand to make every flat surface a charging station.

YouTube Gets Jay-Z to Help Sell TV

Peter Kafka in Media on May 3, 2012 at 6:07 am PT

Google wants to get its hands on big TV dollars. So it held a big bash, with the biggest star it could find.

AllThingsD Takes SXSW by Storm (in Pictures)

Lauren Goode in News on March 13, 2012 at 2:46 pm PT

The week in photos.

Rain Douses Austin as Crowds Flood Into SXSW

Liz Gannes in Social on March 9, 2012 at 11:43 am PT

There are currently more than 3,700 people checked in on Foursquare to the main Austin Convention Center location, and conference sessions haven’t even started yet.

YouTube and Hollywood Finally Link Up: Here Come the Channels

Peter Kafka in Media on October 28, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT

Google announces deals with “Modern Family” star Sofia Vergara and a bunch of other famous people to make stuff for the site. Next up: Signing on advertisers.

The Beatles Don’t Want You to Steal Music. But They Still Won’t Sell It Anywhere but iTunes. (Video)

Peter Kafka in Media on August 17, 2011 at 4:02 pm PT

That Apple exclusive is now 10 months and counting.

Jon Stewart's Media Critique: The Rally to Restore Sanity Speech

Peter Kafka in Media on October 31, 2010 at 7:20 am PT

Jon Stewart’s problem with cable TV, brought to you by cable TV.