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YouTube (representative image) Thousands of YouTube users in the US and other countries worldwide faced problems accessing the video platform. The outage impacted YouTube.com, the YouTube app, YouTube Music, Kids, and TV with Downdetector reporting more than 2,40,000 reports at the peak in the US. In India, around 17,000 reports were registered. YouTube was quick…
YouTube is facing a widespread outage. Thousands of users globally are currently experiencing issues with YouTube. Users have reported facing issues with loading videos from both the YouTube app and website. The problem is reportedly affecting streaming videos via both the YouTube app and website. According to outage tracking site DownDetector, thousands of users across…
YouTube is taking its offensive against other streaming giants in the US to the next level by introducing flexible bundles. YouTube TV has announced more than 10 new, lower-priced subscription plans, designed to remove the “one-size-fits-all” model of the service by allowing users to pay for specific genres like Sports, News or Entertainment. Now, rather…
Google is reportedly giving a 20% discount to select YouTube TV users in the US, reports 9to5Google. The discount is being handed out for four months, translating to a total of $80 off on the service. However, the discount is not available to everyone and appears to be offered at random. As per the report,…
Willow by Cricbuzz, the destination for live, streaming, and on-demand cricket in the US and Canada, has announced a major expansion of its cricket coverage for the 2026 season, headlined by the first-ever free broadcast of ICC Men’s T20 World Cup matches in the United States and Canada. The move begins with the highly anticipated…
YouTube has started removing some of its most popular AI-generated channels. These channels tend to upload low-quality videos that are repetitive and generated by computers to attract views. According to a report by video sharing platform Kapwing, the purge of these channels started in November 2025 and has so far targeted 16 of the 100…
Industry watches Aamir Khan Productions post ‘Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos’ theatrical release on Jan 16, 2026. Will they repeat Sitaare Zameen Par’s YouTube PPV model from 2025? Vir Das debut likely hits PPV Feb 27 after six weeks. Shot in 31 days, it eyes better revenues than OTT deals. After ‘Happy Patel: Khatarnak Jasoos’ hit…
MrBeast (Image via Getty) YouTube star Jimmy “MrBeast” has weighed in on Elon Musk’s plan to increase creator payouts on X in an effort to compete with YouTube. The discussion picked up pace after a viral post claimed Musk had asked X to raise payments for creators. The idea quickly caught attention across social media.MrBeast…
Demis Hassabis, CEO and co-founder of Google DeepMind has shared an online post celebrating the success of viral documentary “The Thinking Game” on YouTube. Sharing an X (formerly Twitter) post, Hassabis said “‘The Thinking Game’ documentary has just passed 200M views on YouTube in just 4 weeks!”. “Perfect holiday viewing if you’re interested in a…
The latest TV viewing numbers in America are out. And once again, as per rating agency Nielsen, Google-owned YouTube beats every other platform in viewership in America. In November, YouTube accounted for nearly 13% of viewing time, compared with 8% for Netflix, the next in line, according to Nielsen. In fact, YouTube has been winning…
