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YouTube CEO warns of unintended consequences of new EU Copyright rules

28/11/2018

YouTube CEO warns of unintended consequences of new EU Copyright rules in YouTube’s Creator Blog. Susan Wojcicki, CEO of YouTube, whilst supporting the goals of Article 13 believes that it could ‘have a profound impact on the livelihoods of hundreds of thousands of people’. The European Parliament recently agreed new legislation on digital copyright rules which now await ratification by the EU’s member states. One particularly contentious part of the legislation is Article 13, ‘which […]

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YouTube Music rolls out 7 new countries

22/11/2018

YouTube Music rolls out 7 new countries making the music streaming service now available in 29 countries worldwide. YouTube Music and Music Premium launched in 17 countries in June and added Denmark and the Benelux countries in August. The latest additions to YouTube’s rapidly increasing availability are: Chile Colombia Japan Peru Portugal Switzerland Ukraine This brings the total number of countries where you can get YouTube Music to 29 – Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, […]

YouTube Music comes to Benelux and Denmark

31/08/2018

YouTube Music and YouTube Music Premium have come to the Benelux countries (the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg) and Denmark adding to the 17 countries launched in June 2018. YouTube Music and YouTube Premium launch in 17 countries The prices are similar to those of its competitors in the European Union – €9.99/month for a YouTube Music Premium subscription and €11.99/month for a YouTube Premium subscription. In Denmark, those prices are 99 and 119 kroner. YouTube […]

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Upcoming YouTube Music features

20/07/2018

Hidden away in one of their support pages, YouTube Music have highlighted a number of upcoming YouTube Music features which are in development following user feedback. According to the ‘YTM Team’, ‘feedback is hugely important in prioritizing what we work on next, so please keep your ideas and feature requests coming! Here are some of the requests we expect to land in the next few months, in no particular order:’ Better audio quality, and ability […]

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YouTube Music and YouTube Premium launch in 17 countries

29/06/2018

YouTube Music and YouTube Premium launched in 17 countries on 18th June 2018. Both services are available in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Austria, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden and the UK. In South Korea there is only a YouTube Premium subscription available which will be at the current price of YouTube Red. Apps for iOs and Android are available from the Play Store and App Store. A new […]

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YouTube to launch new music streaming service

18/05/2018

YouTube will be launching a new music streaming service on 22nd May in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Mexico and South Korea and a further rollout to Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the UK in the coming weeks. YouTube’s new music streaming services YouTube Music – a free ad-supported streaming service YouTube Music Premium – a paid membership that provides background listening, downloads and an ad-free […]