YouTube Launches A PlayStation 3 App With Search, Subscribed Channels.

YouTube has been working hard over the last several years to make its content available on a number of devices, including smartphones and game consoles. The newest device to get a native app is Sony’s PlayStation 3, the video site announced in a blog post this morning.
The new app can be downloaded for free from the PlayStation 3 store, giving users a better user experience for browsing and watching videos on the device. While YouTube was previously available on PS3, users were accessing it from the game console’s web browser instead of through a native app. The new experience will take advantage of PS3 controls and an improved UI.
Among the improvements is a better search interface, with instant video results appearing as users type in their queries. That’ll let them get to the videos they want to see faster. Users who are signed in will also be able to view the channels that’they’ve subscribed to online or on other devices. That will also include official music video channels from Warner Music and Vevo.

But the coolest part might that users can pair the PS3 YouTube app with their mobile phones, allowing them to use the mobile devices as a remote control. That will allow them to search for videos on the mobile device and deliver them to the PS3 with the push of a button. Then they can use the phone to control the video, or continue navigating and browsing other available options.
YouTube’s PS3 app is shipping about six weeks after the company rolled out an app for Sony Vita users. It also comes not long after YouTube shipped an app for the recently updated Xbox Live experience.

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Google Omits Youtube From Anti piracy Rule

Google recently decided to make its search engine an anti piracy tool, which will bring down the rankings of all sites showcasing and making use of media, they have no right over, report has it that, they intend to remove Youtube from that list.

Report on the anti piracy policy
Search Engine Land reports that flagging supposedly illegal content on most sites involves using an online process that starts on a page labeled “Removing Content From Google,” whereas flagging content on YouTube involves using the video site’s baked-in “Copyright Center.” And the removal requests Google will be considering as far as search-result positioning is concerned will be those made through the Removing Content page, not through YouTube’s Copyright Center.

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YouTube to skirt new Google search demotion rules for pirated content

Google's new piracy-fighting search algorithm, which downgrades illegal content, is unlikely to affect its YouTube service.
The company announced late last week that it was changing the way it ranks search results, in order to punish sites that are consistently accused of copyright infringement.
If a site racks up enough DCMA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) strikes then it'll be demoted within Google Search. Google is disclosing a running total of the sites with the most strikes against it.
However, within its reporting form, Google has issued a special message, exempting YouTube from the process.
Naturally, YouTube is the home of much of the web's illegally uploaded content, but the form directs users with YouTube complaints to a different complaint mechanism.

No demotions for user-generated sites

It appears that this is because when a video is flagged for removal in YouTube, it already counts as a takedown, whereas that's not the case with external sites.
Google says: "We're treating YouTube like any other site in search rankings. That said, we don't expect this change to demote results for popular user-generated content sites."

Via: The Verge

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