YouTube Taking on Cable

The portable ecosystem just got a whole lot better.

A cloud DVR with unlimited storage? Sign me up.

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GOOGLE JUST JOINED the “skinny bundle” TV war with YouTube TV, a paid subscription service that streams a slew of premium broadcast and cable networks to your mobile device, tablet, computer, and anything with Chromecast.

Just $35 a month gets you six accounts and access to live TV from more than 40 providers including the big broadcast networks, ESPN, regional sports networks and dozens of popular cable networks. Subscriptions include cloud DVR with unlimited storage, AI-powered search and personalization, and access to YouTube Red programming. YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki calls it the evolution of television, and a bid to “give the younger generation the content that they love with the flexibility they expect.”

YouTube's Live Streaming up 80% in the last year

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The big uptick in live viewership was catalyzed in part by an expanded investment on YouTube’s part. The video site has recently adopted several changes to encourage its creative community to utilize live broadcasts. Most significantly, it enabled direct streaming from its mobile app, a feature that emulates the primary services of apps like Periscope and YouNow. The result has been a 130% increase in the number of posted YouTube live streams over the past year. “When consumers think about video, whether that’s on-demand or live, they think of YouTube,” Mohan said. “Live is one part of the picture.”

Pokemon Go on Hololens

From Engadget

Microvision is a leader in augmented reality displays. Based on my experience, I think Microvision has a distinct advantage in field of view over currently accessible AR devices.

So, this is where we may be going.  It looks like fun, and like it could have a lot of really interesting and also useful applications.

I really want to see a display like this with infrared camera overlay (imagine how useful that could be for firefighters, building inspectors and looking for lost kittens.)

YouTube and Facebook

MicroVision's PicoP is the best mobile video solution there is. Large screen, small form factor. It has the added benefit of making it much easier to share videos and photos with other people. 

We like to see things with other people - to experience it at the same time. This is something that a smart phone screen will never be good at. It's physically impossible to put more than two or three people around a tiny cell phone screen at the same time. 

It's always preferable for us to experience things together: the funny moments, scary, shocking or touching things that we watch on screens we want to share. This is a huge benefit of projection.

Of the three most popular websites on earth, two are media/social networking sites that will make fantastic use of PicoP: YouTube and Facebook.

Share pictures. Share video.

YouTube Stats

• A billion users
• 4 billion in revenue
• 4 billion views/day
• 6 billion hours/month viewed
• 1 billion mobile views / day
• Average mobile viewing session: 40 minutes
• 81% of millennials use YouTube

Facebook Stats:

• 1.5 billion monthly active users
• 1.4 billion daily log ins
• 1.59 billion mobile active users
• 300 million photo uploads / day
• 1 in 5 page views in the US is Facebook

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