YouTube Mobile / Google TV London Hackathon, July 6-8, 2012
	*Hello,* * * *on July 6th-8th YouTube and Google TV teams are hosting a hackathon in London, UK at The Campus ([link]). If you are building Android smartphone, tablet, or Google TV Android applications and need to incorporate high-quality YouTube video playback in your product... more » By Jarek Wilkiewicz  - May 25 2012 - 1 new of 1 message

	Changes to Insight API reports
	Hello Folks, I want to bring up two changes to the reports returned by the YouTube Insight API [link] One change that recently took place, and one is planned for next week. Both changes are related to the information found in this blog post... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - May 9 2012 - 1 new of 1 message

	An Update to Our Deprecation Policy
	Hello Folks, Please take the time to read through this blog post, detailing a change to the YouTube API deprecation policy: [link] Cheers, -Jeff Posnick, YouTube API Team groups.google.com/group/youtub e-api-gdata | apiblog.youtube.com |... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Apr 20 2012 - 1 new of 1 message

	Upgrading Old Embed Codes
	Hello Folks, We’d like to let the community know about an upcoming change that will affect some developers using Flash-only players in their webpages or applications. Previously, a URL like [link] would default to the ActionScript 2 version of the Flash player, and... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Apr 17 2012 - 1 new of 1 message

	Please Test: Additional thumbnail size coming soon
	Hello Folks, Starting today in our staging environment ([link] 2008/11/all-worlds-stage.html) ,you’ll find an additional thumbnail entry listed for each video. The thumbnail is identified with the “yt:name” attribute of “mqdefault” and its size is 320 x 180 pixels.... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Apr 4 2012 - 1 new of 1 message

	A Friendly Update
	Hello Folks, If you're currently using the YouTube Data API's friendsactivity feed ([link] developers_guide_protocol_acti vity_feeds.html#Friend_activit y_feeds), we have a new blog post up with some important information about a change in behavior that you should read:... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Dec 7 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

	Read-only Downtime: Dec. 6
	Hello Folks, YouTube.com, and by extension the YouTube API, will be in read-only mode on Tuesday, December 6 starting at 7:00am PST. This should last for approximately 4 to 6 hours. YouTube API calls that create or update metadata or videos will fail during this period of time. As a best practice, we recommend making... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Nov 28 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

	Our New Search List Embedded Player
	We’re happy to let web developers and video embedders know about a new way of displaying YouTube videos on your pages: an embedded player that displays the results of a YouTube search. This is powered by the same visual interface that’s used for our new playlist player, and uses a similar <iframe> mechanism as other types of embeds.... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Nov 1 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

	Read-only Downtime: Oct. 4
	Hello Folks, YouTube.com, and by extension the YouTube API, will be in read-only mode on Tuesday, October 4 starting at 5:00pm PDT. This should last for approximately 4 to 6 hours. YouTube API calls that create or update metadata or videos will fail during this period of time. As a best practice, we recommend making... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Sep 28 2011 - 1 new of 1 message

Upcoming change to the AS3 player for format=5 media:content URLs

I want to let folks know about a change in the YouTube Data API that's scheduled to start rolling out September 27. The change affects the URLs returned in <media:content> elements for embeddedable videos. Currently, if you examine the <media:content> elements for an embeddable YouTube video, you'll see an entry with yt:format='5' that... more » By Jeffrey Posnick  - Sep 14 2011 - 1 new of 1 message