Tag: youtube
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YouTube appoints Nigerian Okosi MD of Europe, Middle East, Africa
YouTube on Tuesday appointed Nigerian Alex Okosi as Managing Director of Emerging Markets for YouTube in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) to further drive expansion and fuel growth in these areas. Okosi will be responsible for running YouTube’s business and partnership teams across emerging markets in EMEA including Russia, the Middle East, North and…
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Davido becomes most viewed Nigerian artiste on YouTube
Singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido has become the most viewed Nigerian artiste on streaming platform, YouTube. News Agency of Nigeria reports that the ‘Aye’ singer has amassed over 500 million views across all his uploads on the platform to achieve this feat. In January, Davido’s hit song, ‘Fall’ beat Yemi Alade’s ‘Johnny’ to…
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Yemi Alade becomes first female African artiste to hit 1m YouTube subscribers
Music diva, Yemi Alade has made history as the first female African artist to hit one million subscribers on video streaming platform, YouTube. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that this feat comes months after Alade became the second Nigerian artist to hit hundred million views on YouTube for the song, ‘Johnny’. The ‘Oh My…
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D’banj to launch YouTube reality show
Superstar singer, Daniel Oyebanjo aka D’banj is set to launch a reality show ‘Adventures of a Kokomaster’ on YouTube. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that D’banj, who is also known as the ‘Kokomaster’, announced the upcoming show on his Instagram page @iambangalee on Wednesday. He said, “Adventures of the Kokomaster launches on YouTube on…
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YouTube, SnapChat, several Google services suffer massive outages
Several Google services and some services hosted on Google’s Cloud service, suffered massive outages on Sunday. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the massive outages was due to apparent problems with Google’s Cloud service. The internet giants confirmed the development, saying “Our team is continuing to investigate this issue”. However, Google has said normalcy has been resolved, after…
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EU countries endorse copyright reforms targeted at Google, Facebook
European Union countries on Wednesday supported an overhaul of the Union’s copyright rules which would force Facebook and Google to pay publishers for news snippets. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the copyright reforms would also force the two internet giants to filter out copyright-protected content on YouTube or Instagram. A majority of EU diplomats agreed to the…
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YouTube features Tenientertainer as ‘Artist On The Rise’
Rave of the moment, Teniola Apata, a.k.a ‘Teni the entertainer’ has been featured by YouTube as its trending ’Artist On The Rise’ in 2019. The talented singer, attained the feat with her hit single ‘Case’, making her the latest artist to look out for on ‘Artist On The Rise’ platform dedicated to highlighting new music…
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Google announces top YouTube ads of 2018
YouTube on Friday announced the top advertisements (Ads) of the year globally for 2018, with Nigeria’s top ads representing 17 million views, an official has said. The Google Country Manager, Mrs Juliet Ehimuan-Chiazor, said that the top 10 ads on the Nigerian Leaderboard represented over 17 million views. According to her, the top ads of…
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Creative industries to benefit from EU online copyright reform
The creative industries will benefit from online copyright reform as the European Union (EU) is set to rewrite its two-decades-old copyright rules. The online copyright reform will force Google and Facebook to share revenue with the creative industries and remove copyright-protected content on YouTube or Instagram. Negotiators from the EU countries, the European Parliament and…
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Yemi Alade’s ‘Johnny’ hits N100m views on Youtube
Nigerian afro-pop singer, Yemi Eberechi Alade, a.k.a Yemi Alade, has hit one hundred million view mark on her YouTube platform and emerged second Nigerian artiste to attain the feat. Alade made this achievement with the video of her hit single ‘Johnny’ which she released in 2014. According to report, the music hit one million view…