Published 4 years ago

YouTube Announces TikTok Copycat ‘YouTube Shorts’ for 15-Second Videos

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YouTube is launching YouTube Shorts: a new tool for creating and sharing short-form videos up to 15 seconds long, a format popularized by TikTok. The move by YouTube to copy TikTok comes as the future of TikTok remains uncertain. Oracle emerged as the top bidder to become the “technology partner” for TikTok, under a deal […]

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Reuters

Alphabet's YouTube to launch TikTok-like product

- Alphabet Inc's YouTube is rolling out its version of social media rival TikTok, a new short-form video service called Shorts, enabled within its video-sharing platform. YouTube will first test the feature in India over the next few days and then expand to more countries in the coming months, it said in a blog post on Monday. YouTube's new product, which will

4 years ago·United Kingdom

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NDTV

YouTube Shorts, Yet Another TikTok Competitor, Launched in India

YouTube Shorts, a short video feature from YouTube that allows you to share 15 second videos, was launched by Google on Tuesday. Sound familiar? Yes, we have yet another TikTok competitor, this time...

4 years ago·New Delhi, India

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CNN

YouTube announces its own TikTok competitor

YouTube's own TikTok copycat is here.

4 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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South China Morning Post

YouTube to launch short-form video feature in India after TikTok ban

YouTube will be testing its new short-form video feature in India, where ByteDance-owned TikTok – often credited for popularising the format – has been banned since June.The new feature, called Shorts, will be part of YouTube’s existing app and allow creators to “shoot short, catchy videos using nothing but their mobile phones”, the Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform said in a post on its official blog.Digital media site The Information first…

4 years ago·Hong Kong

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CNBC

YouTube announces TikTok competitor in India, where TikTok is banned

YouTube on Monday unveiled Shorts, a short-form video feature that's aiming to directly compete with TikTok.

4 years ago·United States

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IBTimes

YouTube Tests TikTok Rival In India

YouTube on Monday began testing a TikTok rival in India, saying it would refine its short video format and roll it out in more countries in coming months. YouTube Shorts made its debut as TikTok pursues a partnership with Oracle that it hopes will spare it from being shut-down in the US by President Donald Trump. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Monday confirmed a bid from Oracle concerning TikTok's American operations after the video-sharin…

4 years ago·United States

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