109-562: The Furchester Hotel is a puppet series that aired on CBeebies (the BBC 's preschool network). It was the second British-American spin-off of Sesame Street that the BBC had made after Sesame Tree 6 years before. The show ran on CBeebies on 26 September 2014. The show aired in 2016 on Sprout (now Universal Kids ) until March 2, 2019. The Furchester Hotel is a half-star hotel in England that
218-432: A $ 100 reward. Difficulty in finding enough dating videos led to a change of plans, with the site's founders deciding to accept uploads of any video. YouTube began as a venture capital –funded technology startup . Between November 2005 and April 2006, the company raised money from various investors, with Sequoia Capital and Artis Capital Management being the largest two. YouTube's early headquarters were situated above
327-722: A 24-hour schedule (compared to the UK version). The first international launch for the CBeebies channel was in India in May 2007, although the channel was shut down at the end of November 2012 due to "commercial considerations". The Polish CBeebies channel was launched on 2 December 2007, while feeds in Latin America , East , Southeast Asia , South Africa and Australia were launched in late 2008. In March 2011, an on demand version of
436-753: A British think tank, found that harassment against women was flourishing on YouTube. In his 2022 book Like, Comment, Subscribe: Inside YouTube's Chaotic Rise to World Domination , Bloomberg reporter Mark Bergen said that many female content creators were dealing with harassment, bullying, and stalking. YouTube has been criticized for using an algorithm that gives great prominence to videos that promote conspiracy theories, falsehoods and incendiary fringe discourse. According to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal , "YouTube's recommendations often lead users to channels that feature conspiracy theories, partisan viewpoints and misleading videos, even when those users haven't shown interest in such content. When users show
545-562: A baby monster called Adrianna and everyone has a suggestion for how to get her to fall asleep. After Funella checks in Mr. Cuddles, the Furchester family and Cookie Monster catch Monster Pox, a funny illness only monsters get. Harvey P. Dull has to look after them and run the hotel by himself. As the outbreak occurs, Furgus works to find the cure for Monster Pox in order to cure every infected monster. The Furchesters have 1,000 cookies ready for
654-626: A branding strategy, BBC Alba 's unbranded two-hour children's block was split into CBeebies Alba and CBBC Alba , with the former airing during the first hour and the latter airing during the second hour. This block features its own presentation, presenters and shows in Scottish Gaelic . The only presenter shared between the CBeebies Alba block and CBeebies channel is Dodge T. Dog , who appears on an occasional basis. On 15 March 2023, CBeebies rebranded its channel identity, in line with
763-696: A cartoon bear (voiced by Chris Jarvis ) and butterfly (voiced by Sue Monroe ), and with an occasional appearance from a caterpillar, the characters interacted in an animated environment. They also showed pictures that had been sent in on their Message Tree. New strands were introduced on 3 April 2006; Get Set Go from 7.00 am (currently 6.00 am) to 9.00 am, Explorers from 9:00 am to 10:00 am and 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm, Busy Beebies from 10:00 am to 11:45 am and 2:00 pm to 3:45 pm, Story Corner from 11:45 am to 12:00 pm and 3:45 pm to 4:00 pm, and Little Lunchers from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. The Bedtime Hour
872-763: A channel for the MENA region was launched. On 10 March 2017, CBeebies Asia was launched in Taiwan , replacing BBC Entertainment . CBeebies Asia has already launched in Hong Kong , South Korea , Myanmar , the Philippines , Mongolia , Indonesia , Singapore , Thailand , Laos , Maldives , Macau , Sri Lanka and Malaysia . On 13 April 2017, the localised CBeebies feed for Latin America ceased operations along with BBC Earth and BBC Entertainment. On 5 April 2018,
981-456: A children's block and a digital channel. The CBeebies channel launched on 11 February 2002 alongside the CBBC channel , as a spinoff from the BBC's children's television strand . The first four shows to air on the channel were Teletubbies , Binka , Step Inside and Bits and Bobs . CBeebies domestically broadcasts from 5:30 am to 7:00 pm, broadcasting seven days per week. From
1090-405: A claim by The Daily Dot that the views had been deleted due to a violation of the site's terms of service, which ban the use of automated processes to inflate view counts. This was disputed by Billboard , which said that the two billion views had been moved to Vevo, since the videos were no longer active on YouTube. On August 5, 2015, YouTube patched the formerly notorious behavior which caused
1199-431: A database. When a video is uploaded, it is checked against the database, and flags the video as a copyright violation if a match is found. When this occurs, the content owner has the choice of blocking the video to make it unviewable, tracking the viewing statistics of the video, or adding advertisements to the video. An independent test in 2009 uploaded multiple versions of the same song to YouTube and concluded that while
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#17327802369751308-657: A dedicated micro site containing advice for raising children and toddlers called CBeebies Grown-ups, which was relaunched in 2011. The international channels and associated websites are run by BBC Studios . As a result, not all of them are the same and some channels have less extensive websites than other services. CBeebies channels in Asia , Australia, Poland, South Africa and the USA all have their own international variant. BBC Video (and later 2Entertain ) have released several VHS/DVD compilations featuring shows airing on CBeebies at
1417-622: A different character's face shaped as the river and zooms down into where the hotel is and all the Furchester Family can be seen singing where they are joined in by Elmo and Cookie Monster. At the end, all the guests are singing with the Furchester Family, Cookie Monster, and the Tea Time Monsters. When the Furchester Hotel runs out of cookies , Cookie Monster is freaking out and a new guest named Mr. Crumb (who
1526-562: A dinner party at Chen's apartment in San Francisco . Karim did not attend the party and denied that it had occurred, but Chen remarked that the idea that YouTube was founded after a dinner party "was probably very strengthened by marketing ideas around creating a story that was very digestible". Karim said the inspiration for YouTube came from the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy , when Janet Jackson 's breast
1635-641: A fabulous peacock with even more fabulous feathers, enters the hotel with total pizzazz. Everyone is in awe of Mr. Flash's feathers. But when Funella goes to welcome him with furry arms, Mr. Flash tells her that he doesn't want his feathers ruffled. Everyone can look, but not touch. Phoebe and Elmo are about to take him up to his room, the Glam Suite when Funella announces that the Furchester Garden Games are about to start. Mr. Flash decides that he'd like to play too. Wedding bells are ringing at
1744-564: A feature on CBeebies' website since 2013, and as a station on BBC Sounds broadcasting from 6:00 am to 10:00 pm. A CBeebies Weekly magazine, now named just CBeebies Magazine , was first published in 2006. Since March 2013, CBeebies has been carried by the British Forces Broadcasting Service , sharing a channel with BFBS Extra. CBeebies is also available in Ireland. In September 2018 as part of
1853-635: A feed was launched on Digiturk in Turkey . On 1 December 2019, the Australian feed launched in New Zealand on Sky . In March 2020, CBeebies launched on Vietnam’s television provider Msky. In July 2020, it was relaunched in India , but with pan-Asian feed in English audio track only. On 31 October 2020, CBeebies and CBeebies en Español were removed from all cable and satellite providers in
1962-579: A lawsuit against YouTube in November 2006, after being regularly overloaded by people looking for YouTube. Universal Tube subsequently changed its website to www.utubeonline.com . On October 9, 2006, Google announced that they had acquired YouTube for $ 1.65 billion in Google stock. The deal was finalized on November 13, 2006. Google's acquisition launched newfound interest in video-sharing sites; IAC , which now owned Vimeo, focused on supporting
2071-923: A major lawsuit by Viacom International in 2011 that nearly resulted in the discontinuation of the website. The lawsuit was filed as a result of alleged copyright infringement of Viacom's material by YouTube. However, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ruled that YouTube was not liable, and thus YouTube won the case in 2012. Susan Wojcicki was appointed CEO of YouTube in February 2014. In January 2016, YouTube expanded its headquarters in San Bruno by purchasing an office park for $ 215 million. The complex has 51,468 square metres (554,000 square feet) of space and can house up to 2,800 employees. YouTube officially launched
2180-534: A media watchdog group, reported that homophobic and transphobic content calling LGBT people "predators" and "groomers" was becoming more common on YouTube. The report also referred to common accusations in YouTube videos that LGBT people are mentally ill . The report stated the content appeared to be in violation of YouTube's hate speech policy. An August 2022 report by the Center for Countering Digital Hate ,
2289-559: A new office in San Bruno, California . Hurley announced that he would be stepping down as chief executive officer of YouTube to take an advisory role and that Salar Kamangar would take over as head of the company in October 2010. In December 2009, YouTube partnered with Vevo . In April 2010, Lady Gaga's " Bad Romance " became the most viewed video , becoming the first video to reach 200 million views on May 9, 2010. YouTube faced
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#17327802369752398-469: A paid subscription option for watching content without ads. YouTube incorporated Google's AdSense program, generating more revenue for both YouTube and approved content creators. In 2023, YouTube's advertising revenue totaled $ 31.7 billion, a 2% increase from the $ 31.1 billion reported in 2022. From Q4 2023 to Q3 2024, YouTube's combined revenue from advertising and subscriptions exceeded $ 50 billion. Since its purchase by Google, YouTube has expanded beyond
2507-521: A pizzeria and a Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California . In February 2005, the company activated www.youtube.com . The first video was uploaded on April 23, 2005. Titled " Me at the zoo ", it shows co-founder Jawed Karim at the San Diego Zoo and can still be viewed on the site. The same day, the company launched a public beta and by November, a Nike ad featuring Ronaldinho became
2616-425: A political bias in what they choose to view, YouTube typically recommends videos that echo those biases, often with more-extreme viewpoints." After YouTube drew controversy for giving top billing to videos promoting falsehoods and conspiracy when people made breaking-news queries during the 2017 Las Vegas shooting , YouTube changed its algorithm to give greater prominence to mainstream media sources. In 2017, it
2725-472: A set of community guidelines aimed to reduce abuse of the site's features. The uploading of videos containing defamation, pornography, and material encouraging criminal conduct is forbidden by YouTube's "Community Guidelines". Generally prohibited material includes sexually explicit content, videos of animal abuse, shock videos , content uploaded without the copyright holder's consent, hate speech, spam, and predatory behavior. YouTube relies on its users to flag
2834-502: A short-form video platform. During this period, YouTube entered disputes with other tech companies. For over a year, in 2018 and 2019, no YouTube app was available for Amazon Fire products. In 2020, Roku removed the YouTube TV app from its streaming store after the two companies were unable to reach an agreement. After testing earlier in 2021, YouTube removed public display of dislike counts on videos in November 2021, claiming
2943-509: A skit " Lazy Sunday " by The Lonely Island . Besides helping to bolster ratings and long-term viewership for Saturday Night Live , "Lazy Sunday"'s status as an early viral video helped establish YouTube as an important website. Unofficial uploads of the skit to YouTube drew in more than five million collective views by February 2006 before they were removed when NBCUniversal requested it two months later based on copyright concerns. Despite eventually being taken down, these duplicate uploads of
3052-465: A system for automatic detection of uploaded videos that infringe copyright. Google CEO Eric Schmidt regarded this system as necessary for resolving lawsuits such as the one from Viacom , which alleged that YouTube profited from content that it did not have the right to distribute. The system, which was initially called "Video Identification" and later became known as Content ID, creates an ID File for copyrighted audio and video material, and stores it in
3161-591: A third app oriented towards streaming and discovering the music content hosted on the YouTube platform. The company also attempted to create products appealing to specific viewers. YouTube released a mobile app known as YouTube Kids in 2015, designed to provide an experience optimized for children. It features a simplified user interface, curated selections of channels featuring age-appropriate content, and parental control features. Also in 2015, YouTube launched YouTube Gaming—a video gaming -oriented vertical and app for videos and live streaming, intended to compete with
3270-399: A topic from the website, showing viewers' birthday cards, and introducing the shows, well as hosting some of the shows. Many of the presenters have histories as characters in other services or on children's programmes. The international variants feature different personalities per broadcast region. In the UK, the CBeebies channel uses stranded segments throughout the day. On 10 March 2003,
3379-548: A very special pop star named Miss Baa-Baa singing at the hotel. When the power goes out during the show, no-one can see anything and the Furchesters have to think of ways to get the lights working so that the show can go on. At the same time, Funella checks in a family of fireflies called the Glowmings. It's Christmas Eve at the Furchester Hotel as Big Bird and Count von Count work to help the Furchester family get through
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3488-603: A video's view count to freeze at "301" (later "301+") until the actual count was verified to prevent view count fraud . YouTube view counts once again updated in real time. Since September 2019, subscriber counts are abbreviated. Only three leading digits of channels' subscriber counts are indicated publicly, compromising the function of third-party real-time indicators such as that of Social Blade . Exact counts remain available to channel operators inside YouTube Studio. On November 11, 2021, after testing out this change in March of
3597-535: A view and just over 85% of them have fewer than 1,000 views. YouTube has faced numerous challenges and criticisms in its attempts to deal with copyright, including the site's first viral video, Lazy Sunday , which had to be taken down, due to copyright concerns. At the time of uploading a video, YouTube users are shown a message asking them not to violate copyright laws. Despite this advice, many unauthorized clips of copyrighted material remain on YouTube. YouTube does not view videos before they are posted online, and it
3706-460: A wider corporate rebranding across the BBC starting in 2021. This was CBeebies' first rebrand, retiring the logo that the channel had used since its launch 21 years earlier. The new style featured a new logo in line with the BBC's 2021 logo, as well as a revamped appearance of the "Bugbie" characters that had been part of the channel's identity since launch. BBC Studios owns and operates the international CBeebies feeds, with most of them operating on
3815-412: A year and a half later, on August 9, 2024. In late October 2023, YouTube began cracking down on the use of ad blockers on the platform. Users of ad blockers may be given a pop-up warning saying "Video player will be blocked after 3 videos". Users of ad blockers are shown a message asking them to allow ads or inviting them to subscribe to the ad-free YouTube Premium subscription plan. YouTube says that
3924-445: Is a cookie) arrives. Can the Furchesters stop Cookie Monster from eating Mr. Crumb? The Furchesters afford a helper robot called Dot Bot. When it malfunctions, the Furchesters must catch Dot Bot before it causes havoc enough to bother the guests. A world famous rock and roll rooster named Chick Swagger (who is a spoof of Mick Jagger ) is coming to the Furchester Hotel to perform his new song "The Tail Feather Shake." When Chick Swagger
4033-546: Is a shark! Funella has a very exciting idea for the hotel, Musical Monster Mealtimes! She has booked some instruments to play music in the dining room whilst the guests eat. They are Vi & Beau, a violin and bow, and Clara, a jazzy clarinet. Elmo and Phoebe really want to play for the diners too, but Funella tells them they have to practice first. Unfortunately the instruments aren't used to playing with each other and play completely different tunes. It sounds awful. Elmo and Phoebe have to show them how to play nicely together. In
4142-404: Is also the brand used for all BBC content targeted for children aged six years and under. Its sister channel, CBBC , is intended for older children aged six to twelve. It broadcasts every day from 6:00 am to 7:00 pm, timesharing with BBC Four . On 20 November 2001, the CBeebies name was officially revealed as part of the split of the already-existing CBBC block and would be used as both
4251-544: Is an American social media and online video sharing platform owned by Google . YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Steve Chen , Chad Hurley , and Jawed Karim , three former employees of PayPal . Headquartered in San Bruno, California , United States, it is the second-most visited website in the world, after Google Search . In January 2024, YouTube had more than 2.7 billion monthly active users , who collectively watched more than one billion hours of videos every day. As of May 2019 , videos were being uploaded to
4360-585: Is left to copyright holders to issue a DMCA takedown notice pursuant to the terms of the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act . Any successful complaint about copyright infringement results in a YouTube copyright strike . Three successful complaints for copyright infringement against a user account will result in the account and all of its uploaded videos being deleted. From 2007 to 2009 organizations including Viacom , Mediaset , and
4469-786: Is owned by a monster family called the Furchester-Fuzz Family. The Furchester-Fuzz Family alongside Elmo and Cookie Monster figure out how to solve different issues that are developed by the guests of the Furchester Hotel. The series is a British-American co-production. It promotes problem-solving as the monsters try to figure out issues developed by their unique guests. Production of fifty-two 11-minute episodes (for two seasons) began on February 24, 2014 at dock10 studios , MediaCityUK takes about 3 months and ended on May 18, 2014. On 14 November 2014 Sesame Street's YouTube channel began airing full episodes of The Furchester Hotel each week. In February 2016, The Furchester Hotel
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4578-468: Is running late, the Furchesters must work to keep his chicken fans distracted while they await his arrival. Cookies mysteriously start to disappear around the hotel and framed Cookie Monster. It is up to the Furchesters to find who is eating them all. Isabel was the only witness to the action where she mistakes Cookie Monster's British cousin Biscuit Monster as Cookie Monster. The Furchester has
4687-591: The Alton Towers theme park, it contains a range of themed rides, attractions and live entertainment based around various popular CBeebies programmes. It offers various indoor and outdoor activities aimed at making an immersive and interactive world for children and young families. The site based within Alton Towers Resort in Staffordshire includes some of the more popular characters from
4796-499: The Amazon.com -owned Twitch . The company was attacked on April 3, 2018, when a shooting occurred at YouTube's headquarters in San Bruno, California, which wounded four and resulted in the death of the shooter. By February 2017, one billion hours of YouTube videos were being watched every day, and 400 hours worth of videos were uploaded every minute. Two years later, the uploads had risen to more than 500 hours per minute. During
4905-455: The CBeebies house's living room, Lunch Time in the kitchen, and Bedtime Hour in the bedroom; and Sidney Sloane (plus Andy Day when he joined the channel later in 2007) presenting Get, Set, Go! in the living room and Big Fun Time in the garage. However, since moving production to Manchester this is no longer the case, with the exception of Bedtime Hour which is presented from the area nearest
5014-619: The COVID-19 pandemic , when most of the world was under stay-at-home orders , usage of services like YouTube significantly increased. One data firm estimated that YouTube was accounting for 15% of all internet traffic , twice its pre-pandemic level. In response to EU officials requesting that such services reduce bandwidth as to make sure medical entities had sufficient bandwidth to share information, YouTube and Netflix stated they would reduce streaming quality for at least thirty days as to cut bandwidth use of their services by 25% to comply with
5123-579: The Director of Children's and Education , Patricia Hildago Reina (since 2020). The direction of the domestic CBeebies channel itself rested with Kay Benbow , the last Controller of the channel commissioning all CBeebies content across BBC television, online, interactive TV and radio. She took over from the first controller Michael Carrington in 2010. In 2017 it was announced that the CBeebies controller post would close in December 2017 and all content for
5232-469: The "polymer" redesign of its user interfaces based on Material Design language as its default, as well a redesigned logo that is built around the service's play button emblem in August 2017. Through this period, YouTube tried several new ways to generate revenue beyond advertisements. In 2013, YouTube launched a pilot program for content providers to offer premium, subscription-based channels. This effort
5341-407: The 1,000th guest to claim as a present. The guest arrives....except it's Harvey P Dull. Cookie Monster then has an idea and disappears. A moment later, a very suspicious-looking guest arrives....it's Cookie Monster dressed up! As the Furchesters try to stop Cookie Monster eating the cookies, the real 1,000th guest arrives only there are two of them....a chicken and an egg. Which came first? Mr. Flash,
5450-532: The Bedtime Hour has a few different idents. In 2016, new idents were made for each block, replacing the old ones and the slimy moving background idents were rarely shown. Idents featuring the CBeebies House with it changing to effect the current season have been used from 2016 to 2023. On 15 March 2023, CBeebies underwent a rebranding by Blue Zoo to fully-adopt the BBC's new corporate branding , with
5559-482: The Bedtime Hour was introduced. It aired shows such as Rubbadubbers , The Story Makers , 64 Zoo Lane and Andy Pandy . From 3 April to 19 December 2004, each weekend afternoon was divided into five segments, which were presented by one of each of the then-current presenters, namely Chris Jarvis , Nicole Davis , Pui Fan Lee , Sidney Sloane and Sue Monroe . Each was given a core theme (for instance Sid's segment included "building and making" programmes such as Bob
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#17327802369755668-475: The Bugs reimagined in a rounded square-shaped form to evoke the BBC logo, and a new suite of idents and animated scenes incorporating two- and three-dimensional elements. Live presenters have been on CBeebies since the channel's launch. They are used to fill the gaps between the shows that air on the channel, speaking directly to the child, doing certain activities such as arts and crafts, leading activities based on
5777-522: The Builder , Sue's included arts and crafts related programmes and so on). The five segments aired from 1:00 pm until 6:00 pm; and the segmentation was later dispensed in December 2004, although the presenters still wore their respective colours for several months afterwards. They also cropped up in props used in links, such as coloured plates. The five coloured room sections ran from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm and included: A new strand entitled
5886-420: The CBeebies brand would be commissioned by a new, pan BBC Children's role entitled Head of Content. In January 2021 it was announced that the decision would be reversed, and a new Head of Commissioning and Acquisitions for preschoolers (0–6) would be appointed. Internationally, CBeebies is owned by BBC Studios , which operate the brand. The links between programmes on CBeebies are primarily achieved through
5995-627: The Carrot Club was introduced in 2003, which had a female voiceover presenting where we are shown to toddlers running around and playing with toys. A new strand entitled Pick and Play was shown for the first time in June 2004, in which viewers contacted CBeebies via the website and other means to suggest programmes they would like to see. Also, in September 2005, a new strand called Bear and Butterfly launched, showing on weekend mornings. Presented by
6104-520: The EU's request. YouTube later announced that they would continue with this move worldwide: "We continue to work closely with governments and network operators around the globe to do our part to minimize stress on the system during this unprecedented situation." Following a 2018 complaint alleging violations of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the company was fined $ 170 million by
6213-579: The English Premier League have filed lawsuits against YouTube, claiming that it has done too little to prevent the uploading of copyrighted material. In August 2008, a US court ruled in Lenz v. Universal Music Corp. that copyright holders cannot order the removal of an online file without first determining whether the posting reflected fair use of the material. YouTube's owner Google announced in November 2015 that they would help cover
6322-618: The FTC for collecting personal information from minors under the age of 13. YouTube was also ordered to create systems to increase children's privacy. Following criticisms of its implementation of those systems, YouTube started treating all videos designated as "made for kids" as liable under COPPA on January 6, 2020. Joining the YouTube Kids app, the company created a supervised mode, designed more for tweens , in 2021. Additionally, to compete with TikTok , YouTube released YouTube Shorts ,
6431-581: The Foxtel shutdown, CBeebies and BBC Kids were removed from Fetch TV on 31 October 2024, marking CBeebies to cease operations in Australia after nearly 16 years. In the UK, CBeebies is operated by the BBC Children's and Education division and part of BBC North . The division is also responsible for CBBC and overall strategic responsibility for all of the BBC's domestic services for children rests with
6540-419: The Furchester Hotel. In the garden, the wedding between an Owl and a Cat has taken place and now it's cake time! Furgus and Phoebe go to get the cake. In the meantime, Funella decides to sing a special song that she's written for the occasion. Furgus and Phoebe walk through to the dining room where there is a huge cake waiting for them, but that's not all. Gonger shouts that there's another piece to go on top. It's
6649-565: The US, the show is on YouTube , Sesame Street Go , iTunes , and as of 26 September 2016, on Sprout . In Australia, the show was airing on 13 April 2015 at 7:30 am on ABC Kids . In South Africa, Poland and Australia, the show was airing on CBeebies . In the UK, Canada, Spain, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Hong Kong and Singapore, the show is on Netflix . In Canada, the show is on Knowledge Kids , TVOKids and CBC Kids . In Ireland ,
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#17327802369756758-595: The United States. On 11 January 2022, BBC Kids launched as a FAST channel on Pluto TV in the United States , which airs select CBeebies and CBBC shows from the BBC Studios catalogue. A version of the channel that airs Spanish-dubbed programming titled "Niños por BBC" was launched on the same day. Both channels have since been removed. BBC Kids continues to be available on Samsung TV Plus in
6867-645: The United States. On 15 December 2022, the Asian feed of CBeebies was launched as a preview channel on Astro , then replaced Boomerang on 1 February 2023. A planned rebrand for the Polish version of CBeebies was cancelled in March 2024 after the departure of presenter Aneta Piotrowska , which is why Polish people see idents with the new branding sometimes. It was announced that CBeebies on Foxtel in Australia would be removed on 31 July 2024, alongside BBC First, BBC Earth, BBC News, and A&E . However, 3 months after
6976-520: The announcement, software developer Dmitry Selivanov created Return YouTube Dislike, an open-source , third-party browser extension for Chrome and Firefox that allows users to see a video's number of dislikes. In a letter published on January 25, 2022, by then YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki , acknowledged that removing public dislike counts was a controversial decision, but reiterated that she stands by this decision, claiming that "it reduced dislike attacks." In 2022, YouTube launched an experiment where
7085-407: The announcer shouts 'go', a sleeping cat wakes up and darts into Jasper and he hurts his paw. Mr. Vincent, a very kind guest, arrives at the Furchester Hotel. He's a sfish who wears a very big cape, but soon the cape starts to cause problems like knocking things over and getting stuck in the doors. But Mr. Vincent seems scared to take it off. Soon it becomes apparent why he wears the cape. Mr. Vincent
7194-470: The biggest, most beautiful cake ever. However, it's so big that they have problems getting it through to the garden! The Furchesters are getting ready for the Woof Woof Games, where three special dogs have to take on three dog challenges. As they are getting ready, Jasper, the winner from last year, arrives with his excitable son Sparky. Jasper and the other dogs line up to start the games, but when
7303-460: The company again changed its interface and at the same time, introduced a new logo with a darker shade of red. A subsequent interface change, designed to unify the experience across desktop, TV, and mobile, was rolled out in 2013. By that point, more than 100 hours were being uploaded every minute, increasing to 300 hours by November 2014. During this time, the company also went through some organizational changes. In October 2006, YouTube moved to
7412-400: The company simplified its interface to increase the time users would spend on the site. In 2011, more than three billion videos were being watched each day with 48 hours of new videos uploaded every minute. However, most of these views came from a relatively small number of videos; according to a software engineer at that time, 30% of videos accounted for 99% of views on the site. That year,
7521-558: The company was bought by eBay . Hurley had studied design at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania , and Chen and Karim studied computer science together at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign . According to a story that has often been repeated in the media, Hurley and Chen developed the idea for YouTube during the early months of 2005, after they had experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at
7630-672: The company would show users who watched longer videos on TVs a long chain of short un-skippable adverts, intending to consolidate all ads into the beginning of a video. Following public outrage over the unprecedented amount of un-skippable ads, YouTube "ended" the experiment on September 19 of that year. In October, YouTube announced that they would be rolling out customizable user handles in addition to channel names, which would also become channel URLs. On February 16, 2023, Wojcicki announced that she would step down as CEO, with Neal Mohan named as her successor. Wojcicki took on an advisory role for Google and parent company Alphabet . Wojcicki died
7739-424: The content creators to distinguish itself from YouTube. It is at this time YouTube issued the slogan "Broadcast Yourself". The company experienced rapid growth. The Daily Telegraph wrote that in 2007, YouTube consumed as much bandwidth as the entire Internet in 2000. By 2010, the company had reached a market share of around 43% and more than 14 billion views of videos, according to comScore . That year,
7848-573: The content of videos as inappropriate, and a YouTube employee will view a flagged video to determine whether it violates the site's guidelines. Despite the guidelines,YouTube has faced criticism over aspects of its operations, its recommendation algorithms perpetuating videos that promote conspiracy theories and falsehoods, hosting videos ostensibly targeting children but containing violent or sexually suggestive content involving popular characters , videos of minors attracting pedophilic activities in their comment sections, and fluctuating policies on
7957-756: The core website into mobile apps , network television, and the ability to link with other platforms. Video categories on YouTube include music videos , video clips , news , short and feature films , songs , documentaries , movie trailers , teasers , TV spots , live streams , vlogs , and more. Most content is generated by individuals , including collaborations between " YouTubers " and corporate sponsors. Established media, news, and entertainment corporations have also created and expanded their visibility to YouTube channels in order to reach greater audiences. YouTube has had unprecedented social impact , influencing popular culture, internet trends, and creating multimillionaire celebrities. Despite its growth and success,
8066-722: The development via their Facebook and Twitter accounts. The fourth reveal on 7 January was that of Nina and the Neurons It was an interactive science lab. The latest additions to CBeebies Land were in Spring 2022. In December 2021, it was confirmed that Alton Towers were adding three new attractions to CBeebies Land, there was Hey Duggee: The Big Adventure Badge which had replaced Tree Fu Tom Training Camp, Andy's Adventures Dinosaur Dig which replaced Mr Bloom's Alloment and JoJo and GranGran at Home which replaced Charlie and Lola's Moonsquirters & Green drops. YouTube YouTube
8175-468: The dispute was resolved. Since April 2016, videos continue to be monetized while the dispute is in progress, and the money goes to whoever won the dispute. Should the uploader want to monetize the video again, they may remove the disputed audio in the "Video Manager". YouTube has cited the effectiveness of Content ID as one of the reasons why the site's rules were modified in December 2010 to allow some users to upload videos of unlimited length. YouTube has
8284-483: The dispute with GEMA was resolved, with Google content ID being used to allow advertisements to be added to videos with content protected by GEMA. In April 2013, it was reported that Universal Music Group and YouTube have a contractual agreement that prevents content blocked on YouTube by a request from UMG from being restored, even if the uploader of the video files a DMCA counter-notice. As part of YouTube Music, Universal and YouTube signed an agreement in 2017, which
8393-495: The existing Google Play Music service. The service continued to evolve in 2015 when YouTube announced YouTube Red , a new premium service that would offer ad-free access to all content on the platform (succeeding the Music Key service released the previous year), premium original series, and films produced by YouTube personalities, as well as background playback of content on mobile devices. YouTube also released YouTube Music ,
8502-569: The first video to reach one million total views. The site launched officially on December 15, 2005, by which time the site was receiving 8 million views a day. Clips at the time were limited to 100 megabytes, as little as 30 seconds of footage. YouTube was not the first video-sharing site on the Internet; Vimeo was launched in November 2004, though that site remained a side project of its developers from CollegeHumor . The week of YouTube's launch, NBC-Universal's Saturday Night Live ran
8611-408: The holiday even when they were unable to tell Santa Claus that they are away from Sesame Street. Two very excitable rabbits named Mr. and Mrs. Warren check into the hotel. The rabbits love to hop up and down, so they want to stay in the lift instead of a room. At the same time, the Furchester family is holding a rooftop concert where John Lemmon is performing. The Furchester family is looking after
8720-596: The house's bed. While the lunchtime story is usually read by one of the regular presenters at about 1:00 with an often repeated story, the final show of each day, known as CBeebies Bedtime Stories (known as Stòiridh in Scottish Gaelic and airing on BBC Alba ) is read by a guest storyteller, including well known actors, comedians, singers/musicians and past presenters of BBC children's television, including David Walliams , Tom Hardy , Ed Sheeran , Steve Carell , Billie Eilish , Ryan Reynolds , Paloma Faith and Jack Black . The channel launched on 10 December 2013, though
8829-802: The job. Controversial moderation decisions have included material relating to Holocaust denial , the Hillsborough disaster , Anthony Bourdain 's death, and the Notre-Dame fire . In July 2008, the Culture and Media Committee of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom stated that it was "unimpressed" with YouTube's system for policing its videos, and argued that "proactive review of content should be standard practice for sites hosting user-generated content". In June 2022, Media Matters ,
8938-404: The launch of the UK channel in February 2002 and showcases a child friendly site with activities themed to various CBeebies programmes, past and present, with games, songs and print-outs featuring for nearly all the shows. The UK version also features links to CBeebies iPlayer , a child friendly version of the BBC iPlayer site or app featuring CBeebies programmes only, to CBeebies radio player and
9047-449: The launch of the channel until 1 March 2002, CBeebies timeshared with fellow BBC channel BBC Knowledge but since 2 March 2002, it now timeshares with BBC Four , which is on air after CBeebies shuts down for the night at 7:00 pm. CBeebies was joined in March 2007 by its own radio station, aptly named CBeebies Radio , which broadcast for three hours each day on BBC Radio 7 until April 2011. CBeebies Radio, however, has continued as
9156-588: The legal cost in select cases where they believe fair use defenses apply. In the 2011 case of Smith v. Summit Entertainment LLC , professional singer Matt Smith sued Summit Entertainment for the wrongful use of copyright takedown notices on YouTube. He asserted seven causes of action , and four were ruled in Smith's favor. In April 2012, a court in Hamburg ruled that YouTube could be held responsible for copyrighted material posted by its users. On November 1, 2016,
9265-583: The move of the BBC Children's department there. As is with the rest of the BBC's channels, there is a lack of advertisements and programmes are occasionally broken up by trailers for new shows, new seasons of said shows or events. CBeebies uses many identities throughout the day during the breaks in between shows. Most of these idents feature the mascots, named the Bugs, also known as the Bugbies. The Bugbies are yellow blobs with faces, and are similar to
9374-631: The network was launched in the United States and is available on Xfinity . On 13 May 2011, CBeebies was launched as a programme block on the channel BBC Kids in Canada , available on weekdays between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm. It served a similar schedule to the main channel. The block ceased alongside its main channel on 31 December 2018, with some programmes moving to Knowledge Kids . In April 2015, BBC Worldwide signed with South Korean broadcaster KBS and Japanese broadcaster Kids Station to launch CBeebies blocks on both channels. In April 2016,
9483-479: The ones used by CBBC between 2002 and 2005, with the only difference being the colour: green for CBBC and yellow for CBeebies with both using purple as a similarity. Most idents before the late 2010's feature children saying the channel name twice once the logo appears except the Bedtime idents. The idents have used a moving blobby, slimy-like background or rounded shapes in any colour. Each block has its own ident, and
9592-420: The original channel for guests to meet. Described as a 'fun environment for pre-schoolers to play and learn' by critics. Before CBeebies Land, Alton Towers did not have enough rides suitable for young children and since opening, CBeebies Land now makes visiting the amusement park exciting for younger children. At the start of the year, the theme park sporadically released information on the characters involved in
9701-492: The platform at a rate of more than 500 hours of content per minute, and as of 2023 , there were approximately 14 billion videos in total. On the 9th of October 2006, YouTube was purchased by Google for $ 1.65 billion (equivalent to $ 2.31 billion in 2023). Google expanded YouTube's business model of generating revenue from advertisements alone, to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive content produced by and for YouTube. It also offers YouTube Premium ,
9810-450: The platform has been criticized for its facilitation of the spread of misinformation and copyrighted content , routinely violating its users' privacy , excessive censorship , endangering the safety of children and their well-being , and for its inconsistent implementation of platform guidelines. YouTube was founded by Steve Chen , Chad Hurley , and Jawed Karim . The trio were early employees of PayPal , which left them enriched after
9919-447: The reason for the removal was, based on its internal research, that users often used the dislike feature as a form of cyberbullying and brigading . While some users praised the move as a way to discourage trolls , others felt that hiding dislikes would make it harder for viewers to recognize clickbait or unhelpful videos and that other features already existed for creators to limit bullying. YouTube co-founder Jawed Karim referred to
10028-570: The same year, YouTube announced it would start hiding dislike counts on videos, making them invisible to viewers. The company stated the decision was in response to experiments which confirmed that smaller YouTube creators were more likely to be targeted in dislike brigading and harassment. Creators will still be able to see the number of likes and dislikes in the YouTube Studio dashboard tool, according to YouTube. YouTube has an estimate 14 billion videos with about 5% of those never having
10137-411: The show was dubbed into Irish language called "Óstán Furchester" on Cúla 4 on 6 June 2018. In Mexico, the show premiered on Azteca 7 on June 20, 2022 as “Plaza Sésamo: El Hotel Furchester”. In Asia, the show aired on Disney Junior Southeast Asia . (USA/Italy) CBeebies CBeebies is a British free-to-air public broadcast children's television channel owned and operated by the BBC . It
10246-518: The skit helped popularize YouTube's reach and led to the upload of more third-party content. The site grew rapidly; in July 2006, the company announced that more than 65,000 new videos were being uploaded every day and that the site was receiving 100 million video views per day. The choice of the name www.youtube.com led to problems for a similarly named website, www.utube.com . That site's owner, Universal Tube & Rollform Equipment , filed
10355-447: The system was "surprisingly resilient" in finding copyright violations in the audio tracks of videos, it was not infallible. The use of Content ID to remove material automatically has led to controversy in some cases, as the videos have not been checked by a human for fair use. If a YouTube user disagrees with a decision by Content ID, it is possible to fill in a form disputing the decision. Before 2016, videos were not monetized until
10464-426: The time. As of 2014, Abbey Home Media releases the compilations. Five CBeebies-branded CDs have been released, 'CBeebies: The Official Album' in 2002, 'My CBeebies Album' in 2006, 'My CBeebies Album (Christmas Edition)' in 2007, 'CBeebies: Song Time' in 2010, and 'CBeebies: The Album' in 2012. CBeebies Land opened in May 2014. Designed as a retheme of the previous Storybook Land and Old McDonald's Farmyard areas of
10573-420: The types of content that is eligible to be monetized with advertising. YouTube contracts companies to hire content moderators, who view content flagged as potentially violating YouTube's content policies and determines if they should be removed. In September 2020, a class-action suit was filed by a former content moderator who reported developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) after an 18-month period on
10682-430: The update as "a stupid idea", and that the real reason behind the change was "not a good one, and not one that will be publicly disclosed." He felt that users' ability on a social platform to identify harmful content was essential, saying, "The process works, and there's a name for it: the wisdom of the crowds . The process breaks when the platform interferes with it. Then, the platform invariably declines." Shortly after
10791-597: The use of in-vision continuity , using presenters to interact with the children. In the UK, links are recorded rather than broadcast live, as is the case on sister channel CBBC. They were originally recorded from studio TC0 at BBC Television Centre in London, but moved out in 2008 to Teddington Studios , and returned briefly in 2010. From September 2011 onwards, the links have been based at the BBC's northern base at studios HQ5 and HQ6 in Dock10 studios at MediaCityUK following
10900-450: The use of ad blockers violates its terms of service. In April 2024, YouTube announced it would be "strengthening our enforcement on third-party apps that violate YouTube's Terms of Service, specifically ad-blocking apps". YouTube has been led by a CEO since its founding in 2005, beginning with Chad Hurley , who led the company until 2010. After Google's acquisition of YouTube, the CEO role
11009-554: Was briefly exposed by Justin Timberlake during the halftime show. Karim could not easily find video clips of the incident and the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami online, which led to the idea of a video-sharing site. Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an online dating service and had been influenced by the website Hot or Not . They created posts on Craigslist asking attractive women to upload videos of themselves to YouTube in exchange for
11118-465: Was discontinued in January 2018 and relaunched in June, with US$ 4.99 channel subscriptions. These channel subscriptions complemented the existing Super Chat ability, launched in 2017, which allows viewers to donate between $ 1 and $ 500 to have their comment highlighted. In 2014, YouTube announced a subscription service known as "Music Key", which bundled ad-free streaming of music content on YouTube with
11227-411: Was estimated that visitors to YouTube spent an average of 15 minutes a day on the site, in contrast to the four or five hours a day spent by a typical US citizen watching television. In 2017, viewers on average watched YouTube on mobile devices for more than an hour every day. In December 2012, two billion views were removed from the view counts of Universal and Sony music videos on YouTube, prompting
11336-487: Was followed by separate agreements other major labels, which gave the company the right to advertising revenue when its music was played on YouTube. By 2019, creators were having videos taken down or demonetized when Content ID identified even short segments of copyrighted music within a much longer video, with different levels of enforcement depending on the record label. Experts noted that some of these clips said qualified for fair use. In June 2007, YouTube began trials of
11445-623: Was renewed for Season 2 which began production on May 16, 2016 and ended on August 19, 2016. It consists of 50 episodes and a double-length Christmas episode as well as guest appearances by Big Bird , Count von Count , and the Yip Yips . The second season began on 31 October 2016. On 26 September 2016, Sprout started airing The Furchester Hotel on weekdays. Reruns were aired until 2 March 2019. On 23 December 2017, The Furchester Hotel started airing in Canada on CBC Kids . The show opens with
11554-424: Was retained, though. On 19 March 2007, these segments were dropped (apart from Get Set Go and Bedtime Hour) and modified to denote the time of day and the levels of activity, including: When these segments were initially introduced, each segment featured its own presenting team and set, with Chris Jarvis and Pui Fan Lee ( Alex Winters and Cerrie Burnell after they left in 2009) presenting Discover and Do in
11663-862: Was retained. Salar Kamangar took over Hurley's position and kept the job until 2014. He was replaced by Susan Wojcicki , who later resigned in 2023. The current CEO is Neal Mohan , who was appointed on February 16, 2023. YouTube offers different features based on user verification, such as standard or basic features like uploading videos, creating playlists, and using YouTube Music , with limits based on daily activity (verification via phone number or channel history increases feature availability and daily usage limits); intermediate or additional features like longer videos (over 15 minutes), live streaming, custom thumbnails, and creating podcasts; advanced features like content ID appeals, embedding live streams, applying for monetization, clickable links, adding chapters, and pinning comments on videos or posts. In January 2012, it
11772-486: Was revealed that advertisements were being placed on extremist videos, including videos by rape apologists, anti-Semites, and hate preachers who received ad payouts. After firms started to stop advertising on YouTube in the wake of this reporting, YouTube apologized and said that it would give firms greater control over where ads got placed. University of North Carolina professor Zeynep Tufekci has referred to YouTube as "The Great Radicalizer", saying "YouTube may be one of
11881-464: Was rolled-out nationwide up to June 2014 (as did BBC News HD , CBBC HD and BBC Four HD ). The channel broadcasts on a commercially operated HD multiplex on Freeview, with limited geographic coverage compared with other multiplexes, and shares its stream with BBC Four HD as they air at different times. Prior to launch, the majority of CBeebies' HD output was broadcast on BBC HD before its closure on 26 March 2013. The CBeebies website coincided with
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