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YouTube Opens to Developers

Expect more options for videos soon—including watching them on TiVo

By Laila Weir,  Newser User

Posted Mar 14, 2008 1:12 PM CDT
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(Newser) – YouTube is opening up to software developers, the company said Wednesday. Programmers can create new interfaces to play videos, for example, or let users upload clips to YouTube directly from other sites. And later this year, viewers will be able to watch YouTube videos via TiVo. The open platform won’t create revenue, Technology Review reports, but YouTube hopes it will attract more users.

In turn, more registered users could eventually translate into advertising dollars. Game developer Electronic Arts already has a YouTube feature in the works that will let players quickly record and upload a video of a creature they create in the game Spore. And Animoto, a maker of online photo slideshows, is letting users share their slideshows via YouTube in just one click.

Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo, attends the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock market in New York on July 25, 2007. Viewers will soon be able to watch YouTube videos via TiVo.
Tom Rogers, CEO of TiVo, attends the opening bell at the Nasdaq stock market in New York on July 25, 2007. Viewers will soon be able to watch YouTube videos via TiVo.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
YouTube international manager Sakina Arsiwala speaks to media during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008.
YouTube international manager Sakina Arsiwala speaks to media during a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2008.   (AP Photo)
In this image taken from CNN, Mark Strauss of Davenport, Iowa asks a question during a CNN and YouTube sponsored Republican debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Wednesday Nov. 28, 2007.
In this image taken from CNN, Mark Strauss of Davenport, Iowa asks a question during a CNN and YouTube sponsored Republican debate in St. Petersburg, Fla. on Wednesday Nov. 28, 2007.   (AP Photo/CNN)
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YouTube open platform comes with restrictions--especially on making money
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YouTube will be available via TiVo
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YouTube • video • TiVo • Electronic Arts • programmers • Spore • software developers • Animoto • slideshow • video games

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