YouTube Channels

YouTube Channels are typical for YouTube's "Broadcast yourself" slogan. When signing up, each user gets its own 'channel', allowing him/her to upload videos, favorite other member's video's, provide a personal info, and build up a network with other members.

The YouTube Channel comprises of several sections. The main section shows the last uploaded video by the member, accompanied by a section describing the video, comments, shares, ratings and other useful information about the video.

Next to that, a column lists all recent uploaded videos and favorites, which both can be sorted and arranged the way the member wants.

Below these two sections, visitors to the channel can find a profile biography and statistical details about the Channel's owner, including join date, last login date, total upload views, and more.

Separate sections present the member's subscriptions, subscribers and friends. Also shown are the latest received comments and activity. The channel's owner can freely change the layout and content of his channel, moving information sections, blocking other users or comments, add themes or color schemes, and set the type of Channel (YouTuber, Director, Musician, Comedian, Guru or Reporter).

Once set up, other users can subscribe to your channel, and you can similarly subscribe to others' channels. Once subscribed, warnings are issued when new content becomes available, similar to RSS feeds. The YouTube main screen will show content recently added on those channels you've subscribed to.http://www.youtube.com

When a channel becomes popular, YouTube allows its owner to earn money though the channel, by adding advertisements next to the video, on overlay banners, and in full screen short commercials, preceding the actual video playback. Several YouTube videos have been reported to have made extensive sums of money. A video capturing a young boy after a dentist appointment, being high on anesthetic made $30,000http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs&feature=player_embedded, and a mockup video of a cat playing keyboard made its creator over $20,000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ&feature=player_embeddedhttp://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1938810_1938806,00.html

(warning, the Youtube Channel names contain links to the actual Youtube channels, not featured on Mahalo)

As of April 2010, the following YouTube Channels were the most popular: http://www.youtube.com/channels?s=mv&t=a&g=0

1. Vevo
   With only 10 uploaded, Vevo manages to still be the most popular channel on youtube.com, with over 2,000,000 channel views. This is mainly due to their featured Lady Gaga & Beyoncé Telephone Video Premiere and We Are the World Haiti videos. Vevo is a collaboration between Sony, Universal Music Group and Abu Dhabi Media Group. VEVO has a series of sub-channels for its artists, including Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, and more.
   
2. Expert Village
   With over 138,500 uploaded videos, Expert Village is one of the largest channels on Youtube, including Movie Reviews, Golf instructions, Gardening, and many other educational information. The channel includes a wide range of "How To" videos on just about any avaialble topic.
   
3. machinima
   With over 8,000 videos, and several new videos added daily, machinima is one of the fastest growing YouTube channels. The channel covers everything related to video games, including trailers, walkthroughs, demos, and video shorts, shot entirely using in-game footage.
   
4. Hollywood Records
   The official channel of record label 'Hollywood Records" features a large selection of Music Videos, including several of the all time most viewed YouTube videos by Miley Cyrus and Vanessa Hudgens.
   
5. FAIL Blog
   Failblog features many humorous situations that either result in people getting hurt (resulting in a FAIL), or by avoid gettin hurt against all odds (awarding them a WIN).

For other interesting YouTube channels, see below the video.

Starting in 2008, YouTube also included live streaming events. While the first streaming events were featured through Youtube's own YouTube's Live Channel, several other channels followed. One of these channels is the channel of IPL, featuring live feeds of the The Indian Premier League's matches. The live feed has a five minute delay, but is a full length broadcast. After the match, highlights are also uploaded to the channel.http://www.youtube.com/ipl

Here are some interesting YouTube Channels on a wide range of topics to follow:

• -CommunityChannel: A girl called “Natalie” commenting on all girly stuff and more. One of the most popular vloggers on YouTube, with over 600,000 subscribers.
• -sciencentral: Channel of ScienCentral, Inc, who produce science and technology content. Deliver short bytes on scientific topics.
• -Gingeronymous: A 94 year old WWII veteran tells his life story, captured on video, and shared with the world.
• -Empire Magazine: Empire Magazine is world's biggestmovie magazine. Their YouTube channel covers interviews, clips and trailers.
• -trailers: Trailers is the simple name of a channel featuring a wide range of upcoming viso movie trailers.
• -SI Swimsuit: The official channel of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition. Including behind the scenes footage of the yearly bodypaint extravaganza.
• -Showtime: Blurring the line between television and user generated content, Showtime shows entire episodes of TV series, including Nurse Jackie and United States of Tara
• -Crackle: Another channel with many (older) entire TV episodes, including Married with Children, Dilbert and Charlie's Angels, but also full Movies, like Seven Years in Tibet and The Deep.
• -WTFJapanSeriously: Short clips of the amazing stuff happening in Japan.

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Top Gear

The White House
Iceflow Studios
VlogBrothers
nalts
Lisa Nova
The Philip DeFranco Show
Tha Dew Grum
University of Phoenix
Red Letter Media
Blendtech (Will it Blend?)
IPL (Indian full Cricket Matches)
WWE