So we’ve had the Americans Taste Irish Snacks video from Buzzfeed. Now watch Irish people return the compliment. [youtube]http://youtu.be/-Vjd4YtAImM[/youtube] Same idea, all the way down to the brick-wall background. So is it a success? Well it’s got almost a million hits so far, and they’ve gone on to do Tourists Try to Translate Irish Slang […]
I love Dirty Dancing. Cut out all the music and dancing and it doesn’t work as a movie. Cut everything else out and you’ve pared it down to its elements. On a basic, primal level it’s all about the moves, the body language, the awkward kid carrying a watermelon, transformed into the graceful and beautiful dancer in the […]
Irish comedy duo Peter Ganley and Chris Greene have had viral success with their YouTube videos such as 2 Irish guys watch Miley Cyrus. So Channel 4 On Demand commisioned a series from them. Episode 2 of Craic Addicts is all about clickbait: those teasing, misleading, ‘curiousity gap’ headlines that make you want to click – even though you […]
Colaiste Lurgan, which is an Irish language summer school in Galway, have got quite a bit of media coverage over the last year or so due to their cover versions of popular songs translated into Irish. Their rendition of Avicii’s “Wake Me Up” has clocked up over 4 million views on Youtube. Their latest cover is […]
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It’s perfect weather for flying and photography, and this drone video has been getting a lot of attention over the bank holiday weekend. One of a collection posted by YouTube user Sky Pixels Ireland, it features a peep down one of Dublin’s Poolbeg chimneys and some amazing views of the surrounding area. Related articles FAA […]
Aine Kerr, Managing Editor of Storyful, is our guest on today’s podcast (15:59; 9MB; MP3). Storyful calls itself “the world’s first social media news agency”. Founded by ex-RTE anchor Mark Little in 2010, it was acquired by News Corp in 2013 and has offices in Dublin, New York and Hong Kong. “When everyone is a publisher […]
‘Pre-roll’ ads on YouTube are annoying. What makes them especially annoying is how ineffective and stupid most of them are. A company called Nail Communications says it’s time to tailor the message to the medium, and they show us how with this “unskippable” YouTube ad.
Here’s something special for a Monday. Stephen Malinowsky has spent a lifetime working on his Music Animation Software, which literally brings a new dimension to music appreciation, by representing it visually. The arrival of YouTube gave him “a great way for me to share my work”, and this video of Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor has had over 22 million views […]
If you’re a Game of Thrones fan you might like this .. it’s a 10 hour long loop of the intro music.. Why anyone would go to the trouble of creating this is beyond me, but they did .. Enjoy!
While most videos uploaded to Youtube and other video sharing sites get little or no views, ones that go “viral” can clock up millions of views. However in the case of Gangnam Style the viewing numbers are off the charts – literally. The official video broke the 2 billion views mark a few days ago […]
