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Bad news, my fellow haters: YouTube has started hiding dislike counts on videos. While thethumbs-downbutton is staying, the tally will only be available to the person who uploaded the video. YouTube says the move will shield creators from harassment and “dislike attacks.” In tests, the changes made people“less likely to target a video’s dislike button to drive up the count.” YouTube is now gradually making the switch a permanent feature. Viewers will still be able to dislike videos, which will tune their recommendations, but the counter will be concealed within the creator’s analytics dashboard....

YouTube has justannouncedsome startling new figures: two days worth of video are uploaded every minute to the service, and it’s now achieving 3 Billion views per day. The figures coincide with the Google-owned service’s sixth birthday. 48 hours of video uploaded every minute is a 37% increase over the last six months and 100% over one year ago. 3 Billion views per day, meanwhile, is a 50% increase on last year....

Bloombergreports that YouTube is currently in talks with major mobile operators, as well as handset manufacturers to pool efforts to reduce the impact of video content on clogged telecommunications networks. Andrey Doronichev, a YouTube executive that handles the company’s mobile offering, said in an interview that they are “in the middle of the process,” without revealing any of the names of the operators and manufacturers. France Telecom, which claims “Google and Apple are overloading networks without contributing enough to their upkeep,” is reportedly in talks with Google to develop network technology, according to two people familiar with the situation....

Although YouTube has adedicated channelfor Indian movies, the movies featured are usually quite old and avid movie viewers have to wait for a long period of time to catch up on recent movies. However with thesuccess of IPL streamingbehind it, YouTube is now experimenting with a different approach towards Bollywood movies by launching an ad-supported movie channel. This channel which is aptly called “BoxOffice” will feature recent blockbusters in HD quality and according toAlootechie, it will showcase one premium movie every month....

Nirvana Digital, a Mumbai based digital video aggregator and distributor, has teamed up with YouTube India to offer a part of its Bollywood films and music video catalogue available on YouTube’s ad-supported movie channel,BoxOffice. For those who aren’t familiar with BoxOffice, it is anad-supported movie channelwhere YouTube showcases one premium Bollywood/ regional movie for free, to its Indian audience every month. The sponsoring companies, in return get an opportunity to showcase their YouTube channel videos and promote their contests and campaigns on the BoxOffice channel page....