As NFL Week 3‘s early slate kicked off on Sunday, subscribers to NFL Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV expected seamless access to every out-of-market matchup. Instead, fans using the YouTube mobile app were met with a black screen after selecting their game, even as viewers on web browsers and smart-TV apps streamed without interruption.

The YouTube account of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was offline Saturday, with Venezuelan state-run channel Telesur claiming in a message on X that it was “eliminated” late the previous night without justification.

Many NFL Sunday Ticket subscribers are unable to watch today’s games as a result of technical difficulties with YouTube. Subscribers who log in on the YouTube mobile app are given their choice of games, but clicking on any game results only in a black screen.

YouTube is the most popular streaming service in the world. With billions of active users, it's challenging to find fresh avenues for growth. New AI-powered auto-dubbing features are a powerful way to let English or Spanish videos find original audiences in Portugal or Italy.

Customers of YouTube TV, Sling TV, Comcast and Cox will be unable to watch Wrestlepalooza through their existing cable or streaming subscriptions and instead need to purchase a separate subscription directly from ESPN to gain access. If you have Verizon or Spectrum, you must log in and activate ESPN Unlimited through the TV provider.

EXCLUSIVE: YouTube has argued it is “premature” for the UK government to threaten legislative changes to ensure the platform recommends content from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, and 5. In a statement to Deadline,

On its 20th birthday, YouTube is unrecognizable as the scrappy video site that began as the domain of young amateur users publishing unpolished, low-budget clips.

Maru the cat, a Scottish Fold feline, died at the age of 18 following a decline in health and a cancer diagnosis. The feline is famous for squeezing into boxes, antics that were documented in popular YouTube videos.

In a new ad campaign launched Tuesday, Spanish-language media company TelevisaUnivision labeled YouTube TV’s plan to pull its broadcaster Univision from the pay-TV provider’s basic tier and shift the network to a Spanish-language add-on option beginning Sept. 30 an “18% Hispanic Tax.”

YOUTUBE terminated Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s account this weekend, amid rising tensions between Venezuela and the US over the deployment of US warships and fighter jets in the southern Caribbean.

The limited-edition offering, which launched in stores on Sept. 15, is inspired by the show’s signature hot sauces — among them The Last Dab, the hottest sauce in the “Hot Ones” universe, which has famously challenged the tastebuds of many of the show’s celebrity guests, from Selena Gomez to Khloe Kardashian.

On its 20th anniversary, YouTube is venturing into an era of AI-generated video, and may never be the same.