YouTube New Year's Eve Countdown

YouTube and Warner Music Group Corp today announced the first-ever YouTube New Year's Eve Countdown.

The promotion will celebrate New Year's as it happens around the world with new videos featured every hour from New Zealand to Los Angeles.

As New Year's Eve rings in around the world, special messages from YouTube celebrities as well as award-winning artists from WMG labels Atlantic Records, Warner Bros. Records and Warner Music International will be featured on the homepage.

In addition to videos from top YouTube personalities, WMG will provide special video content from New Year's celebrations with its artists as well as music videos and concert footage. "Almost-live" videos from New Year's concerts will be uploaded directly from the venues as the events occur with ShoZu-enabled mobile phones.

YouTube is also requesting your videos: We're looking for some great New Year's videos to feature on the homepage on December 31 and January 1! Create a special video, add it to this group and we might feature it on the home page! We're looking for:

Try to keep it clean, keep it under 2 minutes, and if it's great, we might feature it!

[Press release]

emily | 5:16 PM | YouTube and other User Generated Video Sites |
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