media founded april 6 2007 2007 04 06 united states and canada headquarters los angeles california united states area served usa canada europe asia and south america founder s r.j. williams key people r.j. williams ceo slogan s it s not about age it s about attitude website www.younghollywood.com type of site entertainment programming available in english current status active young hollywood is a privately held multimedia entertainment company founded in los angeles california by r.j. williams . young hollywood is a pioneer of web video according to the wall street journal 1 the company licenses the young hollywood trademark domestically and internationally for a range of consumer products and services . 2 in addition they own a television network and are one of the world s largest producers and distributors of celebrity content in the digital space . their content has received over 2 billion views 3 and they have created branded content for companies such as coca cola subway h & m electronic arts samsung and unilever . 4 contents 1 television network 2 programming 3 youtube partnership 4 domestic expansion 5 international expansion 6 references 7 external links television network edit what originally started off as a digital entertainment company turned into a next generation network . young hollywood owns and operates young hollywood tv a 24 7 network that delivers premium long form programming centered around celebrity and lifestyle topics . 5 young hollywood originally teamed up exclusively with apple in the beginning of 2015 to launch the network with exclusive content that could only be found on their apple tv platform . the channel premiered seven new original half hour series and programming across multiple platforms including reality scripted series animation and documentaries with a focus on topics such as entertainment music sports fashion and lifestyle . 6 at the end of 2015 the network expanded to include roku . 5 and other devices like amazon fire tv samsung blu ray players and android tablets and phones . 7 the network airs over 500 hours of new content annually including shows like the music themed backstage diaries and food feed as well as airing content from its library of more than 2500 hours of programming . 5 programming edit young hollywood content is known for not touching gossip and being anti paparazzi . 8 their website younghollywood.com officially launched in 2007 and reached 3 million unique visitors per month . 9 young hollywood had become one of the largest producers of original celebrity online programming in hollywood ; forming partnerships with several leading online platforms including yahoo hulu aol and youtube . this hyper distribution network reached upwards of 100 million viewers . 10 eventually young hollywood evolved from these content partnerships to its latest iteration producing original content for over the top channels on platforms like apple tv and roku . 11 young hollywood has been compared to mtv in that they both offer a full 360 degree approach to reach millennials . they both create original content have a built in distribution network with a significant marketing arm to get eyeballs on their content and have direct relationships with advertisers . 12 young hollywood created the first live streamed hit show on the live.ly platform which has a user base of over 95 million . the premiere episode of young hollywood s series had nearly 600 000 live viewers . 13 other notable live.ly users include mark cuban and time inc. 14 yh grew their audience by creating a street team of fan ambassadors that promote young hollywood to their friends and fans 15 their programming was the subject of a skit on a recent episode of jimmy kimmel live 16 youtube partnership edit young hollywood teamed up with google for their channel initiative to launch the young hollywood network yhn in january 2012 on youtube . other brands included in the initiative included wwe and the wall street journal 17 18 youtube is gambling 100 million that by seeding professional production firms such as young hollywood whose slate of youtube only programming premiered monday january 16 2012 it will draw more eyeballs for longer viewing sessions 19 the young hollywood channel on youtube is ranked 12 on the top youtube original channels of all time list that is compiled by adage magazine . 20 young hollywood has been featured in such publications as forbes wall street journal usa today los angeles times the hollywood reporter the wrap adage variety and fast company 21 and on such broadcast outlets as abc news fox news jimmy kimmel cnn entertainment tonight and bbc world news 22 domestic expansion edit in april 2010 young hollywood formed a strategic partnership with the four seasons hotel los angeles at beverly hills to build a fiber optic enabled high definition broadcast studio within the hotel property 23 from where it conducts scheduled celebrity interviews on a daily basis . 23 in august 2011 the young hollywood salad was launched at the restaurant of the four seasons hotel 24 international expansion edit in 2013 young hollywood laid out plans to expand the brand internationally . to kick off their international plans they formed a joint venture with momentum a division of interpublic ; the world s 3rd largest advertising agency with over 44 000 employees and offices in over 100 countries 25 the first initiative under this partnership would be surrounding the 2014 world cup in rio de janeiro brazil 3 young hollywood also formed an exclusive international content distribution deal with fremantle media the company behind american idol x factor and america s got talent and one of the largest creators producers and distributors of television brands in the world . the first two series under the agreement have sold to over 30 international territories 26 27 references edit web video pioneer young hollywood launches linear tv network on apple tv . wall street journal . retrieved 2015 07 21 . techcrunch crunchbase crunchbase 22 may 2010 a b young hollywood momentum plan new digital channel broadcasting and cable 15 july 2012 hollywood launching long form ott network stream daily 24th october 2014 a b c 1 the hollywood reporter 24 november 2015 2 entertainment weekly 24 march 2015 hollywood introduces long form ott network young hollywood tv tubefilter 24th october 2014 young hollywood founder r.j. williams talks staying ahead of the digital game the wrap 31 may 2013 inside the suite life of young hollywood tubefilter 15 september 2010 young hollywood builds studio video site pacts with hulu yahoo and tv guide variety 16 april 2010 young hollywood focuses on video ad quality as it ramps up pmp days adexchanger 3 june 2016 can young hollywood be the next mtv fortune magazine 20 june 2016 musical.ly lively app nears 500 000 downloads already has first live streamed hit show variety 28 june 2016 mussical.lys new live streaming app gets close to 500 000 installs in first four days tubefilter 28 june 2016 musical.ly lively app nears 500 000 downloads already has first live streamed hit show variety 28 june 2016 jimmy kimmel live 22 june 2012 meet the creators of youtube channels videos wall street journal 31 october 2011 will youtube s hollywood experiment pay off the hollywood reporter 31 october 2011 youtube spends 100 million to redefine tv usa today 12 january 2012 top youtube original channels of all time adage 15 october 2012 3 yh articles in print corporate site yh on tv yh on tv corporate site a b hotel bets on studio to attract hollywood crowd los angeles times 18 june 2010 a rare peek inside young hollywood s studio the inspiration behind a new summer salad pop sugar 10 august 2011 interpublic group interpublic corporate site fremantle media international and young hollywood strike exclusive first look deal . fremantle media content catalogue . 28 january 2014 . fremantle international extends deal with young hollywood . the hollywood reporter 28 january 2014 . external links edit official website young hollywood on twitter young hollywood s channel on youtube retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title young hollywood & oldid 742555064 categories american websitesinternet properties established in 2007entertainment news showsentertainment websitesmedia companies of the united statesinfotainmentinternet televisionhidden categories official website different in wikidata and wikipedia navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 4 october 2016 at 11 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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