YouTube hints at renewed mobile push

A new Official Google Blog post credited to YouTube CEO and co-founder Chad Hurley suggests the user-generated video aggregator is gearing up for another run at dominating the mobile video market. According to Hurley, users now upload 13 hours of video to YouTube per minute, and he projects the volume of content will grow exponentially: "Our goal is to allow every person on the planet to participate by making the upload process as simple as placing a phone call," Hurley writes. "This new video content will be available on any screen--in your living room, or on your device in your pocket. YouTube and other sites will bring together all the diverse media which matters to you, from videos of family and friends to news, music, sports, cooking and much, much more." Hurley adds that YouTube believes online video broadcasting will emerge as the most ubiquitous and accessible form of communication within the next ten years: "The tools for video recording will continue to become smaller and more affordable. Personal media devices will be universal and interconnected."

For more on YouTube's mobile vision:
- read this Official Google Blog entry

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