Young Hollywood is a privately held multimedia entertainment company founded in

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, by R. J. Williams. The company licenses the “Young Hollywood” trademark domestically and internationally for various consumer products and services. It also owns a

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and is a large producer and distributor of celebrity content in the digital space, with over 2 billion views.Young Hollywood Momentum Plan New Digital Channel
�� Broadcasting and Cable, 15 July 2012

Television network

Young Hollywood reaches over 700 million homes and is available in 24 languages. YHN is a 24/7 over-the-top premium network that offers scheduled programming and a significant video-on-demand library, currently available in more than 180 countries. The network creates and delivers original content year-round to a global audience. In early 2015, Young Hollywood exclusively partnered with Apple to launch the network with content exclusive to the Apple TV platform. The channel premiered seven new original half-hour series and programming across multiple platforms, including reality, scripted series, animation, and documentaries, focusing on entertainment, music, sports, fashion, and lifestyle. By the end of 2015, the network expanded to devices such as Roku,
– The Hollywood Reporter, 24 November 2015 Amazon Fire TV, Samsung Blu-ray players, and Android tablets and phones.

Programming

Young Hollywood is known for avoiding gossip and being anti-paparazzi. The YoungHollywood.com website, officially launched in 2007, reached 3 million unique visitors per month. YH further expanded its audience by creating a street team of fan ambassadors to promote Young Hollywood. Its distribution network extended the reach to over 100 million viewers. Young Hollywood has been compared to

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because both offer a 360-degree approach to reaching zoomers. They both create original content, have a built-in distribution network with a significant marketing arm to promote their content, and have direct relationships with advertisers.

Partnerships

YouTube

Young Hollywood partnered with Google for their channel initiative to launch "The Young Hollywood Network" (YHN) on YouTube in January 2012. Other brands included in the initiative included

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and

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Meet The creators of YouTube Channels videos
-Wall Street Journal, 31 October 2011Will YouTube's Hollywood Experiment Pay Off?
– The Hollywood Reporter, 31 October 2011 The Young Hollywood channel on YouTube is ranked #12 on AdAge magazine's list of "Top YouTube Original Channels of All-Time".

TikTok

Young Hollywood created the first live-streamed hit show on TikTok's live.ly platform, which has over 95 million users. The premiere episode of Young Hollywood's series had nearly 600,000 live viewers.Musical.ly Lively App Nears 500,000 downloads Already Has First Live Streamed Hit Show
– Variety, 28 June 2016 Other notable Live.ly users include Mark Cuban and Time Inc.

Jimmy Kimmel Live!

Young Hollywood programming was parodied in a skit during a 2012 episode of ''

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Four Seasons Hotel

In April 2010, Young Hollywood formed a strategic partnership with the

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Los Angeles at

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to build a fiber-optic enabled, high-definition broadcast studio within the hotel,Hotel bets on studio to attract Hollywood crowd
– Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2010 where it conducts daily celebrity interviews. In August 2011, the partnership expanded to include the hotel's restaurant with the launch of The Young Hollywood Salad.

International expansion

Young Hollywood formed an exclusive international content distribution deal with Fremantle Media. The first two series under the agreement have sold to over 30 international territories. YH content can be found on

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in the Middle East,

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in South Africa, and the

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in the Philippines.

References

External links

* {{official website, http://younghollywood.com/ American entertainment websites Internet properties established in 2007 Entertainment news shows in the United States Online mass media companies of the United States Infotainment