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Platform statements (self-reported, undated data): over a billion hours of YouTube are watched on TVs daily; viewers tend to watch longer sessions on TV; in Analytics Advanced mode filter by Device type to see TV watch time and views; one can also track new subscribers from TV; upload in 4K; thumbnails are supersized on TV, so use 1280x720 or higher, clean and readable; channel banner 2560x1440, 6 MB max, simple and legible from afar; episodic series in playlists with a consistent title f...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem: optimising for TV. Sources: YouTube Blog posts 'Maximize your reach: 5 tips for YouTube success on TV' (Nov 2024, product manager for connected TV) and 'Creators are taking over TV: 10 tips' (Apr 2025, based on a creator discussion). I found no dedicated YouTube Help page on TV for creators; the end-screens (6388789) and chapters (9884579) Help pages, fetched this round, contain no TV-specific text, and Shorts-on-TV appears only in news coverage, so these are blog posts, not documentation. Platform statements (self-reported, undated data): over a billion hours of YouTube are watched on TVs daily; viewers tend to watch longer sessions on TV; in Analytics Advanced mode filter by Device type to see TV watch time and views; one can also track new subscribers from TV; upload in 4K; thumbnails are supersized on TV, so use 1280x720 or higher, clean and readable; channel banner 2560x1440, 6 MB max, simple and legible from afar; episodic series in playlists with a consistent title format; preview on a real TV. Advice from the 10 tips: tight storytelling and pacing, TV as prime time for long content, TV is 'not just a bigger phone', check audio on a soundbar, slice analytics by 'living room', experiment with length and format. Method (inference): add a TV device-type check to an analytics review; keep dialogue mixes clear on soundbars; test thumbnail legibility at TV distance. Failure modes: treating promotional blog advice as ranking rules; assuming long videos always do better on TV. 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