New ads on youtube?

[Jonluw]

Hiya escapists.

So: A minute ago, I was trying to watch a video [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWG6zNf4xY0&feature=player_embedded] on youtube.
Wen the video started, I was sort of confused, since the content of the video seemed to have nothing to do with the title. That's when I noticed the note that said "Advertisement" in one of the corners. I've never seen this on youtube before.
Has youtube suddenly started running forced adverts before videos; or is this something that happens only on videos published by news-companies?

Also: Have you encountered these advertisements on youtube?

 

[little.09]

i think its a choice by the uploader, i don't like it, except for those who make their living on YouTube (because they need to do what they need to do.) but yeah its annoying especially when i still cant get a lot of the videos to load properly.

edit: so to answer your question yes they are new

 

[smearyllama]

Sometimes they do, sometimes they don't.
It's usually on licensed videos, like the stuff from VEVO.

 

[danintexas]

I no longer bother with vids on YT with forced ads. I have removed alot of the subs I used to have for it. World is commercialized enough - I don't need it on youtube as well