@IngeJones While your ideas (and yes, I realize you've figured out we did get the time eventually) are interesting, there are reasons why they wouldn't work.
EA can't hold the footage that way, because the GCs need to do their edits and voiceovers and then upload the videos to YT. Most of them do this before the embargo lifts and schedule the release time so that their video is up the moment the embargo lifts. That also means the "don't post until you get the text" would also be complicated due to timezones and upload times.
But if any of the gurus in charge of the GC program are lurking around, you may have just given them ideas lol