YouTube

YouTube

Founded in February 2005, YouTube is the leader in online video, and the premier destination to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.YouTube.com and across the Internet through websites, mobile devices, blogs, and email.

Everyone can watch videos on YouTube. People can see first-hand accounts of current events, find videos about their hobbies and interests, and discover the quirky and unusual. As more people capture special moments on video, YouTube is empowering them to become the broadcasters of tomorrow.

YouTube received funding from Sequoia Capital in November 2005 and was officially launched one month later in December. Chad Hurley and Steve Chen proceeded to become the first members of the YouTube management team and currently serve as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Technology Officer respectively.

In November 2006, within a year of its launch, YouTube was purchased by Google Inc. in one of the most talked-about acquisitions to date.

YouTube has struck numerous partnership deals with content providers such as CBS, BBC, Universal Music Group, Sony Music Group, Warner Music Group, NBA, The Sundance Channel and many more.

Website:
http://www.youtube.com
Address:
901 Cherry Ave
San Bruno, California, United States

Blog Posts About YouTube

Tennis Video Goes Viral and It's Not Even About Tennis
Tennis fans will have had their eyes glued to the boob tube these past couple of weeks, which saw several epic matches, crowned by a record-breaking finals match between the world number one, Novak... [more]
Shit Tech Entrepreneurs Say [VIDEO]
Just today, we noted that Venture Beat released "Shit Startup People Say." But apparently we missed "Shit Entrepreneurs Say" (clearly for techies), which was quietly published on... [more]
Toronto's TeamBuy Jumps on the Meme Wagon, Unveils 'Shit Rich People Say' [VIDEO]
"My daughter has a sex tape? I thought she was in rehab!" Toronto daily deals site TeamBuy has officially saved users $100,000,000 in its two-year existence. The web startup celebrated this... [more]
Tumblr Reaches 15 Billion Pageviews Per Month; YouTube Streams 4 Billion Videos Per Day
Tumblr founder and CEO David Karp revealed today at the Digital Life Design Conference in Munich that his blogging platform is visited by over 120 million unique users per month, resulting in more... [more]
Vancouver Company Makes Online Video Blatantly Mocking Its Customers… and the Customers Love It
If someone founded a retail startup and asked their mentor, "is it a good idea to openly mock my customers online?" the mentor would most likely back away slowly. "You're crazy to even think that,"... [more]
These Were the 10 Most Watched Videos on YouTube in 2011
YouTube today published a blog post highlighted the top videos of the year. Noting that YouTube surpassed 1 trillion views in 2011—140 views for every person on the planet—the... [more]
Disney Movies Are Coming to YouTube in Canada
Google announced today that is has licensed movies from Walt Disney Studios. The company's YouTube Movies feature will allow users to rent Disney moves. With just a handful of Disney titles... [more]
MIXX Canada: The Ever Changing Innovative, Optimized and Animated Display Ad
While Techvibes reported that the IAB recently released a report that mobile advertising was growing four times faster than online advertising, I had a chance to take in the conference they ran in... [more]
Klout can now factor YouTube accounts into your social influence score
Following the addition of LinkedIn integration in June and Foursquare integration in July, Klout now factors in YouTube when quantifying your social media influence. The... [more]
YouTube to enter the realm of live content
Google 's YouTube aims to deliver live-streamed events. The popular video website is founded on the concept of homemade videos being posted to the web (it's tagline is "Broadcast... [more]
Federal Election 2011: Who is winning the social media war? [Infographic]
There was a time, not very long ago, that social media didn't exist. And when it first came about, it didn't really seem like a platform appropriate for politics. But U.S. presidential candidate... [more]
Justin Bieber world's first to crack legendary milestone of 500,000,000 single-video YouTube views
Only Rebecca Black's Friday has more dislikes than Justin Bieber's "Baby," but not even Charlie's aggressive teeth nor Gaga's overhyped pseudo-weirdness can attract more viewers than Ontario... [more]
Canadians engaging with more online video than Americans or Brits
Canadians lead the internet pack yet again. Maybe it's because we're otherwise bored stiff from playing with penguins outside of arctic igloos, but ew Angus Reid Public Opinion poll suggests that... [more]
Montréal's Bluestreak Technology breaks down 2010's five most important numbers
Dominique Jodoin, CEO of Montreal-based technology company Bluestreak Technology, has put together an executive commentary on what he feels are the five most important... [more]
YouTube Wars: Canada's Justin Bieber versus America's Keenan Cahill [video]
Over the years, YouTube has given rise to myriad celebrities. Some never break out of YouTube. Some experience temporary or shallow fame. And some go on to become superstars. Among the latter is... [more]
In one minute, 2,100 minutes of video is uploaded on YouTube
Let's just say it's a little more than impossible for any one person to watch every video on YouTube. In fact, even 2,100 people could barely keep up. Google-owned YouTube said recently that 35... [more]
The New Twitter.com
On Tuesday night the good folks at Twitter announced a bunch of cool upgrades to their service. Earlier in the afternoon, Twitter CEO @Ev (Evan Williams) announced that Twitter would be making... [more]
The new way to get hired: Student creates YouTube Instant, it goes viral, YouTube CEO offers job via Twitter
Google Instant has inspired the very impressed YouTube Instant, but the latter wasn't created by Google OR YouTube. It was built by Feross Aboukhadijeh of Stanford University).... [more]
News in Short: YouTube still not profitable according to Google CEO; Twitter owes Justin Bieber big time
YouTube still not profitable according to Google CEO The popular video site has been "near" profitability for a long time, according to Google. Most recently, Google CEO Eric Schmidt confirmed... [more]
News in Short: Google looks to innovate display and video ads; Facebook revamps 'like' button (again...)
Google looks to innovate display and video ads In an official blog post, Google announced that it's simplifying its display advertising process in a post on the Official Google Blog. Google... [more]
YouTube turns privacy policy struggles into everybody-wins profits
When a YouTube user posts a video from something they shouldn't, such as a copyrighted television episode, the third party who owns those copyrights contacts YouTube, who then removes the video and... [more]
Co-founder of Microsoft is suing Facebook, Google, Apple, eBay, and more
Paul Allen, a co-founder of Microsoft (but has since left), has filed lawsuits against  AOL, Apple, eBay, Facebook, Netflix, Office Depot, OfficeMax, Staples, Yahoo and YouTube (owned by... [more]
News in Short: Youtube's new 'Leanback' feature attempts to replace TV, HTC and Samsung chastise Steve Jobs
YouTube introduces Leanback feature A problem with the mass-video website has always been that you need to click around for a new video every few minutes. Other sites, such as College Humour,... [more]
Totlol Founder calls it quits - this time for good
Techvibes has been following the progress (and regress) Vancouver video start-up Totlol and it's Founder Ron Ilan over the past couple years. Totlol.com - YouTube for Kids - June 18, 2008... [more]
MGM and YouTube partner to announce several new MGM Channels
MGM and YouTube announced a partnership on Monday to bring full-length MGM movies and programming to YouTube. The deal kicks off on a pretty lackluster note, admittedly - MGM is offering two... [more]

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