Youtube
YouTube is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005. In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion, and is now operated as a subsidiary of Google.
The company is based in San Bruno, California, and uses Adobe Flash Video technology to display a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging and short original videos.
Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, although media corporations including CBS, the BBC, UMG and other organizations offer some of their material via the site, as part of the YouTube partnership program.
Unregistered users can watch the videos, while registered users are permitted to upload an unlimited number of videos. Videos that are considered to contain potentially offensive content are available only to registered users over the age of 18. The uploading of videos containing defamation, pornography, copyright violations, and material encouraging criminal conduct is prohibited by YouTube's terms of service. The account profiles of registered users are referred to as "channels".
YouTube, LLC
Type Subsidiary
Founded February 2005
Founder Steve Chen
Chad Hurley
Jawed Karim
Headquarters San Bruno, California, United States
Area served Worldwide
Key people Chad Hurley (CEO)
Steve Chen (CTO)
Jawed Karim (Advisor)
Owner Independent (2005–2006)
Google Inc. (2006–present)
Slogan Broadcast Yourself
Website www.youtube.com
Alexa rank 3
Type of site MPEG-4 Video hosting service
Advertising Google AdSense
Registration Optional
(required to upload, rate, and comment videos but not required to watch videos)
Available in 14 languages (22 if different language variations are taken into account)
Launched February 14, 2005 (2005-02-14)
Current status Active
Submitted by: www.www-youtube-com.com
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