HISTORY OF YOUTUBE

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<b>Localization</b>

<b>Type</b>

S ubsidiary, Limited

liability company
<b>Founded</b> February 2005
<b>Founder</b> Steve Chen

Chad Hurley
Jawed Karim

<b>Headquarters</b> San Bruno, California, United States
<b>Area served</b> Worldwide

<b>Key people</b>

C had Hurley (CEO)

Steve Chen (CTO)

Jawed Karim (Advisor)

<b>Owner</b> Google Inc.

HISTORY OF

YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed
Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal. Prior to PayPal,
Hurley studied design at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Chen

and Karim studied computer science together at the University of
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The domain name "YouTube.com"
was activated on February 15, 2005, and the website was
developed over the subsequent months. The creators offered the
public a preview of the site in May 2005, six months before
YouTube made its official debut. Like many technology startups,
YouTube was started as an angel-funded enterprise from a
makeshift office in a garage. In November 2005, venture firm
Sequoia Capital invested an initial $3.5 million; additionally,
Roelof Botha, partner of the firm and former CFO of PayPal,
joined the YouTube board of directors. In April 2006, Sequoia put
an additional $8 million into the company, which had experienced
huge popular growth within its first few months.

During the summer of 2006, YouTube was one of the fastest
growing websites on the Web, and was ranked the 5th most
popular website on Alexa, far out pacing even MySpace's rate of
growth. According to a July 16, 2006 survey, 100 million video
clips are viewed daily on YouTube, with an additional 65,000 new
videos uploaded every 24 hours. The website averages nearly 20
million visitors per month, according to Nielsen/NetRatings, where
around 44% are female, 56% male, and the 12- to 17-year-old age
group is dominant. YouTube's pre-eminence in the online video
market is substantial. According to the website Hitwise.com,
YouTube commands up to 64% of the UK online video market.
On October 9, 2006, it was announced that the company would be
purchased by Google for US$1.65 billion in stock. The purchase
agreement between Google and YouTube came after YouTube
presented three agreements with media companies in an attempt to
escape the threat of copyright-infringement lawsuits. YouTube will

continue operating independently, with its co-founders and 67
employees working within the company. The deal to acquire
YouTube closed on November 13, and was, at the time, Google's
second largest acquisition

WHAT IS 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.

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<i><b>Localization</b></i>

On June 19, 2007, Google CEO Eric E. Schmidt was in Paris to

launch the new localization system. The entire interface of the

website is now available with localized versions in 22 countries:

<b>Country </b>

<b>URL </b>

<b>Language </b>

<b>Launch date </b>

Australia

au.youtube.com

English (Australia)

October 22,

₂₀₀₇

Brazil

br.youtube.com

Portuguese (Brazil)

June 19, 2007

Canada

ca.youtube.com

English (Canada)

and

French (Canada)

November 6,

2007

Czech Republic

cz.youtube.com

Czech

October 9, 2008

France

fr.youtube.com

French

June 19, 2007

Germany

de.youtube.com

German

November 8,

2007

Hong Kong

hk.youtube.com

Chinese (Traditional)

October 17,

₂₀₀₇

Israel

il.youtube.com

English

September 16,

2008

India

in.youtube.com

English (India)

and

Hindi

May 7, 2008

Ireland

ie.youtube.com

English (Ireland)

June 19, 2007

Italy

it.youtube.com

Italian

June 19, 2007

Japan

jp.youtube.com

Japanese

June 19, 2007

South Korea

kr.youtube.com

Korean

January 23,

₂₀₀₈

Mexico

mx.youtube.com

Spanish (Mexico)

October 10,

₂₀₀₇

Netherlands

nl.youtube.com

Dutch

June 19, 2007

New Zealand

nz.youtube.com

English (New Zealand)

October 22,

2007

Poland

pl.youtube.com

Polish

June 19, 2007

Russia

ru.youtube.com

Russian

November 13,

₂₀₀₇

Spain

es.youtube.com

Spanish

June 19, 2007

Sweden

se.youtube.com

Swedish

October 22,

₂₀₀₈

Republic of China

(Taiwan)

tw.youtube.com

Chinese (Traditional)

October 18,

2007

United Kingdom

uk.youtube.com

English (United Kingdom)

June 19, 2007

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<b>Answer the question according to the reading:</b>

1.- HOW DID THE NAME YOUTUBE ORIGINATE?

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2.-WHEN DID YOUTUBE BEGIN?

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3.-WHO WAS THE FOUNDER?

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4.-HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE THERE IN YOUTUBE COMPANY?

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5.-WHAT IS THE SLOGAN ABOUT YOUTUBE?

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6.-WHAT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 9, 2006?

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7.- WHERE IS THE HEADQUARTER?

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8.-WHAT ARE THE OWNERS?

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9.-HOW MANY COUNTRIES DOES YOUTUBE HAVE OWN VERSIONS?

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10.-WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUTBE?

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