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(1)Localization
Type
S ubsidiary, Limited
liability company Founded February 2005 Founder Steve Chen
Chad Hurley Jawed Karim
Headquarters San Bruno, California, United States Area served Worldwide
Key people
C had Hurley (CEO)
Steve Chen (CTO)
Jawed Karim (Advisor)
Owner 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
(2)Localization
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:
Country URL Language Launch date
Australia au.youtube.comEnglish (Australia) October 22, 2007 Brazil br.youtube.comPortuguese (Brazil) June 19, 2007
Canada ca.youtube.comEnglish (Canada) and
French (Canada)
November 6, 2007
Czech Republic cz.youtube.comCzech October 9, 2008
France fr.youtube.comFrench June 19, 2007
Germany de.youtube.comGerman November 8,
2007
Hong Kong hk.youtube.comChinese (Traditional) October 17, 2007
Israel il.youtube.comEnglish September 16,
2008
India in.youtube.comEnglish (India) and Hindi May 7, 2008
Ireland ie.youtube.comEnglish (Ireland) June 19, 2007
Italy it.youtube.comItalian June 19, 2007
Japan jp.youtube.comJapanese June 19, 2007
South Korea kr.youtube.comKorean January 23, 2008
Mexico mx.youtube.comSpanish (Mexico) October 10, 2007 Netherlands nl.youtube.comDutch June 19, 2007
New Zealand nz.youtube.comEnglish (New Zealand) October 22,
2007
Poland pl.youtube.comPolish June 19, 2007
Russia ru.youtube.comRussian November 13, 2007 Spain es.youtube.comSpanish June 19, 2007
Sweden se.youtube.comSwedish October 22, 2008 Republic of China
(Taiwan) tw.youtube.comChinese (Traditional)
October 18, 2007
United Kingdom uk.youtube.comEnglish (United Kingdom) June 19, 2007
(3)Answer the question according to the reading:
1.- HOW DID THE NAME YOUTUBE ORIGINATE?
2.-WHEN DID YOUTUBE BEGIN?
3.-WHO WAS THE FOUNDER?
4.-HOW MANY EMPLOYEES ARE THERE IN YOUTUBE COMPANY?
5.-WHAT IS THE SLOGAN ABOUT YOUTUBE?
6.-WHAT HAPPENED IN OCTOBER 9, 2006?
7.- WHERE IS THE HEADQUARTER?
8.-WHAT ARE THE OWNERS?
9.-HOW MANY COUNTRIES DOES YOUTUBE HAVE OWN VERSIONS?
10.-WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF YOUTBE?
Subsidiary Limited Steve Chen Chad Hurley Jawed Karim San Bruno, California, United States Worldwide (CEO (CTO (Advisor Google Inc. video sharing website on which users can November 2006, LLC was bought Australia English (Australia) Brazil Portuguese (Brazil) Canada English (Canada) a French (Canada) Czech Republic Czech France French Germany German Hong Kong Chinese (Traditional) Israel English India English (India) a Hindi Ireland English (Ireland) Italy Italian Japan Japanese South Korea Korean Mexico Spanish (Mexico) Netherlands Dutch New Zealand English (New Zealand) Poland Polish Russia Russian Spain Spanish Sweden Swedish Republic of China United Kingdom English (United Kingdom)