You Tube is a popular website used to share free videos. It enables the users to share, upload and view videos using the streaming technology. You Tube uses an average rating system depending on how many times the videos have been seen. Daily Motion is the French clone of You Tube, it uses the same technology and has the same concept. This site is registered as one of the most 'friendly user' of the net. Users don't have to register to watch the videos and those who have registered can upload videos on the site, without any limit in the amount of uploading. The website is very easy to travel within, while watching a video other related videos appear on the right side.
[...] This was a significant action that got You Tube noticed by the masses and gave it a fast start. During the summer of 2006, You Tube was one of the fastest growing websites on the World Wide Web, and was ranked as the 5th most popular website on Alexa, far outpacing MySpace's growth. According to a survey in July million clips were viewed daily on You Tube, with an additional 65000 new videos uploaded every 24 hours. The site has almost 20 million visitors each month, according to the Nielsen/NetRatings are female male, and the 12- to 17-year-old age group is dominant. [...]
[...] It is also through the groups that You Tube launches its contests. For instance the Underground Contest which is a contest to find the best amateur and unsigned musician. The community votes for the favorite and (of course) the winner gets the opportunity to start professionally in the disk industry. III. Media and copyright a. Copyright infringement You Tube policy do not allow content to be uploaded by anyone not permitted by the United States copyright law, and the company frequently removes uploaded infringing content. [...]
[...] Before being bought by Google, You Tube stated that its business model is advertising-based. Some industry commentators have speculated that You Tube's running costs may be as high as US$1 million per-month, thereby fuelling criticisms that the company, like many Internet start-ups, did not have a viably implemented business model. Advertisements were launched on the site beginning in March 2006. Given its traffic levels, video streams and page views, some have calculated that You Tube's potential revenues could be in the millions per month. [...]
[...] Suppression of videos d. Agreements with entertainment companies e. Media recognition IV. You Tube's acquisition by Google V. The future a. Audience ratings b. Stars made by You Tube and most famous video clips c. Paying the video makers VI. Conclusion a. Social Impact b. Evolution of You Tube under the link Google you tube VII. [...]
[...] Chad studied design at Indiana University. Steve and Jawed studied computer science at the university of Illinois. The domain name You Tube was activated the 15th of February 2005 and the website was developed over the following month. The creators offered a preview of the website to the public in may 2005 and six month later the website made its official start. At the beginning the company raised over $ million of funding from Sequoia Capital, the firm who also provided initial venture capital for Google, Yahoo!, and Apple in their early days. [...]
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