About YouTube:

YouTube was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim, who were all early employees of PayPal. YouTube is the leader in online video, sharing original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips 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.

Interesting:

In March 2007, Viacom introduced its much talked about $1 billion lawsuit against Google and YouTube. In a statement explaining why they were pursuing legal action, Viacom stated that “we must turn to the courts to prevent Google and YouTube from continuing to steal value from artists and to obtain compensation for the significant damage they have caused.” The lawsuit was preceded by a takedown request from Viacom ordering YouTube to remove over 100,000 clips from its stable of networks.

Facts:

Maybe this company doesn’t look so impressive like Google but here are some interesting facts about YouTube:
- YouTube reaches 1Billion Views per day
- YouTube Hits 100 Million U.S. Viewers
- YouTube was acquired by Google for $1.65B
- YouTube received $8M in Series B funding.
- YouTube received $3.5M in Series A funding… and after these facts we can only look at these pictures and guess how much money employees make in this successful company…

The Voca People

The Voca People is an international vocal theater performance combining vocal sounds and an acapella singing with the art of beat-box. (visit WWW.VOCA-PEOPLE.COM) Artistic Director: Lior Kalfo Music. Director: Shai Fishman . Producers: Revital & Lior Kalfo. Performers: Eyal Cohen, Oded Goldstein, Liraz Rahmin, Adi Cesare, Adi Kozlovsky,, Naama Levi, Boaz Ben David, Inon Ben David.
Video Photographer: Shlomi Albo, video editing: Peleg Netanel, Light design: Roy Milo. Amazing video…

The Longest Way 1.0 – one year walk/beard grow time lapse

From November 9th 2007 till November 13th 2008 this guy was on 4646km long walk through China. Amazing video made of over 300 pictures!

Sound of Music | Central Station Antwerp (Belgium)

More than 200 dancers were performing their version of “Do Re Mi”, in the Central Station of Antwerp. with just 2 rehearsals they created this amazing stunt! Those 4 fantastic minutes started the 23 of march 2009, 08:00 AM. It is a promotion stunt for a Belgian television program – just imagine that you were there…

Inspired Bicycles – Danny MacAskill April 2009

Filmed over the period of a few months in and around Edinburgh by Dave Sowerby, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill features probably the best collection of street/street trials riding ever seen. There’s some huge riding, but also some of the most technically difficult and imaginative lines you will ever see. Without a doubt, this video pushes the envelope of what is perceived as possible on a trials bike.

The Brighton Port Authority – Toe Jam

This video is well known to most of you.  Great song combined with very funny and sexy,naked people..

Amazing Bird That Can Imitate Any Sound

This bird can imitate any sound that you can imagine. If you don’t believe just play the video…

Perpetuum Jazzile

Amazing chore from Croatia uses there hands to stimulate storm. And that is just the part of this simply amazing voice performance of famous song “Toto-Africa”

Kiwi!

One of the best videos on Youtube ever! No words… And no words needed…

Flying through the air No Room For Error

Man jumps out of plane 1000 ft above summit at over 100 MPH HUMAN GLIDER. This made him the fastest man on Earth!

Einstein le perroquet

This bird can be your best frend! No wonder that his name is Enstain – very interesting, intelligent parrot.