• Video-sharing website -- to upload, view, share

• Created in February 2005

• Bought by Google in Nov 2006

• Uses Adobe Flash Video and HTML5 technology

• Includes amateur content

  •  video blogging

  •  short original videos

• But also very professional content

• Includes movie clips, TV clips, and music videos

  • Media corporations (e.g. CBS, the BBC, VEVO, Hulu) and other organizations offer material as part of the YouTube partnership program.

for even more:  How You Tube Works