YouTube celebrates fifth birthday
February 16, 2010 |16:07 | You Tube News By : Team X
YouTube's co-founders have announced that the popular video-sharing site has just turned five. According to YouTube's co-founders, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Javed Karim, the three of them registered the site’s domain name with the intention of "creating a place where anyone with a video camera and an internet connection could share a story with the world."
The first of these videos is called ‘Me at the zoo’ and was filmed by Karim at San Diego Zoo, and uploaded on 23 April 2005. The video is still available on the site. The blog post relates how the site underwent six months of public beta testing before being launched in November 2005. By July 2006 YouTube claims 65,000 new videos were being uploaded every day – with 100 million video views per day.
Five years on, and the video-sharing site is serving one billion videos a day, according to a blog post celebrating the birthday. "The internet evolves at break-neck speed," writes Chad Hurley, chief executive of YouTube. "We launch products quickly and constantly iterate to stay one step ahead of it. Our goal? To set the standard in online video delivery."
"Fast loading, high quality videos need to be able to play on any device, anywhere, anytime. And whether we're supporting 1080p, 3D, or deploying auto-speech recognition technology, we innovate with an eye toward providing the best possible experience for all of you," he concludes. Despite its success, YouTube has yet to turn a profit and is now trying to reposition itself by hosting premium content, including the back catalogue of Channel 4.
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