youtube

YouTube. —


Who owns the site? Google


—Do they also own any traditional media businesses? No


—What other internet sites do they own?
They do not own another site however they are owned by Google.


—What is its revenue?
YouTube could be generating $440 million in annual revenue at their current volume of videos served. $213 million of that revenue would be passed on to content owners assuming a 65/35 rev share in favour of the content owners. And another $70 million would go to the creators of high quality user generated content. That would leave YouTube with net revenue of $150 million at its current run rate. “http://www.avc.com/a_vc/2006/09/youtubes_potent.html”

What is its overall worth?
Youtube is currently worth $150 million but as it increases frequently it is hard to say exactly how much you tube is worth at this current time.


—Research five key facts about the institution.

1. YouTube is an American public corporation, earning revenue from advertising related to its Internet search.
2. As of March 31, 2009 (2009 -03-31.the company has 20,164 full-time employees. (Google)
3. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005 In November 2006, YouTube, LLC was bought by Google Inc. for $1.65 billion,
4. YouTube's early headquarters were situated above a pizzeria and Japanese restaurant in San Mateo, California.
5.Before the launch of YouTube in 2005, there were few simple methods available for ordinary computer users who wanted to post videos online. how ever now thanks to youtube millions off people can.

—Find three quotes (with references) about the institution.

YouTube co-founder Steve Chen told Reuters news agency it was hoped that within 18 months the site would "have every music video ever created".

YouTube hosts homemade videos, but pirated commercial clips can be found. It claims 60% of videos watched online in the US are viewed on YouTube.

"Right now we're trying to very quickly determine how and what the model is to distribute this content and we're very aggressive in assisting the labels in trying to get the content on to YouTube," said Mr Chen.

—Summarise two linked Wikipedia articles (5 bullet points each) that are listed at the end of the main article.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6411017.stm

a summery of this artical is that it is about all the when google bought youtube for $1.65 billion.

also it says how 1 news channel and 2 entertainment are to be featured on the bbc to help promote it.

http://mashable.com/2007/11/08/youtube-germany/

a summery of this artical is that it was a big deal when youtube finally luached in germany.

12c1 videos

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIPH02ObB4E

I believe that this video was very good for many reason the first being that it outlined facts about the internet. Presentation wise this was very appealing however inserting a soundtrack wouldve made it much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGMKLFg6y8M

Presentation wise this was very appealing however inserting a soundtrack wouldve made it much better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kHFIHumcgNU

This production is very good as it uses a variety of resources and he has also answered the main questions. it would enable the audience to understand the point that is trying to be put forward.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lovoNKsWjmI

i believe that this production is very outstanding in terms of the music which goes with the production. the facts that are given are also relevant to the topic of the internet and she has answered the questions that were asked.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zk7mVPCk9fA

this video is very good as it uses alot of resources and it used animated moving image to emphasise the internet.

digital britan

1. Landline users to pay £6 broadband tax
· Fixed-line telephone users will pay £6 a year to fund the rollout of superfast broadband across the country.
· The government wants everyone to be able to receive broadband of at least 2Mbps by 2012.
· The reason for having a £6 tax of all broadband users is to get between £150m and £175m a year to extend ‘next-generation’ of broadband to the "final third" of the country that will not be reached by the market.
· A "small part" of the licence fee digital switchover surplus would fund three ITV regional news pilots in Scotland, Wales and one English region between now and 2013.
· The government has confirmed that it will use part of the BBC licence fee to fund ITV regional news services.

2. Digital Britain: ISPs will have to cut filesharing by 70% under new proposals
· British ISPs will be required to cut illegal filesharing on their networks by 70% within a year under new powers set to be given to the communications regulator Ofcom.
· The government will empower Ofcom to demand that ISPs collect data about alleged infringers of online rights – by downloading or uploading content without permission.
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3. The internet reacts to Digital Britain
Reaction on Twitter and blogs was fast and furious, quite literally, in some instances to the proposals coming out of the Digital Britain report

our video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPa5a8FaQOs

Their are many differences between tv viewers and internet users, the differences is that an internet user is being seen as an more active user as they go and chose what they want wereas a tv viewer just waits till what they want comes on. acourding to recent research made by google it is said that the new social website have increased the amount of internet users there are.for example the amount of people that login to facebook has increased by 70% over the past year. for the reason that the internet is so free on what you can do websites such as facebook hotmail and myspace make it easy for people to communitccate and get in contact from far places.