Youtube 2

History of Youtube

  • Birth

    Birth
    Founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim who during the time were working at Paypal.
  • First Video Posted on Youtube

    The first video posted on Youtube by founder Jawed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNQXAC9IVRw
  • First legal Problem

    First legal Problem
    Youtube is sued by Broadcast.com for copyright issues
  • Google Buys Youtube

    Google Buys Youtube
    Google buys out Youtube for 1650 million.
  • Youtube International

    Youtube could be acessed in nine different countries.
  • Presidential Debate Posted

    Presidential Debate Posted
    the presidential debate wqas posted online, looked to viewers to give questions about candidiacy for position.
  • Movies will be posted

    Movies will be posted
    With the agreement of other movie companies Youtube began posting movies and other television shows online to compete with Hulu
  • 2 Billion Youtube Vidoes

    2 Billion Youtube Vidoes
    2 billion yoube daily video views
  • Remodeled

    Remodeled
    First major update brought to Youtube
  • First video

    First video
    first video to reach one billion views
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