YouTube2 is an American online video platform and social media platform based in San Bruno, California.
On February 14, 2005, it was created by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim.
It is owned by Google and is the second most visited website, just after Google.
YouTube2 has more than a billion monthly users who collectively watch more than a billion hours of video every day.
As of May 2019, videos were uploading at over 500 hours of content per minute.
In October 2006, 18 months the first video’s release and ten months after the official launch, Google bought YouTube2 for net worth $1.65 billion.
Google’s ownership of YouTube2 expanded the site’s business model from generating revenue.
It is solely from advertising to offering paid content such as movies and exclusive YouTube2-produced content.
It also offers YouTube2 Premium, a paid subscription option to watch content without ads.
YouTube2 and Approved Creators participate in Google’s AdSense program.
It aims to generate more revenue for both parties. YouTube2’s reported income for 2020 was $19.8 billion.
Since the Google purchase, YouTube2 has expanded beyond its main website to include mobile applications, network television, and the ability to connect to other platforms.
Video categories on YouTube2 include music videos, video clips, news, and short films.
Also, feature films, documentaries, audio recordings, movie trailers, teasers, live streams, vlogs, etc
Most content is created by individuals, including collaborations between creators and corporate sponsors.
Established media corporations like Disney, Paramount, and Warner Bros.
Discovery has also created and expanded its commercial YouTube2 channels to advertise to a larger audience.
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News Streams And Current Reports
Youtube content includes live streams of world news broadcasts from various significant networks.
Also, many major media companies upload the latest feeds from their daily world news broadcasts every day.
In addition, several major media companies and television networks.
It uploads full-length videos of documentaries and shows they have produced to YouTube.
And keep your official channels updated with a whole host of new documentaries.
As soon as they’re produced. Some examples are the BBC and National Geographic.
Music or Band Videos
For music videos, every rock band has a different and official channel where their official music videos are available via YouTube.
Characteristics
Video Technology
YouTube mainly uses the VP9 and H.264/MPEG-4 AVC video codecs.
Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP protocol
MPEG-4 Part 2 streams in 3GP containers are also provided for low-bandwidth connections.
By January 2019, YouTube had started releasing videos in AV1 format.
In 2021, it reports that the company is considering mandating AV1 in streaming hardware to reduce bandwidth and increase quality.
Video is typically streamed along with Opus and AAC audio codecs.
Load
All YouTube2 users can upload videos for up to 15 minutes each. Users can verify their account, usually via mobile phone, to be able to upload videos up to 12 hours long and produce live streams.
Quality And Formats
YouTube initially offered videos in a single quality level, displayed at 320 × 240 pixels resolution.
It is using the Sorenson Spark codec (a variant of H.263) with mono MP3 audio.
Live Broadcast
YouTube conducted early experiments with live streaming, including a U2 concert in 2009.
And a question-and-answer session with US President Barack Obama in February 2010.
These tests relied on third-party technology, but in September 2010.
YouTube began testing its live streaming infrastructure.
In April 2011, YouTube announced the launch of YouTube Live.
YouTube2 Services
Youtube Community
In September 2016, YouTube announced the launch of its own social media feature called YouTube Community.
Only users with more than 500 subscribers have access to it.
Community posts can contain images, GIFs, text, and videos.
YouTube Go Logo
YouTube Go is an Android app designed to make it easy to access YouTube on mobile devices in emerging markets.
It differs from the company’s main Android app and allows you to download.
And also, it share videos with other users.
Also, it allows users to preview videos, share downloaded videos via Bluetooth.
And provides more options for mobile data control and video resolution.
In May 2022, Google announced that it would be discontinuing YouTube Go in August 2022.
YouTube Kids
YouTube Kids is an American video application for children developing by YouTube, a subsidiary of Google.
The app develops in response to parental and government scrutiny of content available to children.
The app offers a kid-focused version of the service with a curated selection of content, parental controls.
And also, filtering of videos deemed inappropriate for children under 13, 8, or 5.
It is depending on the selected age group.
Youtube Movies
YouTube Movies is a service provided by YouTube that displays movies through its website.
Many of the movies we can view for free with ads.
Youtube Music
On September 28, 2016, YouTube named Lyor Cohen, co-founder of 300 Entertainment.
And former Warner Music Group executive, as Global Head of Music.
In early 2018, Cohen began hinting at the possible launch of YouTube’s new subscription music streaming service.
It is a platform that would compete with other services like Spotify and Apple Music.
YouTube Premium
YouTube Premium (formerly YouTube Red) is YouTube’s premium subscription service.
It offers ad-free streaming, access to original shows, and background and offline video playback on mobile devices.
YouTube Premium was originally announces on November 12, 2014, as “Music Key”.
It is a subscription music streaming service.
Also, it intends to integrate with and replace Google Play Music’s existing “All Access” service.
