Tuesday, 25 September 2012

YouTube.com


Who owns the site?
The man in charge at YouTube is Salar Kamangar, he is the CEO and senior vice president of video at Google. 

Do they also own any traditional media businesses? 
No

What other internet sites do they own? 
Don't owner other site but partners with other Google subsidiaries like Blogger and DoubleClick (advertising)

What is its revenue? 
Not stated but expected to be $3.6bn in 2012 financial year, same as Netflix subscription revenue

What is its overall worth? 
Not stated but estimated to be around $2bn

Research five key facts about the institution. 
  1. Pareto principle applies because 30% of videos uploaded account for 99% of views. (2011)
  2. Had more that 1 trillion views in 2011
  3. Founders were former PayPal employees
  4. Domain, youtube.com activated February 14th 2005.
  5. Brought for $1.6bn by Google in November 2006
Find three quotes (with references) about the institution.
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List the key info provided on the company’s corporate homepage.
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Post up an infographic about the company.
 About YouTube


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