What is youtube? Introduction to youtube.

1, YouTube is a video website whose early company was located in San Bruno, California. Registered on February 15, 2005, it was founded by Chinese American steve chen and others, allowing users to download, watch and share movies or short films.

2. In June, 2006, 165438+ 10, Google acquired YouTube for 165 billion dollars and operated it as a subsidiary. But Google has been very cautious about how to make money through YouTube. After the acquisition of YouTube, it is still popular among netizens around the world. According to the forecast of Citibank analysts, Google may get a net income of $2.4 billion from YouTube in 20 12. 2014 65438+1On October 3rd, YouTube announced the demonstration of 4K HD video streaming service at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. This service uses Google's video codec technology VP9.

3. Unregistered users of the website can still watch videos directly, while registered users can upload unlimited movies. But when the film may have offensive content, it is only open to registered users above 18. As an online video service provider in the current industry, YouTube's system processes tens of millions of video clips every day, providing high-level video uploading, distribution, display and browsing services for thousands of users around the world. From 2065438 to February 2005, CCTV pushed the Spring Festival Gala to overseas websites such as YouTube for the first time.