Favourite Media

My Favourite Media

You Tube

Brief Description

You Tube is an online video sharing website which was started in Feb 2005. It allows people to easily upload and share video clips through websites, mobile devices, blogs and email.

Purpose

Entertain the audience

Who Influences the content

The visitors influences the content as the videos are uploaded by visitors for free and so no one particular indiviual or group controls the content.

You Tube has played a major contribution is enhancing citizen journalism as video clips of latest events and stories are uploaded as soon as it happens.

Who Owns the Media

Chad Hurley and Steve Chen are the Cheif Executive Officer and Cheif Technology Officer respectively. The website had received funding from Sequoia Capital in November 2005.