Timeline
YouTube exceeds 2 billion views a day2010MayIndian Premiere League cricket season live-streamed to the world on YouTube2010AprYouTube video page redesign launched2010Mar24 hours of video uploaded per minute2010MarGlobal Live stream of President Obama YouTube interview2010FebYouTube Rentals launched2010Jan
1080p Full-HD launched2009NovYouTube announced more than 1 billion views per day2009OctLive-stream of U2 concert2009OctFirst major network deal signed for catch-up TV on YouTube: Channel 42009OctIndividual Video Partnerships launched2009Aug3D launched2009JulYouTube Auto-Share to social networks and Webmail launched2009Jun20 hours of video uploaded every minute2009MayPeabody Award2009AprShows and Movies launch with hundreds of movies and thousands of full-length TV Episodes2009AprDisney deal signed2009MarPope Channel launched2009FebUS Congress and President channels launched2009JanHomepage ads expanded from 1 to 7 formats2009Jan
720p HD launched2008DecPromoted Videos launched2008NovPre-Roll ads launched2008Nov15 hours of video uploaded every minutes2008OctCBS and MGM full-length programming comes to YouTube2008OctYouTube Captions launched2008AugInteractive YouTube feature Annotations launched2008JunYouTube integration into Sony Bravia TV2008Jun13 hours of video uploaded every minute2008MayYouTube Screening Room launched2008AprYouTube Insight analytics tool launched2008Mar10 hours of video uploaded every minute2008Jan
YouTube Partner Program launched2007DecCNN/YouTube Debates - Part 22007NovCopyright management technology, Content ID, launched2007OctNon-profit channels launched2007SepInVideo Ads launched2007AugCNN/YouTube Debates - Part 12007JulYouTube mobile site launched2007JunYouTube launches in nine countries2007JunFirst known instance of a Rickroll2007May
Acquired by Google for $1.65B2006OctFirst advertising concepts launched: Participatory Video Ads2006Aug100M video views per day; 65,000 new video uploads per day2006JulVideo responses launched2006MayContent Verification Program launched2006Mar
Official site launch (8M videos watched a day)2005DecYouTube secures first round of funding with Sequoia Capital for $3.5M2005NovYouTube enables embeds for other sites2005JunBeta launch of the site2005MayFirst video uploaded to the site2005AprFounders register domain name and begin work on site2005Feb
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