Every minute, 24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube!
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February 2005: YouTube founders, Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim begin work on a video sharing site – they all met at PayPal
April 2005: First video uploaded to YouTube – a video of Jawed at San Diego Zoo
November 2005: YouTube secures first round of funding with Sequoia Capital for $3.5m
December 2005: Official Launch (8m videos watched a day)
February 2006: 15m videos watched a day; 20,000 uploaded a day
May 2006: Mobile video uploads released
July 2006: 65,000 new videos uploaded every day, site passes 100m video views per day
August 2006: YouTube launches first advertising concepts – Participatory Video Ads (PVA) and Brand Channels
Autumn 2006: YouTube signs deal with three major music labels (Sony BMG, Warner, Universal)
October 2006: YouTube partners with first major network (CBS) Begins testing Content Id tool to protect copyrighted material
October 2006: YouTube partners with Audible Magic to create audio identification technology
October 2006: Google acquires YouTube for $1.65bn, says its revenues are “not material”
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Falling Awake 