Timeline

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2010
May
YouTube exceeds 2 billion views a day
2010
Apr
Indian Premiere League cricket season live-streamed to the world on YouTube
2010
Mar
YouTube video page redesign launched
2010
Mar
24 hours of video uploaded per minute
2010
Feb
Global Live stream of President Obama YouTube interview
2010
Jan
YouTube Rentals launched

2009
Nov
1080p Full-HD launched
2009
Oct
YouTube announced more than 1 billion views per day
2009
Oct
Live-stream of U2 concert
2009
Oct
First major network deal signed for catch-up TV on YouTube: Channel 4
2009
Aug
Individual Video Partnerships launched
2009
Jul
3D launched
2009
Jun
YouTube Auto-Share to social networks and Webmail launched
2009
May
20 hours of video uploaded every minute
2009
Apr
Peabody Award
2009
Apr
Shows and Movies launch with hundreds of movies and thousands of full-length TV Episodes
2009
Mar
Disney deal signed
2009
Feb
Pope Channel launched
2009
Jan
US Congress and President channels launched
2009
Jan
Homepage ads expanded from 1 to 7 formats

2008
Dec
720p HD launched
2008
Nov
Promoted Videos launched
2008
Nov
Pre-Roll ads launched
2008
Oct
15 hours of video uploaded every minutes
2008
Oct
CBS and MGM full-length programming comes to YouTube
2008
Aug
YouTube Captions launched
2008
Jun
Interactive YouTube feature Annotations launched
2008
Jun
YouTube integration into Sony Bravia TV
2008
May
13 hours of video uploaded every minute
2008
Apr
YouTube Screening Room launched
2008
Mar
YouTube Insight analytics tool launched
2008
Jan
10 hours of video uploaded every minute

2007
Dec
YouTube Partner Program launched
2007
Nov
CNN/YouTube Debates - Part 2
2007
Oct
Copyright management technology, Content ID, launched
2007
Sep
Non-profit channels launched
2007
Aug
InVideo Ads launched
2007
Jul
CNN/YouTube Debates - Part 1
2007
Jun
YouTube mobile site launched
2007
Jun
YouTube launches in nine countries
2007
May
First known instance of a Rickroll

2006
Oct
Acquired by Google for $1.65B
2006
Aug
First advertising concepts launched: Participatory Video Ads
2006
Jul
100M video views per day; 65,000 new video uploads per day
2006
May
Video responses launched
2006
Mar
Content Verification Program launched

2005
Dec
Official site launch (8M videos watched a day)
2005
Nov
YouTube secures first round of funding with Sequoia Capital for $3.5M
2005
Jun
YouTube enables embeds for other sites
2005
May
Beta launch of the site
2005
Apr
First video uploaded to the site
2005
Feb
Founders register domain name and begin work on site
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