YouTube Celebrates 5th Anniversary

SAN BRUNO: YouTube, announcing the launch of a new channel to celebrate its fifth birthday, says that is is now receiving 2 billion views a day.

Announcing the new milestone in a company blog yesterday, the Google-owned site notes that its per-day views are now "nearly double the prime-time audience of all three major U.S. television networks combined." The blog continues: "

What started as a site for bedroom vloggers and viral videos has evolved into a global platform that supports HD and 3D, broadcasts entire sports seasons live to 200+ countries. We bring feature films from Hollywood studios and independent filmmakers to far-flung audiences. Activists document social unrest seeking to transform societies, and leading civic and political figures stream interviews to the world.



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To celebrate its 5th anniversary, the site has launched the YouTube Five Year channel, where users can show how the site has changed their lives. 



There’s also an interactive timeline, plus playlists from Conan O’Brien, Vint Cerf and Katie Couric, among others.