YouTube has announced it will launch regional specific versions of its video sharing platform in Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK, which will hopefully mean I stop getting Japanese dubbed editions of Malcolm In The Middle when I go searching for them on the video site (actually I've found a new video sharing site which has the entire MITM catalogue in English, plus new episodes of Doctor Who, which are being pulled down by YouTube these days, so that's where I'm hanging out just now - I won't tell you what its called because there has got to be so much copyright violation going on there, I don't want one of you content owners out there to go and close it down!). The regional variations of YouTube will have features and sections relevant to the local territory, including country-specific rankings and comments. I'm not sure if you'll be able to just search for videos from your home country, we'll see I guess. YouTube man Chad Hurley said yesterday: "YouTube will now be more accessible and interesting to a worldwide audience, and we look forward to rolling out in other countries in the months to come".
Jun 20, 2007
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YouTube goes regional
YouTube will launch regional versions in Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK, with country-specific rankings and comments.