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YouTube was founded by [[Steve Chen]], [[Chad Hurley]], and [[Jawed Karim]]. The trio were early employees of [[PayPal]], which left them enriched after the company was bought by [[eBay]].<ref name="Jackpot" /> Hurley had studied design at the [[Indiana University of Pennsylvania]], and Chen and Karim studied [[computer science]] together at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]].<ref>{{cite web |date=October 11, 2006 |title=YouTube founders now superstars |url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/youtube-founders-now-superstars-20061011-gdokrc.html |access-date=March 18, 2021 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413152749/https://www.smh.com.au/technology/youtube-founders-now-superstars-20061011-gdokrc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | YouTube was founded by [[Steve Chen]], [[Chad Hurley]], and [[Jawed Karim]]. The trio were early employees of [[PayPal]], which left them enriched after the company was bought by [[eBay]].<ref name="Jackpot" /> Hurley had studied design at the [[Indiana University of Pennsylvania]], and Chen and Karim studied [[computer science]] together at the [[University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign]].<ref>{{cite web |date=October 11, 2006 |title=YouTube founders now superstars |url=https://www.smh.com.au/technology/youtube-founders-now-superstars-20061011-gdokrc.html |access-date=March 18, 2021 |website=The Sydney Morning Herald |language=en |archive-date=April 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413152749/https://www.smh.com.au/technology/youtube-founders-now-superstars-20061011-gdokrc.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
According to a story that has often been repeated in the media, Hurley and Chen developed the idea for YouTube during the early months of 2005, after they had experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at a dinner party at Chen's apartment in | According to a story that has often been repeated in the media, Hurley and Chen developed the idea for YouTube during the early months of 2005, after they had experienced difficulty sharing videos that had been shot at a dinner party at Chen's apartment in San Francisco. Karim did not attend the party and denied that it had occurred, but Chen remarked that the idea that YouTube was founded after a dinner party "was probably very strengthened by marketing ideas around creating a story that was very digestible".<ref name="YouTube gurus">{{cite magazine |last=Cloud |first=John |date=December 25, 2006 |title=The YouTube Gurus |url=https://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570795,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=March 26, 2017 |archive-date=May 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516152014/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1570795,00.html |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
Karim said the inspiration for YouTube came from the [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy]], when [[Janet Jackson]]'s breast was briefly exposed by [[Justin Timberlake]] during the halftime show. Karim could not easily find video clips of the incident and the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami]] online, which led to the idea of a video-sharing site.<ref>{{cite web|title=Surprise! There's a third YouTube co-founder |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-11-youtube-karim_x.htm |website=[[USA Today]]|first=Jim |last=Hopkins|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004011143/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-11-youtube-karim_x.htm |url-status=live |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |date=October 11, 2006|access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McAlone |first1=Nathan |title=Here's how Janet Jackson's infamous 'nipplegate' inspired the creation of YouTube |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/idea-for-youtube-came-from-janet-jackson-nipplegate-2015-10 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=Business Insider|archive-date=April 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418131048/https://www.businessinsider.com/idea-for-youtube-came-from-janet-jackson-nipplegate-2015-10 |url-status=live|date=October 2, 2015}}</ref> Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an [[online dating service]] and had been influenced by the website [[Hot or Not]].<ref name="YouTube gurus" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050428014715/https://www.youtube.com/ Earliest surviving version of the YouTube website] [[Wayback Machine]], April 28, 2005. Retrieved June 19, 2013.</ref> They created posts on [[Craigslist]] asking attractive women to upload videos of themselves to YouTube in exchange for a $100 reward.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAJEXUNmP5M |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/XAJEXUNmP5M |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live |title=r p 2006: YouTube: From Concept to Hypergrowth – Jawed Karim |date=April 22, 2013 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Difficulty in finding enough dating videos led to a change of plans, with the site's founders deciding to accept uploads of any video.<ref>{{cite news|title=YouTube was meant to be a video-dating website|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/16/youtube-past-video-dating-website|first=Stuart |last=Dredge|work=The Guardian |date=March 16, 2016 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128200940/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/16/youtube-past-video-dating-website |url-status=live }}</ref> | Karim said the inspiration for YouTube came from the [[Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy]], when [[Janet Jackson]]'s breast was briefly exposed by [[Justin Timberlake]] during the halftime show. Karim could not easily find video clips of the incident and the [[2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami|2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami]] online, which led to the idea of a video-sharing site.<ref>{{cite web|title=Surprise! There's a third YouTube co-founder |url=https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-11-youtube-karim_x.htm |website=[[USA Today]]|first=Jim |last=Hopkins|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121004011143/https://usatoday30.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-10-11-youtube-karim_x.htm |url-status=live |archive-date=October 4, 2012 |date=October 11, 2006|access-date=March 26, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=McAlone |first1=Nathan |title=Here's how Janet Jackson's infamous 'nipplegate' inspired the creation of YouTube |url=https://www.businessinsider.com/idea-for-youtube-came-from-janet-jackson-nipplegate-2015-10 |access-date=April 13, 2024 |work=Business Insider|archive-date=April 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418131048/https://www.businessinsider.com/idea-for-youtube-came-from-janet-jackson-nipplegate-2015-10 |url-status=live|date=October 2, 2015}}</ref> Hurley and Chen said that the original idea for YouTube was a video version of an [[online dating service]] and had been influenced by the website [[Hot or Not]].<ref name="YouTube gurus" /><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20050428014715/https://www.youtube.com/ Earliest surviving version of the YouTube website] [[Wayback Machine]], April 28, 2005. Retrieved June 19, 2013.</ref> They created posts on [[Craigslist]] asking attractive women to upload videos of themselves to YouTube in exchange for a $100 reward.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAJEXUNmP5M |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/XAJEXUNmP5M |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live |title=r p 2006: YouTube: From Concept to Hypergrowth – Jawed Karim |date=April 22, 2013 |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Difficulty in finding enough dating videos led to a change of plans, with the site's founders deciding to accept uploads of any video.<ref>{{cite news|title=YouTube was meant to be a video-dating website|url=https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/16/youtube-past-video-dating-website|first=Stuart |last=Dredge|work=The Guardian |date=March 16, 2016 |access-date=March 15, 2019 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128200940/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/mar/16/youtube-past-video-dating-website |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
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[[File:YouTube TV logo.svg|thumb|Logo of YouTube TV]] | [[File:YouTube TV logo.svg|thumb|Logo of YouTube TV]] | ||
On February 28, 2017, in a press announcement held at YouTube Space Los Angeles, YouTube announced YouTube TV, an [[over-the-top media service|over-the-top]] [[multichannel video programming distributor|MVPD]]-style subscription service that would be available for United States customers at a price of US$65 per month. Initially launching in five major markets ([[New York City]], Los Angeles, [[Chicago]], [[Philadelphia]] and | On February 28, 2017, in a press announcement held at YouTube Space Los Angeles, YouTube announced YouTube TV, an [[over-the-top media service|over-the-top]] [[multichannel video programming distributor|MVPD]]-style subscription service that would be available for United States customers at a price of US$65 per month. Initially launching in five major markets ([[New York City]], Los Angeles, [[Chicago]], [[Philadelphia]] and San Francisco) on April 5, 2017,<ref>{{cite news |title=YouTube TV launches today. It has some cool features and some big drawbacks |url=https://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-youtube-tv-20170405-story.html |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=April 5, 2017 |access-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=YouTube Is Officially in the Live TV Game Now |url=https://gizmodo.com/youtube-is-officially-in-the-live-tv-game-now-1794049030 |first=Christina |last=Warren |website=[[Gizmodo]] |publisher=Gizmodo Media Group |date=April 5, 2017 |access-date=April 24, 2017}}</ref> the service offers live streams of programming from the five major broadcast networks ([[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], [[CBS]], [[The CW]], [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] and [[NBC]], along with selected [[MyNetworkTV]] affiliates and [[independent station]]s in certain markets), as well as approximately 60 cable channels owned by companies such as [[The Walt Disney Company]], [[Paramount Global]], [[Fox Corporation]], [[NBCUniversal]], [[Allen Media Group]] and [[Warner Bros. Discovery]] (including among others [[Bravo (American TV network)|Bravo]], [[USA Network]], [[Syfy]], [[Disney Channel]], CNN, [[Cartoon Network]], [[E!]], [[Fox Sports 1]], [[Freeform (TV channel)|Freeform]], [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] and [[ESPN]]).<ref name="bbc-yttv">{{cite news |title=YouTube takes on cable with new TV service |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-39124092 |first=Dave |last=Lee |publisher=BBC |date=March 1, 2017 |access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref><ref name="fortune-yttv">{{cite news |url=https://fortune.com/2017/02/28/youtube-tv-live-streaming-subscription/ |title=Meet YouTube TV: Google's Live TV Subscription Service |first=Tom Jr |last=Huddleston |work=Fortune |date=March 1, 2017 |access-date=March 1, 2017}}</ref> | ||
Subscribers can also receive premium cable channels (including [[HBO]] (via a combined [[Max (streaming service)|Max]] add-on that includes in-app and log-in access to the service), [[Cinemax]], [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]], [[Starz]] and [[MGM+]]) and other subscription services (such as [[NFL Sunday Ticket]], [[MLB.tv]], [[NBA League Pass]], [[Curiosity Stream]] and [[Fox Nation]]) as optional add-ons for an extra fee, and can access [[YouTube Premium]] original content.<ref name="bbc-yttv"/><ref name="fortune-yttv"/> In September 2022, YouTube TV began allowing customers to purchase most of its premium add-ons (excluding certain services such as NBA League Pass and [[AMC+]]) without an existing subscription to its base package.<ref>{{cite web|title=YouTube TV Launches New Option to Purchase Channel Add-Ons Without a Base Plan|url=https://thestreamable.com/news/youtube-tv-launches-new-option-to-purchase-add-ons-without-a-base-plan|author=Jason Gurwin|website=The Streamable|date=September 27, 2022}}</ref> | Subscribers can also receive premium cable channels (including [[HBO]] (via a combined [[Max (streaming service)|Max]] add-on that includes in-app and log-in access to the service), [[Cinemax]], [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]], [[Starz]] and [[MGM+]]) and other subscription services (such as [[NFL Sunday Ticket]], [[MLB.tv]], [[NBA League Pass]], [[Curiosity Stream]] and [[Fox Nation]]) as optional add-ons for an extra fee, and can access [[YouTube Premium]] original content.<ref name="bbc-yttv"/><ref name="fortune-yttv"/> In September 2022, YouTube TV began allowing customers to purchase most of its premium add-ons (excluding certain services such as NBA League Pass and [[AMC+]]) without an existing subscription to its base package.<ref>{{cite web|title=YouTube TV Launches New Option to Purchase Channel Add-Ons Without a Base Plan|url=https://thestreamable.com/news/youtube-tv-launches-new-option-to-purchase-add-ons-without-a-base-plan|author=Jason Gurwin|website=The Streamable|date=September 27, 2022}}</ref> | ||