- Title: MEXICO: YouTube launches page dedicated exclusively to Mexico
- Date: 15th October 2007
- Summary: (L!2)MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (OCTOBER 11, 2007) (REUTERS) YOUTUBE BANNER VARIOUS OF VIDEO CLIP READING: "WELCOME TO YOUTUBE VIDEO" NEWS CONFERENCE CAMERAMAN (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF YOUTUBE, CHAD HURLEY, SAYING: "I'm proud to announce that YouTube has arrived to Mexico." PHOTOGRAPHER (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) REPRESENTATIVE OF YOUTUBE IN MEXICO, LUIS ARIAS, SAYING: "The content is the same as YouTube.com, the same as what Spain, France or Japan would have. All YouTube content is available." YOUTUBE.COM.MX WEBSITE CONTENT NEWS CONFERENCE JOURNALIST (SOUNDBITE) (English) PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF YOUTUBE, CHAD HURLEY, SAYING: "We don't want videos of arrested men. We don't want violent videos. We don 't want pornographic videos. We make it very clear to our community. Our community is very pro-active in tracking videos and identifying what shouldn't be there." CAMERAMAN IN NEWS CONFERENCE EDGAR (MEXICAN BOY WHO HAS BECOME NOTORIOUS ON YOUTUBE)
- Embargoed: 30th October 2007 09:35
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- Location: Mexico
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
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- Story Text: YouTube, the most popular community in the world to see, share and discover videos on-line, launched a website dedicated exclusively to Mexico on Thursday (October 11).
The Mexican site will be in Spanish and will maintain the same design of its international site. It will continue to offer its audience a unique collection of videos from around the world. The Mexican site will use a platform to select videos especially for this audience.
Chad Hurley, who is President and Co-Founder of YouTube, came to Mexico to announce its arrival.
"I'm proud to announce that YouTube has arrived to Mexico."
The Representative of YouTube in Mexico, Luis Arias, explains that the Mexican version will i
"The content is the same as YouTube.com, the same as what Spain, France or Japan would have. All YouTube content is available," he said.
Options have been highlighted to offer materials produced and elaborated in this country, with a welcome video on its homepage created for the Mexican user. This will give users more exposure and the opportunity to become national stars in their own right.
YouTube Mexico is designed to become more relevant to the Mexican user where he or she will be able to have a more personal experience with YouTube and make comments along the way. Content uploaded by Mexican users will appear as "favourites" or "recommended content."
Hurley spoke of videos he wishes to avoid.
"We don't want videos of arrested men. We don't want violent videos. We don 't want pornographic videos. We make it very clear to our community. Our community is very pro-active in tracking videos and identifying what shouldn't be there."
A teenage child, who was a special guest at the presentation, is simply known as "Edgar," from Monterrey Mexico.
He became notorious on YouTube for uploading a video showing how he falls from a tree branch into a river. His video has received more than 2 million visits and counting.
YouTube is the most popular video community in the world with millions of users. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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