YouTube begins rolling out international sites

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YouTube has launched nine localized versions of its video-sharing site for the following countries: Brazil, France, Ireland, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Poland, Spain and the UK. YouTube co-founder Steve Chen announced the international sites have custom-translated pages and interfaces. He noted that more local features were coming in the future, including channelling country-specific videos, categories, and sections onto each site, as well as displaying country-specific ratings and comments.

Google, YouTube’s parent company, has said a version localized for Germany should be in the works soon, along with localized versions for other unannounced countries. Along with the announcement came news that YouTube also signed partnership agreements with various content providers, including the BBC, French news channel France 24, France Televisions, and several Spanish channels. Additionally, YouTube has struck deals with football (soccer) clubs in Europe such as Chelsea, AC Milan, Barcelona, and Real Madrid.

News source: Ars Technica

#1 EchoNoise on 19 Jun 2007 - 23:18

Yeeahhh... No Australia though >_>

#2 Colin-uk on 19 Jun 2007 - 23:30

Its all very well making deal with various organisations and such but when are we going to actually see these companies use this service?

(Although I admit i dont visit YouTube a lot so i may have missed if they have already started offering content online)

(1 reply) #3 omgbomb on 20 Jun 2007 - 00:02

yeah how could they forget Australia?

#3.1 tele-fragd on 20 Jun 2007 - 15:44

They've probably got us coming up soon.

#4 toxique on 20 Jun 2007 - 02:53

noticed this, since they were added it seems ALOT faster, each country has its own severs/connections etc im guessing ?

#5 NielsJanssen on 20 Jun 2007 - 07:06

Cool, The Netherlands is one of the included countries

(1 reply) #6 Julius Caro on 20 Jun 2007 - 08:09

It's not that great. Now, no matter which country I chose I get "promotional videos" from spain. Now, depending on which country I am, results for videos I look for are going to be 'biased' towards that country. Is there a way to get unbiased search results?
The same happens with google. Google spain, no matter what language I search in, always shows me results from spain. I have to use "google.com in english" to be able to search the way I like.

#6.1 +witalit on 21 Jun 2007 - 00:43

That is very random lol. I would try reinstalling your browser as some settings may have been set which are now unchangeable. Give it a go you got nothing to lose really.

#7 Magallanes on 20 Jun 2007 - 17:31

Mercy, mercy!.

#8 Double-0-Seven on 21 Jun 2007 - 02:00

Hala Madrid! YouTube is doing good. This is great news.

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