Tech Shout!

The extremely popular online video community YouTube places its footsteps on the Indian soil by launching a local YouTube version www.youtube.co.in especially for the masses of the Indian origin. The new YouTube site for India goes live, featuring regional and localized content with a search homepage that concentrates on videos and links related to India.

The site caters to the Indian public with featured videos, videos tab and community tab delivering a variety of videos for the Indian public. It’s very simple to upload the videos of your own and express your creativity to the world. The site will also display the top favorite videos viewed by the general audiences teamed up with help center, user support and community features.

“We are very excited to bring a local version of YouTube to India considering the passion of users here for music and entertainment.” said Steve Chen, CTO and co-founder of YouTube. “For a culture that is steeped both in video and in storytelling, and where everyone has a voice -YouTube India will not only offer Indian users more relevant content but also provide a platform to share India’s unique and diverse culture and lifestyle with the largest online video community in the world.”

YouTube India has already signed in for partnerships with big giants such as Eros Entertainment, Rajshri Films, IIFA, Ministry of Tourism, IIT Delhi, NDTV, UTV, Zoom TV, India TV, Krishcricket, etc.

This is just the beginning of YouTube’s baby steps in India. It plans to spread its wings wide apart in partnership with various other companies and promises to deliver the best and a platter of choices to the Indian market.