14 DAY TRIAL // Q: What's the most and the most attractive thing of YouTube? A: The fact that it allows users to upload any kind of clip as long as it doesn't infringe the guidelines and share it with friends, family and other Internet users. And of course, its freeware license that enables us to access the product without paying a cent. But it seems like the things are going to be changed soon in a new version of the online video sharing service especially addressed to corporate customers.
BusinessWeek wrote an article on the upcoming plans of the Mountain View company, saying that Google is more and more attracted by the corporate side of its products since it is able to bring considerable amounts of money to their accounts. Among the mentioned plans, we can also find a corporate edition of the famous online video sharing service meant to host videos for training and employee communications.
Basically, this kind of service would be extremely attractive for numerous corporate customers but individuals would surely avoid visiting the product unless they really need the clips. For example, a corporate flavor of YouTube might offer tutorials and other valuable clips that can be offered to the customers for a certain amount of money. Of course, the content would have to be 100 percent high-quality videos created only by experts and specialists.
At this time, there are numerous video services offering paid content but YouTube would surely compete for the leader position since it is powered by the Mountain View company and is evolved from a freeware version based on an impressive community.
YouTube was acquired in October 2006 for $1.65 billion and since the acquisition was confirmed, the video sharing product grew up a lot and became the clear leader of its category, managing to beat its rivals with ease.