YouTube launches in South Africa

Tuesday, May 18. 2010

YouTube launches in South Africa

From the YouTube blog:

From now on when users in South Africa visit the localized site they will see, for example, the Most Popular and Most Viewed videos in South Africa along with local content that closely matches their interests.

In conjunction with launching our South African domain, we are teaming up with local broadcasters to ensure that YouTube users, wherever they may be, have access to some of the best locally produced content from leading local broadcasters. These include the South African Broadcasting Corporation and e.tv, who have uploaded news content including content about all the soccer fever building up in the country!

In addition, South African journalism schools, such as Rhodes Journalism School and Wits Journalism School, are also using YouTube to showcase aspiring journalists’ talent and highlight news items that are frequently under-reported:

Interesting as SA's broadband infrastructure is still, ahem, developing though the country punches well above its weight in digital media. But I'm biassed natch, as not only is it my homeland but they are picking up the journo feeds from my Alma Mater.

Posted by Alan Patrick in Web TV / IPTV / Online Video at 15:28 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

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