Subsidiaries of YouTube - an overview of all companies
Would you like to know which subsidiaries and companies belong to YouTube? We present you with an overview in this practical tip.
Parent company YouTube and its subsidiaries
The video portal YouTube, founded in early 2005, was bought up a year later, in October 2006, by the Internet giant Google - for 1.65 billion US dollars (at that time just under 1.3 billion euros). In this list you can see the subsidiaries of YouTube:
- FameBit: YouTube bought this so-called influencer marketing platform in 2016 - in order to strengthen its advertising strategy in this area.
- Green Parrot Pictures Co. Ltd .: This video optimization company has been part of YouTube since 2011.
- Fflick Inc .: This website has collected information and reviews on films via Twitter. Tweets with specific content were categorized depending on whether they were positive or negative. In 2011 YouTube and Google bought the site and shut it down.
- BandPage: This start-up company specializing in musicians' websites was bought by YouTube in 2016 for $ 8 million.
- Directr, Inc .: This app allows you to record and edit short videos on your phone. This service has been part of YouTube since 2014.
- RightsFlow: The company specializing in music law has been part of YouTube since 2011.
- Episodic, Inc .: The online video hosting platform was implemented on YouTube in 2010.
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