YouTube Canada open for your viewing pleasure

By Dave Forde on November 8th, 2007

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Google’s $1.65 purchase of YouTube continues to morph into new opportunities, the latest is Â YouTube Canada, which was launched earlier this week. Â Leveraging the search engine’s capabilities, the new site will offer CanadiansÂ the ability to quickly search and view video content most relevant to them.Features of the site includeYouTubeCanada will offer Canadians the best video content from around the worldthrough a local interface that promotes the content most relevant to them. Content uploaded by users in Canada will showup as “top favourites” and “recommended content” on the YouTube Canada site,creating a new space for the national community and giving Canadian users the opportunity to increase their exposure and become local stars, and increasing their exposure within the YouTube international community as well.

“We’re very excited to bring a local version of YouTube to Canada, and are committed to continuing to improve the YouTube experience for our Canadian users,” said Chad Hurley, CEO and co-founder of YouTube. “Our goal is to satisfy the unique needs of the local users and to further strengthen Canada’s vibrant YouTube community.”

In preparation for the launch, YouTube has already signed various relationships with content partners in Canada - who have established or are establishing YouTube Channels - including Dose.ca, CBC, CFL, CommandN,NewsCanada, UNICEF, and SONY BMG Canada.Presenting at the special launch in Toronto today were popular localYouTube users thewinekone, mememolly, picnicface and galacticast; as well asCBC ), Dose.ca, NewsCanada, and CommandN TVÂ