YouTube.in scheduled for launch

YouTube.in scheduled for launch

Google owned YouTube is the world’s most popular video sharing service. It is quite popular in India too but contribution from India remains low.

The search engine company is now working on their plans to launch an Indian edition of the YouTube service YouTube.in.

Shashi Seth, head of monetization at YouTube was quoted as saying to the media: “We plan to launch YouTube India anytime between January and March 2008.”

He added: “YouTube.com has over 300,000 videos being uploaded every day. Indian content obviously gets lost in this sea of videos. A YouTube.in site will help Indian surfers to get what they want. It will also be an excellent platform for young filmmakers to launch their work. All they have to do is create a channel to drive traffic to their videos.”

They have also entered into a deal with Eros Entertainment to showcase their movie content on the service.

Seth further said: “This is just the beginning. Together with Google’s sales teams, YouTube’s India executives will scour the country for television content, music videos and also work with producers to make their products available for viewing.”