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<!--[if gte mso 10]> <br /></div> <div class='paddedBox greyBox advertisement marginBottom'><h6>ADVERTISEMENT</h6><div><!-- Begin ad tag c501 --> </p><div id="c501Ad" class="adHide"> <mce:noscript><!-- &lt;a href=&quot;http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/br2.main/bulletins/digitalam/article;s-se=12309;p-scat=;lang=en-gb;auth=false;p-mf=;cid=1003664;kw=youtube,hits,two,billion,views,per,day,;di=1003;s-di=2097;s-di=3213;nt=1;loc=;se=12306;p-dl=;cjc=mwo;p-cat=;p-di=2097;sc=2000;tile=8;adloc=c501;sz=300x250,300x600;ord=1274052918?&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; &lt;img src=&quot;http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/br2.main/bulletins/digitalam/article;s-se=12309;p-scat=;lang=en-gb;auth=false;p-mf=;cid=1003664;kw=youtube,hits,two,billion,views,per,day,;di=1003;s-di=2097;s-di=3213;nt=1;loc=;se=12306;p-dl=;cjc=mwo;p-cat=;p-di=2097;sc=2000;tile=8;adloc=c501;sz=300x250,300x600;ord=1274052918?&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; /&gt; &lt;/a&gt; --></mce:noscript> </div> <!-- End ad tag c501 --> </div> /* Style Definitions */ <p> table.MsoNormalTable <br> {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; <br> mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; <br> mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; <br> mso-style-noshow:yes; <br> mso-style-parent:""; <br> mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; <br> mso-para-margin:0cm; <br> mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; <br> mso-pagination:widow-orphan; <br> font-size:10.0pt; <br> font-family:"Times New Roman"; <br> mso-ansi-language:#0400; <br> mso-fareast-language:#0400; <br> mso-bidi-language:#0400;} <br> <!--[endif]--></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;" ><span style="color: black;" >To celebrate its fifth anniversary, the Google-owned site will launch a campaign in which users tell their personal stories of how YouTube has affected their lives, u</span>nderlining its founding commitment to be a place where "anyone with a video camera and an internet connection can share a story with the world".</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;" >Five years ago Chad Hurley, the site's co-founder and chief executive, said he had pinned his hopes for YouTube on the basic premise that "everyone in the back of their mind wants to be a star".</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;" ><span style="color: black;" >The ‘My YouTube Story’ campaign will be featured on a Five Year Channel showing interactive world maps of user videos and an interactive timeline of video milestones. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;" ><span style="color: black;" >Guest curators including American chat-show host Conan O’Brien will pick five of their favourite YouTube clips from the past five years.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;" ><span style="color: black;" >The site has gained a billion views a day in the past seven months, indicating that its decision </span><span style="color: black;" >last year </span><span style="color: black;" >to introduce long-form content is paying off.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;" ><span style="color: black;" > <a href="http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/945896/YouTube-Channel-4-strike-content-sharing-deal/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH" >In October, YouTube struck its first content deal with Channel 4</a>, making the broadcaster's long-form programmes available on YouTube for free for the first time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;" ><b><span style="font-weight: normal;" >It has since struck deals with Channel Five, <a href="http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/989500/YouTube-lands-brand-sponsors-cricket-coverage?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH" >as well as with the </a></span></b><a href="http://www.marketingmagazine.co.uk/news/989500/YouTube-lands-brand-sponsors-cricket-coverage?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH" >Indian Premier League.</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align: baseline;" >The site was bought by Google in 2006 for $1.65bn</p></div>