YouTube, C-SPAN Launch Nationwide Voter Video Project

Voters to Reflect on Pertinent Issues in Conjunction with the Pennsylvania Primaries

SAN BRUNO and WASHINGTON, D.C., APRIL 7, 2008 -- YouTube, the leading online video community that allows people to discover, watch and share originally created videos, and C-SPAN, the cable public affairs network, have partnered to launch a nationwide online and television broadcast initiative. The videocentric program allows voters the opportunity to voice their views on the issues most important to them in the 2008 election.

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The "YouTube Voter Video on C-SPAN" initiative is an Internet/cable broadcast collaboration centered around the upcoming Pennsylvania primary that encourages voters to respond to the question "What issue in this election is most important to you, and why?"

From now until the eve of the Pennsylvania primaries on April 22, YouTube users and C-SPAN viewers can upload their video to C-SPAN’s YouTube channel (www.YouTube.com/cspan). Each submission should focus on a single issue and include the name and hometown of the person submitting the video. Ideally, videos will include a visual context for the issues they address, and mention the candidate best-equipped to tackle the topic at hand. A selection of videos will air on C-SPAN beginning Sunday, April 13 on "Road to the White House" and during other network political programming.

In addition to online submissions, which allow voters anytime, anywhere to submit their videos, voters in Pennsylvania will have the opportunity to record their videos from the C-SPAN Campaign 2008 Bus. The network's Campaign 2008 Bus will be traveling throughout Pennsylvania during the week leading up to the primary. Exact Campaign 2008 Bus locations will be announced shortly.

"As candidates enter the final stretch of this exciting primary, we offer voters the chance to voice their opinions on the issues that matter most in this race," said Steve Grove, YouTube's head of news and politics. "We are especially pleased to join with C-SPAN to inspire voters as they address issues that will affect Americans and the global community when the forty-fourth president takes the oath of office in 2009."

"For nearly 30 years, C-SPAN's programming mission has been to allow viewers to voice their opinions on the issues of the day," said Steve Scully, C-SPAN's Political Editor. "Our partnership with YouTube on the “Voter Video” initiative allows voters an additional and more descriptive vehicle through which they can express their points of view."

About YouTube
YouTube is the world's most popular online video community allowing millions of people to discover, watch and share originally created videos. YouTube provides a forum for people to connect, inform and inspire others across the globe and acts as a distribution platform for original content creators and advertisers large and small. YouTube, LLC is based in San Bruno, Calif., and is a subsidiary of Google Inc.

About C-SPAN
C-SPAN, the political network of record, was created in 1979 by America's cable companies as a public service. C-SPAN is currently available in 91.7 million households, C-SPAN2 in 84.5 million households, and C-SPAN3 in 15 million households nationwide. For more information, visit: c-span.org.

Source: C-SPAN