To what extent has the emergence of youtube changed our media industry?

Youtube's emergence has changed the media industry significantly. Youtube has in a sense linked the various forms of media throughout the world and enabled any net citizen to be able to view programmes aired in another country. This is made able because users from all around the world are able to upload their local television programmes onto youtube for the world the view. An excellent example of this would be the latest trend amongst Singaporean teens to watch and keep up with anime series aired in japan. In addition, these videos are also usually subtitled by the people who uploaded the videos for the convenience of those who do not understand their local language. Another example, is the recent craze over Korean and Japanese serials and variety programs. These shows were mostly made famous through the viewer ship of them on youtube. Youtube has thus revolutionized television and made it international. Youtube has also served as a platform for budding stars and directors. This is because through youtube these people can upload their homemade videos onto the internet and gain opinions on how to improve their works. It is in such a sense that youtube has revolutionized media. In the near future, is would not seem unlikely that youtube begins collaborating with television networks to completely bring forth an age of international television. Who knows Youtube may actually replace the need for a television in the future.