VidSpace

VideoSpace is a Cowellan web-sharing website based in Cowell founded by former Seymour Games employee Tyrrell Takara. Launched in early 1996, the site was the precursor to YouTube. As of 2019, over 28 billion videos have been uploaded to the site, while the first 50 were uploaded during its first month of activity.

Its main competitors are YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion.

## History

### Pre-Alpha testings

VidSpace began development in Early 1989 by Driller Engine programmer Tyrrell Takara, who has previously worked with Seymour Games and other independent developers at the time.

Because Internet access bandwidth and video transcoding technology at the time were limited, Takara had to make the plugin called "VideoSpace Player", capable of streaming embedded MPEG-1 videos with WAV audio in the webpage. Because Takara has little to no experience of website development, he contacted few Netspace employees to help him develop the site.

### Launch

On January 17, 1996, VidSpace was launched on the internet. The first video of the site titled "Me testing my video website project" was uploaded to the site three hours later at 8:00 AM. It was successful with 50 videos being uploaded each month of activity. Most of the multimedia players added support for VidSpace. The offices were in Emerald City whilst the servers and international mainframe operations were based in Gorrents.

At first, on April 17, 1998, VidSpace's custom-designed Linux-powered mainframes were prone to rendering playback ID errors, 500 Internal Server Errors and in some cases, browser crashes due to faulty hard drives, and as a result server engineers were given a special hammer as part of their regular electronic mainframe repair kits. When banged against the area of the drive, it would temporarily fix the problem. The business end was made out of a patented lead-hardened Tyvek mixture developed by University of Cowell students, and formulated so it wouldn't damage the internal electronics when pounded on.

### Rise of VideoSpace

The success of VidSpace led to creating apps and clones. In March 2001, VideoSpace launched a premium subscription service, called VideoSpace Plus. The service allowed users to upload much longer videos (such as making short films), playing videos with high quality, and trying new features earlier than other users.

In January 2002, VidSpace had major upgrades, video player was switched to 16:9 widescreen and the quality upgraded to 576i.

In March 2003, VidSpace miagrated to Flash.

### Modern era

In October 2003, VidSpace was redesigned to have a clean look, new features, improved playback quality, much longer videos, and more choices to make more social.

720p HD was introduced in February 2005, making it the first video-sharing website to have high-definition quality. 1080p Full HD was introduced in October 2006. 4K Ultra HD was introduced in January 2010. In September 2013, VideoSpace transitioned to HTML5, allowing playback on iOS, Android, Portosic OS, and ViraOS devices.

VideoSpace has recently begun to offer paid, free-to-view uploads of full episodes of TV series and movies, striking to make a deal with Disney in 2018 to allow Disney's VideoSpace accounts to upload full episodes from Disney and Disney Junior shows, plus remastered versions of older shows and episodes. Similar to Tubi, they have advertisements (though an ad blocker can offer an uninterrupted experience).

## VidSpacers

* Colin Brice Herrera (eloc08)
* Ben Gia Tran (CubenRocks Studios)
* Eliza Quinn (elizumba12)
* Jamella Avanzado (jamella16)
* Haruki Tsukuda (Silent Productions presents)
* Hiroki Saitou (saitou78)
* Joro Hishime (jorotimes)
* Julia Postacio (iamjuliap)
* Tyrrell Takara (tyrrel)
* Tinna Sampsen (tinnafaitdesvidéos)
* Timothy Schönbächler (Cowell Trains)
* Mick Smith and Bonny Petrovic (RacetrackCowell)
* Rog the Best (RogdaBest)
* William Korhonen (WillyKorho)
* Salisha Zaldívar (Salisha3)
* Aymee Heart (AymeeLuvsU)
* Sorley Ó Rothláin (SorleySings)
* Yu Alptekin (CarCrashVideos)
* Cole Masau (ColeMasauToons)
* TheDailyVid.com
* Vanessa Anderson (VanessaThe1st)
* Jakuwo Mekoti (jeko)
* José Camparindes (Campo646)
* Peter Taylor (CowellTVScan)
* Ned Scaveler (NedScavelerTV)
* Gianluigi Rapisarda (Monster Funk)
* Martin Berger (RealMartinBerger)
* Caillou Anderson (Caillou Anderson’s VideoSpace Channel)
* John Birkan (TVTimeCowell)
* Jimeno Bayntun (EASfan199X)
* Ricky Alblas (Alblassongs)
* Nia Salmond (Neko Nia)
* Katsuo Nishihara (MeleeFLACs X)
* Kayson Moss (Logosandstuff201)
* Trevor Silver (RandomianTVHistory)
* Billy Blackmon (ChineseCheckers232)
* Matthew Vega (CrowfeatherCDX1997)
* Lance Bentley (PenguineCuisine)
* Keisha Janjigian (MissWoolma29)
* Scott "Skit" Blair (SkitWithMe)
* Billie Eilish (Billie Eilish's Archive Channel)
* Justin Blarkon (JustScrewinAround)
* Samuel Langer (GuyishTelevisionArchive)
* Paul Manique (freakfromlesauveur)
* Bunny Johns (IAmTheRabbit)
* James Jeanel (featherquack613)
* CuteAmySisters
* Luc Katzenellenbogen (Luckatz)
* Seymour Anderson (TespoyburgTVGuy)
* Howie Bogaert (HowieB)
* Phelan Morkel (RealPhelanMorkelOfficial)
* Xanku Wi (Xanku's Portal)
* Avgnea Ejihalal (Bantu Avidity)
* Anridel Sbaho (Anribaho)
* Hayden Christoper Villegas (ChicharonEater)
* Vanessa Anderson (Vanessa Aretha Anderson)
* Uyajia Edharloal (Uyajioal)
* Valerie Prickett (ExploringTheWorld)
* Patrick Nurmsalu & others (TheThemeParkCrew)
* Duncan O'Coinga (ScamWatch)
* Trey LaPierre Jr. (TommyOliversDoppelganger/Power Rangers with Bad Words)
* Nemo Carreras (SwellElectrician22)
* Travis Vales (Travis Travels)
* Rraannss Gqaet (Ttuurrdd)
* Louis Haythorn (Musak1)
* James Bielinski (unclesmithee)
* Karl Cloutier (Charmx) - 2 million subscribers
* unknown (WilsonHFK)
* Michelle Reilly (Toadette Plush)
* Logan Chai (mr.chai)