UCTV reached a major milestone in January with the acquisition of its one-millionth YouTube subscriber after contributing educational content to the platform for over a decade. YouTube awarded the station the coveted Creator Gold Award for this achievement. Like many YouTube success stories, UCTV’s begins in the platform’s earliest days. In 2006, UCTV, which is managed by UCSD-TV, partnered with Google to provide 1,000 hours of educational content to what was then called Google Video. At the time, it was the largest provider of educational content to Google, all of which migrated to YouTube after the still-nascent video-sharing platform was acquired by Google. In 2008, YouTube awarded UCTV an “original channel” slot, setting the stage for its upward trajectory ever since. Recorded on 03/09/2022. [Show ID: 37931]

UCTV is the broadcast and online media platform of the University of California, featuring programming from its ten campuses, three national labs and affiliated research institutions. UCTV explores a broad spectrum of subjects for a general audience, including science, health and medicine, public affairs, humanities, arts and music, business, education, and agriculture. Launched in January 2000, UCTV embraces the core missions of the University of California -- teaching, research, and public service – by providing quality, in-depth television far beyond the campus borders to inquisitive viewers around the world.
(https://www.uctv.tv)