YouTube

YouTube is a video sharing website on which users can upload and share videos. Created in February 2005, YouTube is now owned and operated as a subsidiary of Google. The site hosts a wide variety of user-generated video content, including movie clips, TV clips, and music videos, as well as amateur content such as video blogging and short original videos. Most of the content on YouTube has been uploaded by individuals, although media companies including The Jim Henson Company, Sesame Workshop and the Muppets Studio have uploaded materials to the website.

The Muppets

 * See Muppet viral videos

The Muppets Studio has been posting a series of original web videos online since 2008 (many exclusive to the site). The first set of videos in 2008 were posted on YouTube accounts created for individual characters, including Sam the Eagle, Gonzo, Beaker, the Swedish Chef, Statler and Waldorf, Fozzie Bear, Rizzo the Rat and Dr. Bunsen Honeydew. In 2009, the videos were posted under a central Muppets Studio account on YouTube.


 * YouTube Channels:
 * The Muppets Studio (muppetsstudio)
 * Sam Eagle (patrioticeagle)
 * Beaker (meepmeepmeepow)
 * The Great Gonzo (weirdowhatever)
 * The Swedish Chef (deumnborkborkbork)
 * Statler & Waldorf (heckleu247)
 * Fozzie Bear (wockawockabear)
 * Rizzo the Rat (rizzratz)
 * Dr. Bunsen Honeydew (themuppetlabs)

Sesame Street
Sesame Workshop maintains their own YouTube channel featuring various clips from Sesame Street. In July 2008, Sesame Workshop launched their own YouTube channel under the user name SesameStreet (which was registered in 2006). As of 2010, the channel features over 700 officially released videos clips, with new clips being added regularly. Many of the clips feature segments or excerpts from Sesame Street episodes, homevideos and other related productions. Several exclusive YouTube videos have been release along with exclusive interactive "Ask Elmo" sessions.


 * YouTube Channel:
 * Sesame Street (SesameStreet)

The Jim Henson Company
The Jim Henson Company also has a channel that showcases special videos and clips from their various productions. The company's channel showcases special videos and clips from their various productions. Exclusive full-episode previews of The Simian Undercover Detective Squad and Alt/Reality were first posted to the company's YouTube channel. Video episodes of the Henson.com podcast are also released on the channel.


 * YouTube Channels:
 * The Jim Henson Company (HensonCompany)
 * Stuffed and Unstrung (stuffedandunstrung)