In the scant time since the first video was uploaded to YouTube on April 23, 2005, the website has rocketed to global stardom and become a key player in a shift to Internet television. An average of 24 hours of video are uploaded to YouTube each minute in an amount of content equal to 150,000 full length films over the course of a week. The website boasts content deals with more than 10,000 partners including entertainment titan Disney, and has a fledgling online movie rental service. __