YouTube is a great site, but it can’t possibly contain every video on the planet, so here are a few great sites that will fill your International needs.
I only wanted to write this post because I discovered tudou.com the other day. I was on the hunt for the elusive full episodes of TV shows and such online. At first I was doubt-ridden because video sites, like YouTube, are brimming with bad videos. Not to say that YouTube has bad quality, on the contrary, but that the sheer volume of videos makes it difficult to find the quality videos. I successfully watched my precious episodes of True Blood (I would have watched on HBO — which I tried to order twice — but the post on my problems with Comcast would lead down a dark and angry tangent.)
Anyway, I posted the link on my FaceBook page and got a response from a FB friend, Kat McCarty, who suggested watchme.tv. Great site! So I thought that I would take the next step and find a few more international video sharing sites. Enjoy!
tudou.com (Chinese)
Tuduo is like the Holy Grail of videos that you can’t get in the U.S. We all know how China feels about copyright laws. Wink. Wink. The bizarre thing about this site is that all of the love scenes get censored. No surprise, since all of the bootleg videos from China are also censored. It just feels like you’re on Bizarro YouTube.
viikii.net (Multi-national)
ViiKii is a great site for multi-lingual folk. They offer a great variety of videos in different languages. With enough users and videos, this could be a great hub for finding and categorizing videos in various languages. I have my language settings as: English, Cambodian, and Spanish. It’s amazing!
watchme.tv (Japanese)
I haven’t spend a whole lot of time at WatchMe TV, but I have a feeling that when I get a hankering for weird and wonderful game shows or anime, this will be the first place I go.
aajkatv.com (South Asian)
Everyone needs a little Bollywood in their lives and this is a great place to get your fill. I just love those dance routines. And I love the cooking videos! We are addicted to South Asian food in our home, so this is an incredible feature. The also have a category just for Cricket. Can’t get that on YouTube. Jai Ho!
videos.sapo.pt (Portuguese)
Sapo.pt is portal site, like Yahoo! for all of our Portuguese needs. The video site has everything other video sites have, except that it’s in Portuguese. The one thing that I did notice was a category called “Erotisimo.” Then I remembered that Europe is way more open about their sexuality than we are in the States. While it’s not Xtube or YouPorn, the Erotisimo section of this site has a lot of NSFW goodness. I was totally fascinated!
