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YouTube opens pop-up space in Central Jakarta

News Desk (The Jakarta Post)
Jakarta
Mon, September 18, 2017

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YouTube opens pop-up space in Central Jakarta The pop-up space will reportedly be available from Sept. 18 to 24 for selected YouTube content creators to take footage at the studio and use the camera, lighting and other facilities provided by the company. (Shutterstock/File)

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ouTube launched on Monday a pop-up space at the Art:1 New Museum in Central Jakarta where it invites Indonesian creators to make high-quality content and collaborate with the other bright minds.

"We see many creators who live in small cities across Java, Sulawesi, even Papua create content and reap success from YouTube," said Google Indonesia managing director Tony Keusgen during the opening event as quoted by Antara news agency.

The pop-up space will reportedly be available from Sept. 18 to 24 for selected YouTube content creators to take footage at the studio and use the camera, lighting and other facilities provided by the company.

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This year's theme is music, which is the most popular theme on YouTube.

According to App Annie, up to 50 million Indonesians actively visit YouTube every month. The number of creators has also increased to 1 million users in the past year.

During the event, the tech company also handed out Golden Play Button awards to six YouTubers whose accounts have amassed more than 1 million subscribers, such as Ria Ricis, Gen Halilintar and Bayu Skak. (kes)

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