In France, Google Video also failed to Dailymotion. Dailymotion failed dramatically a bit later for many reasons, some are political but also because of YouTube. It's still online but in a very sad state and it doesn't reflect what it used to be.

I mention Dailymotion because it wasn't as good as YouTube in terms of user experience and content, but it also won against Google Video, which was simply bad and unused in France, to be honest.