In 2008, YouTube live-streamed a special concert to 700,000 viewers. Since then, we’ve seen live streams of a U2 concert, Presidential speeches, and the Indian Premiere League. YouTube’s political blog/channel CitizenTube has also featured live streaming. But, with the exception of CitizenTube, these have all been one-off events that have given no real indication of a permanent, game-changing feature.
Until now.
Starting this morning and running through Tuesday night, four select YouTube partners — Next New Networks, Howcast, Young Hollywood, and Rocketboom — will be streaming live footage on YouTube. Check out the show listings with the widget above. For years, it’s been talked about. Though this is only a test, and only available for two days, the company has confirmed that it plans to offer live streaming to all its content partners. This will put them in direct competition with the likes of Ustream, Justin.tv, and Livestream. It's only two days, but I know this puts me one step closer to joining the ranks of cable-free TV and watching all live sports online. ~ p
(Source: TechCrunch)
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