YouTube: Live Streaming Today
In just under eight hours, YouTube will begin celebrating its first live streamed event in San Francisco with a concert and party intended to celebrate its user community
Celebrities, Web celebs and major artists, including the mad scientists from the Mythbusters crew, will.i.am, Lisa Nova, Michael Buckley, and Joe Satriani will be joining the celebrations, and YouTube will be offering three live streams direct from its Live channel.
While YouTube hasn't made any formal announcements about an ongoing live streaming service, we expect today may bring an end to the rumors in the form of an announcement confirming a statement Steve Chen made to Sarah Meyer earlier this year. When asked: "When are you guys gonna do live video on YouTube?" Chen replied:
"Live video is just something that we've always wanted to do, we've never had the resources to do it correctly, but now with Google, we hope to launch something this year," answered Chen.
Perhaps today is the day.
While there has been much speculation surrounding today's event, Google's ability to stream live today indicates that they've stepped up their efforts in regard to the service. YouTube, now the second largest search engine, has been ramping up this year and its recent efforts to monetize the service, with both Adsense and YouTube embeds clearly point to the importance they now place on the service.
You'll be able to watch online or on your mobile device, but if you want to take part in the action, you'll need to head down to Fr Mason, Herbst Pavillion, San Francisco. Doors open at 4 p.m. and close at 4.45 p.m. so be early if you don't want to miss out. The show begins at 5 p.m. PST.
Update: Thanks to Andrew for pointing out in the comments that tickets are no longer available.
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It seems like a really cool idea. I will definitely have to stop by YouTube and check it out. Though some of those YouTube "celebrities" can be pretty annoying.
-Andrew
"You'll be able to watch online or on your mobile device, but if you want to take part in the action, you'll need to head down to Fr Mason, Herbst Pavillion, San Francisco. Doors open at 4 p.m. and close at 4.45 p.m. so be early if you don't want to miss out. The show begins at 5 p.m. PST."
You need a ticket to get in. They gave away tickets for free weeks ago in random drawings.
This is an interesting move from Youtube,in my opinion, Youtube should have done this a year ago, if so, they will be the nation's largest "television network" by today, which not only help solve the monetizing issue, but also gain huge influence on everything else. Having watched the "mainstream" media for so long, I would turn to Youtube from day one after they provide the live streaming media service.
Andrew - problem is, I find many celebs (even those not on YouTube) to be annoying :)
Andrew: Thanks. Yes they gave away tickets weeks ago, and you're right; they're no longer available. I will update the post. But I suspect (given the comments) that many just want to get close to the event. :)
Voip: I don't know...Given their parent company, I suspect they're well on their way to being the largest TV network anyway. ;)
Youtube is not working in Turkey lol :(
YouTube.com Live Saturday November 22, 2008, YouTube hosted the first official "YouTube Live" at the Fort Mason Center in San Francisco
http://specialreport.com/what-is-youtube-live-san-francisco/
thanks this raports