YouTube To Offer Live Streaming Soon?

on 06/04/2010, filed in Home > General

YouTube is obviously the big cheese when it comes to online video streaming, but one thing that is lacking is live streaming for the general populace. That being said, things might change real soon as it seems that pictures of a “Live Stream” button has surfaced, strongly hinting that YouTube is planning to launch a live streaming feature that is accessible to everybody. Currently the button seems to only be accessible by YouTube employees, but hopefully it’ll be something that we’ll be able to play with sooner rather than later, right?

YouTube: is a video-sharing website where users can upload videos. It is currently (7/2012) the largest such site, and was founded in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, who all worked at PayPal before. While it mainly featured movies from regular folks (and some illegal user uploads) at the beginning, but eventually YouTube grabbed enough market share to attract higher quality content over the years. Now, there is something for everyone, and YouTube continues to push for high-quality content, while keeping the support from amateur video-makers. The company was acquired by Google in 2006 for $1.6B.

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