YouTube launches experimental broadcast live video

YouTube did Monday its long awaited foray into the live broadcast online video, with the launch of an experimental trial in which he received the endorsement of four new partners.The test of live streaming video can be seen for two days beginning Monday, but is expected to grow considerably throughout the Web site, which is owned by Google Inc.
YouTube Live video four partners involved in the test: the site dedicated to Young Hollywood celebrities, television, online Next New Networks, the guide of "do it yourself" Howcast and Rocketboom, the video blog on the Internet culture.

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"This is just an initial test, a first step," he said of YouTube Live video product manager Josh Siegel."We receive a large amount of data on the performance of our new platform and then, based on this information, we make decisions on how we can open it with the goal of allowing entry for all our partners with the passage of time" .In the last two years, YouTube has sent numerous live acts, including U2, cricket matches in India and the first report on the state of the nation's President Barack Obama.However, broadcast live to all of them, YouTube had to rely on third party technology.
Chris Hamilton, a product marketing manager for YouTube Live video, said the so-called "live stream" (live streaming) is "a natural evolution of online video" and that "adds an extra level of commitment" to amateur surfers site.
YouTube, however, is far from being the first company to enter the field of live video transmissions.

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New companies like Ustream.tv, Justin.tv and Livestream already established in the field.However, YouTube Live video is still the largest video site on the Internet and is expected to soon have a major stake in the growing business of live video streams.
The company ComScore recently announced that the amount of time you spend the American public to see what the major broadcasters transmit live video grew by 648% last year and the YouTube Live video.
The advertising possibilities are good, because the average time a netizen seen a live video is about 7% greater than the average of traditional online video, according to ComScore.