Tag: LIVE

Having already dipped its toes in the live-stream pool earlier this year, YouTube is now testing a broader live-streaming platform, set to go live this morning. The trial, underway at 11 a.m. EST, will involve content streamed from four of YouTube's partners: Howcast, Next New Networks, Rocketboom and Young Hollywood. (Click here for a full programming schedule.) Youtube explains that users will ...

Google is shaking up the sports world. According to The New York Times, the company recently broadcast a live sporting event on YouTube for the first time. About 50 million fans tuned in from around the world (minus the U.S., where the event was broadcast on delay) to watch the Indian Premier League's eight-team cricket tournament. It's not the NBA Playoffs, but the 60 live matches drew about a ...

For some women, giving birth is an intimate experience. But for a 23-year-old Minneapolis mom-to-be, it's a chance to teach and share with the world -- live on the Internet. According to Boston.com, a woman named Lynsee was approached by Moms Like Me, a site that lets women blog about their pregnancies, and asked about filming the birth of her first child and streaming it on the Web. After ...

If you weren't lucky enough to snag a ticket for U2's concert at the Rose Bowl this Sunday, don't worry; you don't have to be in Pasadena, or even reside in the United States, to catch the band's performance. According to BBC News, the show will be streamed live in 16 countries via YouTube, and clips from the concert will be archived on the site -- just in case you miss it the first time around. ...