YouTube lives it up
Event showcased YouTube's most popular performers.
(Credit: YouTube)YouTube gathered up its viral celebrities to stream its first-ever live event on Saturday from San Francisco.
YouTube sold the event as "part concert, part variety show, and part party." Its Live channel featured three different views of the event--from the main stage, backstage, and "off stage."
According to TechCrunch, calculations via Akamai showed that about 700,000 people were watching the live stream at its peak. It wasn't completely clear who actually did the streaming for YouTube, but TechCrunch felt comfortable enough to assert that it was Akamai itself.
YouTube gained its fame through video uploads, not live streaming. Was this event worth it? Mashable certainly didn't think so. Just wondering what anyone else might have to say.
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- by edlee19 November 23, 2008 10:47 AM PST
- Worth it? That's a strange question. The live show was free for anyone to view. Any viewer who was not satisfied with the show is entitled to a full refund of $0.00. I assume that YouTube got all of the performers to donate their time and energy, so it was definitely worth it for YouTube to promote itself.
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- by spiffy1001 November 24, 2008 8:01 AM PST
- Although the users may have been able to watch for free, I highly doubt the performers were not compensated. It was a live show, not a charity fundraiser.
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