Google expands YouTube live streaming to more channels, anyone with more than 1,000 subscribers can apply
Wednesday, 15 May 2013
Google on Wednesday announced it is expanding its live streaming service to more YouTube channels. If your channel has more than 1,000 subscribers, you can apply for the feature now.
Once you get it, here’s what YouTube Live lets you do:
- Real-time transcoding in the cloud, so you only need to send YouTube your highest quality stream. The site makes it instantly available in all resolutions and device formats.
- Show multiple camera angles, add closed captions, plus insert ads and slates.
- Viewers can watch the live stream from any device, get the best quality constantly adjusting to their Internet connection, and can skip back and forth in the live stream.
Naturally, you can also track statistics for your viewers:
More to follow.
