Friday, June 4, 2010

YouTube to “Live Stream?"

Max Haot, the CEO of Livestream, believes this screenshot provides”strong evidence that YouTube is about to launch a live streaming feature. The big issue most of us likely will have is how the service might be used, by whom, and what business model YouTube intends to pursue.

Ad support is one option, but it might make more sense to pursue a "carriage fee" option, where the provider would simply buy the equivalent of air time from YouTube.

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