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YouTube makes livestreaming available to all
By Andy Malt | Published on Monday 16 December 2013
YouTube last week announced that it will roll out its live-streaming option to all verified accounts on the platform over the next few weeks.
YouTube moved into live streaming in 2011, initially offering the service to key live event partners. Although an increased number of content partners have since had access to the extra technology, live streaming has still been limited, with only channel operators with more than a 1000 subscribers being eligible until this summer.
But now – according to a blog post from YouTube management last week – any channel that has been verified (ie linked to a phone number) and which is in “good standing” (whatever that means), will have access to live streaming at some point in the next few weeks. Said YouTube channel owners will also be able to launch a Google+ Hangout directly from their YouTube Live event manager pages, which is apparently a good thing.
