YouTube Live brings change
YouTube Live celebrates the first streamed event in San Francisco. Part concert, party variety and part party, it brings to life many of the amazing YouTube videos and talent. As I’m watching the live show on my laptop, I can’t help to think how much YouTube has changed the world — the way we consume video entertainment, the lives of thousands YouTube talents, and the whole media entertainment industry.
YouTube may not be the most profitable online video site, but it certainly changes the rule of the game. Anyone with an internet connection can play a role in creating movies, music, news and propaganda (of course). It pushes traditional businesses to think carefully about the internet as the new frontier of the entertainment industry. It reshapes politics and how politicians communicate with the people.
YouTube Live, the event itself, will probably soon be forgotten by most people. But, but the idea it represents will certainly be marked as a significant milestone in the modern media history.
On Nov. 23, 2008, a sister YouTube Live event will take place in Tokyo.
