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Google Relies On Akamai To Stream YouTube Live; 700,000 Concurrent Viewers
TechCrunch —
... Akamai data that about 700,000 people were watching the YouTube concert at its peak. There’s more information on the Mogulus blog, but basically Akamai was serving about 150,000 live streams across its networks right before the event started, and 863,000 at the peak of the concert. ...
Google Reportedly Relied on Akamai For YouTube Live Event
Google Blogoscoped —
Mogulus reports that YouTube had roughly 700,000 concurrent viewers during yesterday’s first YouTube live stream event, which featured people like Will.I.Am and Katy Perry (the San Francisco-based event featured music performances, comedy, and memes and popular people of YouTube). These stats aren’t precise, but based on public Akamai before/ after numbers during the time. Mogulus also reports that Google partnered with content delivery network Akamai to support all the users. (Note Mogulus is a competitor in the space of content ...
Why Hulu Will Eat YouTube's Lunch
InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs —
... , Nov 23, 2008 06:24 PM [image] Last night, YouTube held its inaugural "YouTube Live" concert where a number of mainstream artists played and sang along with a few YouTube stars. Mogulus estimates that there were 700,000 concurrent viewers of the YouTube live stream. Sounds like a large number until you realize that most TV shows have millions of viewers. So why do I believe Hulu will eat YouTube's lunch? Easy, Hulu is where the ad dollars will go. If I look back to my days buying millions of dollars worth of media and you asked me which service I'd rather be associated with, ...
Broadband Content Bits: Crackle's New Shows; YouTube Live Stats;
paidContent —
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSTRE4AM1PJ20081123
http://www.mogulus.com/blog/?p=778
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Was YouTube Live a Success? That Depends.
NewTeeVee —
... of the “cewebrities” that have emerged on YouTube over the past year or two — including Tay “Chocolate Rain” Zonday, LisaNova and Chad Vader, as well as a few big-name entertainment-industry stars like Katy Perry and Will.i.am. The show had the feel of an awards show, although it was one featuring stars most people probably wouldn’t recognize. So was it a success for YouTube? That depends a lot on your perspective.
According to numbers that Mogulus came up with (and that we confirmed with YouTube), YouTube Live saw about ...
Was YouTube Live a Success? That Depends
NewTeeVee —
... of the “cewebrities” that have emerged on YouTube over the past year or two — including Tay “Chocolate Rain” Zonday, LisaNova and Chad Vader, as well as a few big-name entertainment-industry stars like Katy Perry and Will.i.am. The show had the feel of an awards show, although it was one featuring stars most people probably wouldn’t recognize. So was it a success for YouTube? That depends a lot on your perspective.
According to numbers that Mogulus came up with (and that we confirmed with YouTube), YouTube Live saw about ...
Was YouTube Live a Success? That Depends. [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network —
... that have emerged on YouTube over the past year or two — including Tay “Chocolate Rain” Zonday, LisaNova and Chad Vader, as well as a few big-name entertainment-industry stars like Katy Perry and Will.i.am. The show had the feel of an awards show, although it was one featuring stars most people probably wouldn’t recognize. So was it a success for YouTube? That depends a lot on your perspective. According to numbers that Mogulus came up with (and that we confirmed with YouTube), YouTube Live saw about 700,000 ...
YouTube Live Audience Was Not 700,000 Viewers
Silicon Alley Insider —
... After watching YouTube streaming partner Akamai's live stats page during the November 22 YouTube Live event, Mogulus reported Akamai's live streams jumped from 150,000 before the event to 863,000 during its peek. ...
YouTube Live Audience Was Not 700,000 Viewers (GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider —
... After watching YouTube streaming partner Akamai's (AKAM) live stats page during the November 22 YouTube Live event, Mogulus reported Akamai's live streams jumped from 150,000 before the event to 863,000 during its peak. ...
Broadband Content Bits: Universal/Meebo; Crackle's New Shows; YouTube Live Stats; XFire's JV with H3
paidContent —
... ), which powered the event. Mogulus broke the news, championing it as a "clear confirmation of the potential of live streaming for YouTube and the internet as a whole." ...
Record Web crowd flocks to CNN and Facebook's live inauguration stream
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... , beating the estimated 700,000 concurrent streams served during a YouTube event that industry watchers believed held the previous record. ...
Obama inauguration marks new chapter for digital media
L.A. Times Tech Blog —
... After the swearing in, CNN.com reported that it had attracted 1.3
million live viewers, smashing both its own optimistic projection and
nearly doubling what industry watchers considered the previous record,
a virtual audience of 700,000 drawn by “YouTube Live,” the video site’s
November variety show. ...
