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YouTube’s Big Live Debut: Pretty Small
Did you watch YouTube Live last night? Odds are you didn't. The video site's first attempt at a live-streamed event drew a peak audience of 700,000 people. That's a lot for a Web event. But if it was a TV show, it would have been canceled.
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Video Scenes From YouTube Live: Obama Girl, Chad Hurley and Free Hugs
BoomTown — ... As such, as Peter Kafka of MediaMemo notes: “That is almost certainly a record for a Web-only event. But it’s a nonevent by mainstream entertainment standards.” ...

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TechBlog — ... one online company? • Would you 'Kumo' it? - Is Microsoft about to rebrand Windows Live Search? Both that name and the rumored "Kumo" are awful. • No upgrades from XP to Windows 7? - That's how it is in the beta, and Ed Bott thinks the final release will be that way, too. Clean installs only. • Kernel vulnerability found in Vista  Security - But don't expect a fix until Vista's next service pack. • Sony's Crackle.com set to roll out new Web shows • YouTube's Big Live Debut: Pretty Small -- "Only" about 700,000 streams. • How Many Blogs ...

Was YouTube Live a Success? That Depends. [NewTeeVee]
GigaOM Network — ... with YouTube), YouTube Live saw about 700,000 simultaneous viewers at the peak of the event on Saturday night. As Peter Kafka notes in a column at All Things Digital, those aren’t really the kinds of numbers that would make for a successful show in TV Land. In fact, if a studio saw those kinds of viewership numbers, they would likely pull the plug on a show. In the TV business, if you’re not pulling in several million viewers a night, you’re toast. Using that as a benchmark, YouTube Live wasn’t exactly a blockbuster. ...

Was YouTube Live a Success? That Depends.
NewTeeVee — ... with YouTube), YouTube Live saw about 700,000 simultaneous viewers at the peak of the event on Saturday night. As Peter Kafka notes in a column at All Things Digital, those aren’t really the kinds of numbers that would make for a successful show in TV Land. In fact, if a studio saw those kinds of viewership numbers, they would likely pull the plug on a show. In the TV business, if you’re not pulling in several million viewers a night, you’re toast. Using that as a benchmark, YouTube Live wasn’t exactly a blockbuster. ...

Was YouTube Live a Success? That Depends
NewTeeVee — ... with YouTube), YouTube Live saw about 700,000 simultaneous viewers at the peak of the event on Saturday night. As Peter Kafka notes in a column at All Things Digital, those aren’t really the kinds of numbers that would make for a successful show in TV Land. In fact, if a studio saw those kinds of viewership numbers, they would likely pull the plug on a show. In the TV business, if you’re not pulling in several million viewers a night, you’re toast. Using that as a benchmark, YouTube Live wasn’t exactly a blockbuster. ...

YouTube Live Audience Was Not 700,000 Viewers (GOOG)
Silicon Alley Insider — ... But it doesn't matter. Both numbers -- 700,000 or 175,000 -- are tiny. Even before Sarah Palin rejuvenated the franchise, Saturday Night Live last year averaged more than 5 million viewers per show, MediaMemo points out. ...

YouTube Live Audience Was Not 700,000 Viewers
Silicon Alley Insider — ... But it doesn't matter. Both numbers -- 700,000 or 175,000 -- are tiny. Even before Sarah Palin rejuvenated the franchise, Saturday Night Live last year averaged more than 5 million viewers per show, MediaMemo points out. ...

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paidContent — ... , championing it as a "clear confirmation of the potential of live streaming for YouTube and the internet as a whole." MediaMemo's Peter Kafka wasn't as impressed: "That is almost certainly a record for a Web-only event. But it's a nonevent by mainstream entertainment standards." (He did say that YouTube could likely attract a larger audience next time.) Then again, as cable network owner ...

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