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“YouTube, the popular video sharing website, is set to challenge established TV broadcasters by offering its own live channels. The plans would enable YouTube’s millions of users to chat from their bedrooms, perform music or report on a breaking news story to a worldwide audience in real time.

A birthday party or wedding could be broadcast live to family and friends who are unable to attend…..

The move will further blur the distinction between traditional television broadcasters and online delivery systems. In its first seven weeks the BBC’s iPlayer was used to stream or download 17 million TV programmes on to computers, while ITV, Channel 4 and Sky also have growing web services. Sites such as Amazon and Apple’s iTunes sell thousands of films and TV programmes for download and new companies such as Joost offer ‘TV on the internet’.

A number of video streaming websites already exist but they are regarded by sceptics as largely a platform for garrulous teenagers and mindless minutiae.” Guardian

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