I would like to create a bookmark for some of the live channels on YouTube so that I can access them using keywords on Chrome (Search Engines) or Firefox.
The problem is that if I create a bookmark/keyword to a channel like Skynews (at the moment the address is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOacA3RYrXk ) the ID changes often and I will have to update my bookmark/keyboard on a regular basis. Is there a way to avoid this?
Best Answer
There are two ways to live stream: "Stream now" and "Events".
Events always create their own videoID, it is not possible to have a permanent bookmark for the most recent event.
Stream now can be reached by
<channelURL>/live, so in your example: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCoMdktPbSTixAyNGwb-UYkQ/live. Unfortunately for you, the channel has not used "stream now" since January.