Nowadays, I see a lot of users live streaming on YouTube and wanted to try it for myself. However, when I go to my channel I don't see an option for live streaming.
I tried researching how to do this on YouTube and Google, but without luck.
So I was wondering, how can I live stream on YouTube?
I don't have any pro account or any of that, but I've watched livestreams from users who I don't think have pro accounts either.
So livestreaming is open for everyone, right?
Best Answer
I was also searching for this in vain. But I found out from the youtube blog that the right to livestream is reserved for "content partners whose accounts are in good standing." So you need to become a content partner to livestream as of right now. You can sign up to become a content partner at http://www.youtube.com/yt/creators/partner.html
To answer your question "So it is open for everyone?", No. It is not open to the public yet. They are beta testing with their content partners.
Source: http://youtube-global.blogspot.com/2011/04/youtube-is-going-live.html