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| Available language(s) | English |
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| Owner | YouTube, Google |
| Launched | November 22–23, 2008 |
YouTube Live was a 2008 event streamed live on the Internet from San Francisco and Tokyo. It was hosted by a variety of YouTube celebrities, including The Black Eyed Peas rapper will.i.am, Tom Dickson of Will It Blend, Michael Buckley, The Happy Tree Friends, Fred, Smosh, Esmée Denters and singer Katy Perry, among others.[1] On April 8, 2011, The channel was closed, effectively removing all videos. and it was replaced by the YouTube live section page.
Jordanian Queen Rania was also honored at the event with the first ever YouTube Visionary Award for her efforts to combat stereotypes and misconceptions associated with Arabs and Muslims.[2] With over 3 million views, Queen Rania created her own channel on YouTube in March 2008 to start an international conversation, which she called "unscripted, unedited and unfiltered".[3]
As a sponsor for the event, Flip Video gave away a free Flip Video Mino to many of the audience members to record any of the event. A station to upload videos to YouTube from the Mino was also provided, and promoted, in sponsorship of Flip.
The event was meant to be an annual show, as referenced by Katy Perry at the beginning; however, this remains to date the only event.
[edit] Special guests and performers for YouTube Live San Francisco
This is a list of special guests and performers in order of appearance, who include:
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[edit] Visionary Award
In 2008, YouTube honored Queen Rania of Jordan with the inaugural YouTube Visionary Award. The award was presented by San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who said the Queen was being honored because of her "use of technology to instigate social change". The Queen accepted the award via taped message where she spoofed US comedian David Letterman by copying his Top 10 format in the humorous clip where she explained why she started her channel on YouTube.[4] The Queen launched her channel in March 2008 to break down stereotypes about the Arab and Muslim worlds.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ "YouTube ventures into live event webcasting", Reuters, November 12, 2008
- ^ "JORDAN: Queen Rania receives YouTube award", Los Angeles Times, November 15, 2008
- ^ "Jordan's Queen Rania Launches YouTube Channel", Huffington Post, March 31, 2008
- ^ "YouTube honours Jordan's Queen", The Globe and Mail, Nov 25, 2008
- ^ "Jordan's Queen Rania says YouTube project challenging Arab stereotypes has sparked change", Associated Press, August 11, 2008
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