"Live video is just something that we've always wanted to do, we've never had the resources to do it correctly, but now with Google, we hope to actually do it t

"Live video is just something that we've always wanted to do, we've never had the resources to do it correctly, but now with Google, we hope to actually do it this year." - Steve Chen, co-founder of YouTube in 2008. I think they are relying on Akamai till their own setup is ready to go. I think the argument that Youtube don't/can't have live streaming infrastructure is quite silly.