YouTube apprehensive about losing ground in live streaming cellular video services?

Some of Google’s YouTube employees are concerned their company is falling behind in offering services for live streaming videos, especially live cellular streaming, writes blogger Robert Scoble, who is managing director at Fast Company TV.

Robert was sitting in the San Jose Convention Center during a Google sales and operations meeting when he began talking to some YouTube engineers about live streaming services.  Robert writes:  “They are very aware they are getting outrun by streaming services like Ustream, Stickam, Justin.tv. 

“They are more worried about cell phone videos like Qik, Flixwagon, Bambuser [see my weblog entry below] and Kyte.tv.  They tell me they see tons of people at concerts using their cell phones to record video and know that’s a big market that they’ll need to serve.”

Not unaware

Robert says YouTube is aware of its lack of innovation in this area and is working to rectify the situation.  As I’ve written many times in this weblog, live streaming cellular video is revolutionary. 

The cellular operators have been slow to promote this trend (concerned about too much bandwidth use?).  But it’s a revolutionary application, nonetheless. 

If YouTube enters this market in a big way — hopefully, with high quality streaming — it could stimulate demand and generate more publicity.