Monday, October 15, 2012

Felix Baumgartner jump: record 8m watch live on YouTube

Video website attracts biggest audience for livestream to date – but more viewers watch Downton Abbey on TV in UK

With a global peak of more than 8 million, YouTube has some way to go before it will even match the UK audiences for shows such as ITV1's Downton Abbey, but Baumgartner's audience is a significant pointer to the way audiences will increasingly watch live global events such as this in the future.