MUMBAI: Forever now users who have desired to live broadcast to YouTube had to go the extra mile and stumble through many hurdles. There is some respite now from YouTube as they announced that channels with over 1,000 subscribers can now apply for live-streaming from their webcam or network connected video camera.

Earlier, users had to rely on Google+ and create a "Hangouts on Air" session while at the same time ensuring their respective YouTube account was synced, to add to other hurdles.

If an account qualifies, it will have an "enable" button to sign-up. According to the YouTube Creators page, the account will be ready for live-streaming in the following weeks after sign-up. Then YouTube will transcode and broadcast the supplied signal in real-time to the user‘s YouTube channel.

Other features available include inserting ads & closed-captioning, multiple camera-switching, and the ability for viewers to pause, fast-forward and rewind, depending on when they start watching.

YouTube will automatically adjust the quality to make sure the user content is available live from any device. This puts YouTube right in the game with names like Ustream and Livestream, provided the channel has "the juice".