Is YouTube Looking At Live Streaming Video?

http://qik.com/player.swf?streamname=f8abbc55c19b470fa069bbb6e5a308c8&vid=7162&playback=false&polling=false&user=scobleizer&userlock=true&islive=&username=anonymous

Scoble’s video of YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley answering the question above isn’t a clear yes in relation to YouTube’s interest in live streaming, but there’s a list of startups who will be physically sick at the thought of YouTube entering this space.

The service Scoble is using to record video is Qik (see our December post here). I think Qik is a foreign slang word for poor quality mobile video, but startups offering live streaming from mobile phones is something we’ll no doubt see more of this year.