Livestream Universe: Update 2.0 | Wednesday, July 23, 2025
The top 3 livestreaming updates you need to know — weekly, in under 3 minutes — to go live with confidence.
1. MrBeast's Groundbreaking Chinese Livestream Debut: A Global Game-Changer?
2. YouTube's New Age Limit: Solo Livestreamers Must Now Be 16+
3. High School Sports Go Live: Local Media & Schools Partner for the Future
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Episode Transcript
The world's biggest creatormakes a surprise live streaming
move and sends one platformstock soaring. Hey, gang Ross
Brand, with your LivestreamUniverse: Update 2.0 Here's this
week's top three live streamingstories you need to know before
your next live YouTube's topcreator, MrBeast is reportedly
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making his Chinese livestreaming debut this weekend,
not on YouTube or Twitch, but onChina's Kuaishou. The news sent
Kuaishou stock up nearly 7%
This isn't just a platform playfor MrBeast. It's a business
move. He's testing new territoryand international reach and
where he goes, others payattention. It could signal the
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beginning of more Westerncreators courting massive
audiences on global apps.YouTube is requiring solo live
streamers to be at least 16years old. Younger creators
between 13 and 15 must now haveadult supervision to go live.
This update reflects theplatform's broader push towards
safety, especially as livestreaming becomes more
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spontaneous and less filtered,but it also raises questions for
young creators building brandsand the adults managing or
mentoring them. And the IndianaHigh School Athletic Association
is partnering with local mediaoutlets to ramp up live
streaming broadcasts. The goalis to make live sports coverage
accessible to students, familiesand communities. It's part of a
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growing trend where schoolsbecome their own media networks
developing talent and boostingengagement. As someone who's
tracked the growth of digitalfirst broadcasting for over a
decade, and a formersportscaster, I see this as
proving ground for the nextgeneration of creators, tech
adopters and even local sportsentrepreneurs. And that's your
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live stream universe. Update 2.0for Wednesday, July 23 2025
I'm Ross Brand tracking whatmatters in live streaming and
helping you make sense of it.Catch the full breakdown at rossbrandlive.substack.com,
rossbrandlive.substack.com,
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