Networks, 'Washington Post' to Live-Stream Final Presidential Debate on YouTube
A total of seven networks, along with the Washington Post, will live-stream the final 2016 presidential debate Oct. 19 via YouTube, the Google-owned company announced.
C-SPAN, NBC News, CBS News, Fox News, PBS, Univision and Telemundo are the networks that will carry their broadcast coverage live on YouTube, beginning at 9 p.m. ET.
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The Oct. 9 presidential debate on YouTube drew 1.5 million peak concurrent viewers, with more than 2.5 million hours watched. Additionally, as many as 10 million viewers watched live via illegal, pirated streams, according to VFT Solutions (read more here; subscription required).
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