From App to Broadcast: How LiveTube Works
LiveTube turns everyday people into breaking news reporters. When something newsworthy happens near you, you open the app, hit record, and stream it live. Our newsroom reviews every stream in real time, and if yours is selected for broadcast, you get paid.
The best way to understand LiveTube is to watch it work. This 60-second animation shows how a reporter’s stream becomes a verified news broadcast, in real time.
Connect with our newsroom. When we decided to broadcast your live stream, we pay you. That’s how simple it is. There’s even a live chat for questions. So what are you waiting for? Grab your mobile, download the app, send us breaking news.
Five Steps from Eyewitness to Broadcast
From download to payout, this is the whole journey.
1. Get the Free App
LiveTube streams can only come from the LiveTube app, and there is a good reason for that. The app is your press pass: while you film, it captures the proof our newsroom needs to confirm your story is real, happening right where and right when you say it is. You film, the app handles the rest. Get it free on the App Store or Google Play.
2. Go Live
See something newsworthy? Open the app and go live. Breaking news, accidents, protests, storms, local events: if it is really happening in front of you, it belongs on LiveTube. Personal videos and recorded footage do not. See What Makes a Great LiveTube and the LiveTube Rules.
3. We Verify Your Stream
The world is full of fakes and AI-generated clips. LiveTube exists to change that. Our AI checks your stream in seconds, and a newsroom producer confirms it. Only verified streams go on air. That is why viewers and media can trust what they see on LiveTube.
4. Selection & Broadcast
Streams our newsroom selects go live to a global audience in the Live Newsroom and to our media partners via MediaHub, instantly, while the story is still happening. A short safety delay lets our producers re-verify everything we broadcast and step in whenever needed. It protects you, our viewers, and our media partners, following our strict rules.
5. Get Paid
If your stream is selected for broadcast, you get paid. See Payments for how and when. No subscriptions, no in-app purchases, ever.
Why Was My Stream Declined?
Not every stream goes to air, and that is not a judgment on you. These are the most common reasons:
- Not newsworthy: personal moments, everyday life, or content without a real public-interest story
- Location not verified: the app could not confirm where and when your stream happened
- Not original: footage recorded from TV, another stream, or the internet rather than shot live by you
- Already covered: another LiveTuber’s stream of the same event was selected first
- Guidelines or safety concerns: content that violates the LiveTube Rules or endangers you or others
- Quality or connectivity: a signal too weak or unstable for the newsroom to verify and use
A decline just means this stream was not right for broadcast, not that your account is in trouble. Check Tips for LiveTubers to improve your odds next time.
Start Reporting with LiveTube
News is breaking right now. You could be there, and you could be paid for it.
