Meeting livestreams moving to YouTube

Published on July 23, 2024

This change will only affect live-streamed public meetings, which are City Council and Planning and Zoning. The meetings can be found at YouTube.com/cityportstlucie and will also still be accessible on CityofPSL.com/TV. Public meetings will continue to be archived on our website. 

There are a few reasons why we this change is being made: 

• Moving to YouTube for livestreaming is expected to improve viewers’ experience without losing any existing functionality.
• Streaming via YouTube has better connectivity and higher-quality definition than our current platform, which will improve the user experience.
• Viewers will not be required to log in to a social media channel, which they must do currently for Facebook.
• Using YouTube for livestreaming rather than Facebook is considered a best practice for government communications.
• Our current livestreaming technology allows us to only share live video on one social media platform at a time.