RTMP was first introduced in 2002 with the launch of Macromedia’s Flash Player 6. 20 years later, it is still among the most popular ingestion protocols for live-streaming, despite not being updated in over 10 years. Here, YouTube explains the background behind enhancing RTMP, bringing new capabilities to RTMP for the first time in a decade. They are excited to work with the community to help push the live-streaming ecosystem forward together to benefit creators.