Tag: ustream
YouTube begin testing live streaming service
YouTube are preparing to go head-to-head with the likes of Ustream and Livestream as they today begin trialling their own live streaming service. Still very much in the alpha stages of testing, the next 48 hours will see YouTube partners…
Bebo adds live video through deal with Ustream.tv
Bebo’s been busy this week, first announcing its Open Media initiative (more of which later today), and now revealing a partnership with lifecasting startup Ustream.tv. The latter is one of the companies letting web users stream live footage of themselves as online TV channels.
BlogTV.com creates Facebook application to stream video live
Stuart wrote about BlogTV.com a few months back, the live-streaming video service which allows everyone to be famous for 15 minutes. If you can manage to find someone to watch you, that is.
If you’ve already fooled around with BlogTV.com in the past, but thought it pointless, as no-one you know ever watches…
2007 Tech Trends No. 7: Lifecasting
In 2006, YouTube became an internet sensation, as thousands of savvy users realised they could grasp their 15 minutes of fame online, armed only with a good idea and a digital camera / webcam / mobile phone. Sure, there’s loads of rubbish on YouTube, but there’s also some killer vids that wouldn’t have been allowed anywhere near a ‘professional’ TV studio.
Me TV: How Ustream.tv and BlogTV will turn us all into broadcasters
In the week that Big Brother’s latest series kicks off here in the UK, there are probably 873 media commentators already wheeling out Andy Warhol’s ‘Famous for 15 minutes’ maxim, so I won’t labour the point. However, people always assume that there has to be Someone Else making us famous for that quarter of an hour – usually a broadcaster.
