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Thursday, February 28th, 2008

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Live video is one of the latest mediums to be embraced online. A variety of live streaming platforms with social networks are propping up a new kind of online voice.

Justin Kan of Justin.tv is one of the first popular lifecasters.

Justine Ezarik aka iJustine became popular on Justin.tv and also in other spheres online for her iPhone bill video.

Chris Pirillo became popular in the live streaming world in part due to his technical understanding of the medium and his willingness to share his findings.

*Breaking News: Interview with YouTube co-founder Steve Chen revealing plans for live video on YouTube this year.

Several live streaming platforms: Mogulus, Justin.TV, Ustream, Blog.tv, Stickam, Yahoo Live, Qik

(Special thanks to Joshua Cohen of Tilzy.tv for the use of his Videocracy footage!)

Know of any other platforms or people using them to do neat things?

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49 Comments to “Livecasting and Lifecasters”

  1. Steve Chen: YouTube to Add Live Video « NewTeeVee February 29th, 2008 at 1:37 am

    [...] Steve Chen: YouTube to Add Live Video YouTube will support live video before the end of this year, co-founder Steve Chen told Pop17 videoblogger Sarah Meyers. Check out the clip: [...]

  2. Brandice February 29th, 2008 at 1:54 am

    Hey silly. You brutally mispelled Justine’s last name. Eek!

  3. David Jouarisse February 29th, 2008 at 2:16 am

    Heard about quite a few companies already doing so including live streaming from mobile phone (to mobile, internet and TV!) – companies in Finland, Netherlands, Spain…

  4. Boring Market February 29th, 2008 at 2:17 am

    Sarah, this is one the best videos you have done in a long time. I think the live streaming platform has a little bit more to go, but as technology advances and the demand rises so will the effectiveness of these programs. I think right now, they are all doing the same thing and it isn’t working. Someone needs to jump a curve, and innovate.

  5. Pete Moring February 29th, 2008 at 2:24 am

    this’ll be great for sensible or wacky video contributors. But I worry that it will get SERIOUSLY abused by the porno industry, Psychopaths and pedo’s to think of just a few.

    Let’s hope they can somehow build in safeguards or ‘Happy Slapping’ videos will become ’small fry’ in comparison.

    PS. Your presentation skills are developing well Sarah.

    Pete.

  6. De la vidéo en Streaming Live sur Youtube pour bientôt ?! [Vidéo] | Nowhere Else 2.0 February 29th, 2008 at 4:59 am

    [...] obtenu par Sarah Meyers de Pop17.com de la bouche même de Steve Chen (co-fondateur de Youtube), Youtube va bientôt (courant 2008) [...]

  7. Digitalbrian February 29th, 2008 at 7:22 am

    Livevideo.com introduced Live function a couple of weeks ago, so Youtube is a little behind there.

  8. Bobby February 29th, 2008 at 8:08 am

    Cool video, Sarah. Heh, I love watching your lifecast, I remember when you used to roll around in your office chair. I got many laughs from that. I remember when people had to lug everything around too, it’s awesome that you can do it from that tiny phone now!

  9. Youtube年内将开启直播视频服务 | 互联网创业者的灵感花园 February 29th, 2008 at 8:27 am

    [...] 据Pop17报道,Youtube将在年内开启直播视频服务,这条消息得到了youtube联合创始人Steve Chen的确认。下面是女主播Sarah Meyers同Steve Chen的一段对话。 [...]

  10. Sarah Meyers February 29th, 2008 at 9:03 am

    @Brandice, that was totally a typo. My bad! I fixed the spelling on her name and linked to both of her sites.

  11. Clintus McGintus February 29th, 2008 at 9:25 am

    I wish I could broadcast live all the time. i totally would.

  12. Keith February 29th, 2008 at 9:50 am

    Great job! Third episode and you are beating those other well established vlogs to the story regarding live video on YouTube. Best of luck.

  13. Dick Applebaum February 29th, 2008 at 10:10 am

    Hey Sarah,

    This is beginning to look quite professional! Nice that you showed one of my fav Livecasters, Sheena Melwani on live.yahoo.com.

    When are you going back on live.yahoo.com?

    Dick

  14. Min Chen February 29th, 2008 at 10:17 am

    Sorry to see that Netineo is not among the live streaming platforms mentioned above.

    Apparently Netineo does more than other platforms.

    Have a look!

  15. Chi-chi Ekweozor February 29th, 2008 at 10:44 am

    Hey Sarah…

    Kick ass production, you’ve done some of the best work with Viddler I’ve seen in a while.

    Good job on the YouTube exclusive as well.

    Will be popping round a lot more.

  16. YouTube: Canlı Video | BioEng Thing February 29th, 2008 at 11:10 am

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  17. Sarah Meyers February 29th, 2008 at 11:13 am

    @Min Chen, THANK YOU SO MUCH! It’s comments like yours that add value to my production and research. Please keep the tips coming pop17 peeps!

  18. Sarah Meyers February 29th, 2008 at 11:15 am

    @Chi-chi Ekweozor, Hey. Thanks a lot and I will be looking out for you!

  19. DemoMarks » Blog Archive » YouTube’s Chen Pushing For Live Video February 29th, 2008 at 11:19 am

    [...] ever wished it was happening in real time, your dream may soon come true; in an interview with Sarah Meyers, Steve Chen said that he wants live video on YouTube by the end of the year. Official statements – [...]

  20. Attention Video Bloggers: YouTube to Offer Live Video Streaming February 29th, 2008 at 12:08 pm

    [...] Pop17’s Sarah Meyers got the scoop by asking Steve Chen (founder of YouTube) when they were gonna do live video. The answer is: 2008, this year. Check it out below: [...]

  21. Scott February 29th, 2008 at 12:29 pm

    Awesome episode

    PS. Get some rest you are working too hard! :D

  22. Sarah Meyers February 29th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

    @Scott, I’ll be sleeping hard tonight!

  23. YouTube, vídeo en directo para este año February 29th, 2008 at 2:34 pm

    [...] Pop17 | Vía: [...]

  24. YouTube to offer live streaming this year | Site Toolkit February 29th, 2008 at 3:16 pm

    [...] juicy details about the company’s plans while talking to Sarah Meyers, the host of vodcast Pop17. Chen confirmed that live video was coming to the service in “2008″ and that the [...]

  25. Daphna Davidesco February 29th, 2008 at 3:47 pm

    I hope YouTube include live mobile video streaming in their live casting service. For me, live casting is all about sharing spontaneous moments that can’t be captured by a webcam. Flixwagon.com is a live mobile video platform I’ve been trying out for a while. Their video quality is the highest I found so far.

  26. Dennis Bjørn Petersen February 29th, 2008 at 4:15 pm

    I didn’t know about Chris Pirillo. The whole live streaming is still a bit new to me. I’ll have to see some of his “shows”. I’m still waiting on my Qik invite.

  27. the impact of web media » Live Video On YouTube February 29th, 2008 at 5:26 pm

    [...] out what Sarah Meyers had to say about [...]

  28. Sarah Meyers February 29th, 2008 at 7:02 pm

    Hey Dennis, you should check Chris out. He’s one of the most subscribed to channels on YouTube even! Amazing Job Chris if your reading this!

    Some day maybe I’ll even put a shoe on my head! (inside joke with lifecasters)

  29. MVD February 29th, 2008 at 8:46 pm

    You Tube better hurry up before someone else makes the move to live interaction videos.

  30. Becky C February 29th, 2008 at 9:07 pm

    Hey Sarah, I read about Pop17 in my TechCrunch feed and I’m so glad I checked it out! I love the highly informative (while short and digestible) vids. I’ve added you on Twitter and will subscribe. Can’t wait to see/hear more soon! :-)

  31. Sarah Meyers February 29th, 2008 at 10:21 pm

    @Becky C please do subscribe to my RSS. I would love that. You can also subscribe to my itunes! Thanks for stopping by. See you Monday!

  32. Ellerbestyle March 2nd, 2008 at 12:25 am

    Hey Sarah everything is looking good. The only thing I see is, the archive page all video auto play at the same time.

  33. Sarah Meyers March 2nd, 2008 at 1:42 am

    Oh man that’s annoying. I’ll fix that soon.

  34. And just when I thought that ‘LIVE’ was a dead concept… « !anaj ,em s’taht March 2nd, 2008 at 6:31 am

    [...] Youtube thinks of launching Live Video in 2008 (Pop17) | Yahoo Live – Live Video Service | Ustream – Live Video Service | BlogTv – idem | Operator11 – idem | Justin TV – notable Life Caster [...]

  35. YouTube komt dit jaar nog met live video service : Flitter.nl - Online marketing weblog - Nieuwe media en online revoluties March 3rd, 2008 at 7:01 am

    [...] het feest vroeg videojournaliste Sarah Meyers van de website Pop17.com aan Chen wanneer YouTube van plan was om te beginnen met een live video service. Chen antwoordde [...]

  36. On the social media lab… « March 3rd, 2008 at 10:33 am

    [...] Also, YouTube co-founder Steve Chen said YouTube will venture into live video in 2008 during a conversation with Pop17 videoblogger Sarah Meyers. [...]

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  38. kimline March 4th, 2008 at 2:35 pm

    tout le monde sait qu’en terme de qualité de vidéo Youtube n’est pas en avance…
    à voir donc mais au passage, Blog-video.TV est LA plateforme francaise, de bonne qualité et avec une communauté vraiment sympa :)

  39. Adventure-Biker.com March 15th, 2008 at 3:26 am

    It will be interesting to see how YouTube’s live broadcasting platform compares with the others that are already out there. I’m really looking forward to seeing this.

    I’ve been following the live video thing for a while now and have very recently started my own broadcast (almost daily). Much of the current available live content is the same (often boring) stuff; I’m trying to do something different that appeals to a specific niche (and hopefully more). This is still a work in progress, and I still have a lot to do yet with the website and broadcast in general.

    I’ve tried several of the popular broadcasting platforms, but so far Justin.tv seems to have the best broadcasting performance and video quality considering the lower bandwidth and bitrates that I am usually limited to.

    Check out my broadcast at http://adventure-biker.com

    John

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    @ Sarah Meyers where did you get such a cool backdrop? i love the NYC sunset.

  41. Implications of Live YouTube Videos | Will Video for Food June 1st, 2008 at 5:48 am

    [...] reports about YouTube’s plans for live video, but most of the discussion since this Sarah Meyers Pop17 scoop (see below) has centered on the implications to networks. Says RedOrbit: Back in February, US video [...]

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