Ustream has also become a popular destination and outlet for famous people. From politicians to actors and musicians, Ustream provides a new way for celebrities and their fans to interact, and their presence has brought millions of additional visitors to the site. In , for example, Ustream went political, and it was a huge success.
Just about every candidate running for president broadcasted from Ustream at some point during their race, from Barack Obama and John McCain to Libertarian candidate Mike Gravel [source: Reuters ]. Approximately 7 million people watched the RNC conference via Ustream. They watched the RNC proceedings directly from the Ustream site, individual blogs, their MySpace or Facebook pages as well as countless various news and political Web sites.
It was a huge event for Ustream, and aside from giving a massive traffic boost to the site, it helped many people understand the differences between Ustream's live, streaming service and a prerecorded video outlet like YouTube.
It also paved the way for the 7. Still, Ustream was the most popular choice, as more than half 3. Political candidates are not the only famous people who frequent Ustream, however. Many celebrities, from A to Z-list status, use Ustream to promote their projects and connect with fans. Ashton Kutcher hosts a one-man show where he cracks jokes and replies to comments from viewers, and Snoop Dogg chats with his audience and basically just smokes marijuana.
Regardless of whether you're watching the Jonas Brothers read letters from their fans or P. Diddy frequenting New York night clubs, you'll probably find someone or something that catches your interest. Although it might not be the most popular video broadcasting Web site out there that honor goes to Justin. It offers viewers thousands of different programs across a wide range of topics. Ustream's video categories include:. The diversity of Ustream's content ensures that if you're looking for something to watch, you can find a show you're interested in, or, if you're broadcasting, potential viewers can find you.
Ustream's service, however, is not without its downsides, the most obvious of which is its inconsistent internal search engine. Its results are sporadic and indicate that Ustream has no ability to weed out content not related to a specific search. To complicate matters further, the broadcasters who create the shows are the ones to source and tag the programs, and they often link wildly inaccurate search tags to their broadcasts in the hopes of attracting more viewers. A search for "Shiba Inu" Ustream's most popular broadcast is the Shiba Inu puppy cam, with, as of May , close to 15 million total page views brought up only six results.
There were two Shiba Inu cams, one eagle cam, a drawing program, a local news broadcast and a show about computers. A subsequent search for "Shiba Inu" returned identical numbers, but different content.
The two Shiba cams were still there, but the results also included a comedy broadcast, a video-blog, a radio station, another local news broadcast and a mixed martial arts show. If you're new to Ustream, your best option probably is to just click on a subcategory you're interested in and continue searching until you find what you're looking for.
It might take a little while to find something you like, but once you do, it's easy to locate the program again. Just hit the blue "Follow" button above the broadcast window, and it will be stored under your community settings on the top of the screen. As long as you're logged in, you can easily sort through your favorite programs. Also, Ustream provides links to similar broadcasts, so once you've found something you like, it's easy to find other broadcasts you'll enjoy.
Ustream recently rolled out a comprehensive, pay-as-you-go service for businesses called Watershed. Watershed essentially allows businesses to use Ustream's technology without the label. Watershed provides a secure, customizable, interactive experience with enhanced All Ustream's other standard capabilities remain the same, only now they can be upgraded with a company's logo and aesthetics and used for live customer service, employee meetings, etc. As long as you have a webcam and a reasonably fast Internet connection a minimum upload speed of kbps is recommended , all you need to do before kicking off your broadcasting career is to sign up for a free Ustream membership [source: Ustream ].
Simply hit the "Sign Up" button on the homepage to get started. From there, you'll have to decide on a login name and password and choose whether you want to tie your new Ustream broadcasts to your Facebook page.
Ustream also allows you to use your OpenID a single username and password used for all your online identities with your new account if you want to. If you want to get started right away, you can simply name your show and hit the "Broadcast Now" button. Then, all you have do is decide if want to broadcast immediately, broadcast and record, or record and broadcast later.
Your other alternative is to head over to the "Save My Show" option, which will allow you to select the settings for your new endeavor.
Wirecast Overview Watch this video on YouTube. However in mid , it decided to change the name to mimoLive and withdraw it from the Mac App Store. It uses QuickTime in order to capture and record video which is your bottom layer and then it allows you to build other layers — such as titles, effects and backgrounds on top of that. To get going, simply select a theme:. Select the video source you want to use:. It also allows you to combine video, photos, 3D effects, live broadcasts and more.
It can also encode and export your footage into just about any major format including exporting directly to YouTube and PodcastProducer:. You can also try a limited free trial of mimoLive to see for yourself. BoinxTV Home was not a professional solution anyway as it lacks support for multiple cameras, unlimited layers and resolution is limited to x OBS gives you lots of control over scenes but there are no such things as presets and templates like you get with most streaming software.
There is however a huge choice of plugins and add-ons that lets you enhance the functionality of OBS in almost every possible way such as Layer Views, Vintage Filters and Stream Effects.
Ecamm Live is also extremely good value for money. You can also try Ecamm Live for free for 14 days first. Streamlabs has been around on Windows for a while but in April it was released on Mac for the first time. You simply download the Streamlabs app on your Mac, log into your chosen social media platform such as Facebook Live, YouTube, Twitch or Mixer and Streamlabs automatically optimizes settings for you.
Streamlabs never takes a cut of donations and allows you to use payment processing solutions such as PayPal or Stripe to accept funds.
Live then StreamYard may be for you. StreamYard offers far more control than Be. Live over things such as titles, transitions and which social media platforms you want to broadcast to.
You can have 6 people live at once with 10 people able to be invited in via the StreamYard studio. There are loads of themes and templates in StreamYard that make it extremely fast and easy to make things look professional without much knowhow. StudioBinder helps you manage cast and crew contacts, create customized, professional call sheets and backup everything to the Cloud.
StudioBinder is particularly good at helping you create call sheets quickly with useful localizers for weather and hospital details in the local area. As the site hosts live Channels from unreliable sources many of the streams may not work. But the site provides multiple links for a single stream. You may encounter aggressive Advertisements on the site. But this little pain is worth bearing given the number of Channels it Offers that for Free without any Subscription or Account.
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Dazn is a subscription-based video streaming service. The sports service offers live and on-demand streaming of events from various properties.
It has digital rights for all major sports events to be broadcast in Austria, Germany, Japan, Canada, and Switzerland. The service offers a 1-month free trial which you can cancel anytime. To ensure the best viewing experience, use an internet-connected device that is compatible with streaming high-quality video.
Visit Dazn Freeium. With TunerMedia under its hood, you can expect more and more TV Channels along with a mammoth collection of the vast media library for access.
The service along with living tv also offers Movies and TV Shows. There is also an App that itself has some issues and bugs which is actually making it very unlikely with respect to User Experience. But said that DirecTV hosts a powerful blend of entertainment, music, sports, news, and many more general channels packing a very powerful punch in the online content streaming industry.
The App has all the popular channels ranging from Entertainment to Movies. Visit YuppTV Free and paid. It is owned by Sky plc. You can access up to 10 Sports Channels. If you are serious about streaming some important sporting events then you can try a day free trial plan.
Now TV Paid. Hulu is a subscription-based online streaming platform but you can opt-out to pay and watch limited content for free which includes more than movies and TV Shows. The services of Hulu into Live TV started in , prior to that it just use to host a series of TV shows both old and new, movies, and other infotainment programs. The content and presentation of the App vary with the cost, low price will offer you content with Ads while a high package offers Live TV with no Ads.
Visit Hulu Free. TV generates revenue from video advertisements between programming. The content is directly licensed from the provider and Pluto has partnered with over 80 distributors. You can also enjoy movies on Live TV Channels.
Visit Pluto Free. Just search for the TV Station you are looking for you are good to go. Each channel is provided with multiple links in case any of the links fail to load. It is the best source to watch live TV channels without any country restrictions and account.
The only thing annoying about the site is it offers aggressive pop-ups and intrusive Ads. But if you are comfortable dealing with it then you are good to go. Copy Time4tv. SquidTV is a global streaming site that will simplify your search for live tv.
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