Weekend Pick / Pick of the Week

Since I can’t get enough concerts streaming to my living room since last week’s Trey Anastasio stream, I’m adding more concerts to my Weekend Pick and Pick of the Week for next week.

Tonight and tomorrow, March 12th and 13th, The Drive By Truckers will be live streaming two nights from Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse, courtesy of [...]

Oscar Night Irony

On the heals of Livestream’s open letter to the industry about piracy of live streamed content, it wasn’t long before a quinticential example pops up.

While ABC initially cut off access to Cablevision during their dispute (access was restored at approximately 8:45PM EST, disgruntled viewers are turning to the web for their OSCAR content. In [...]

Jon Stewart Takes on Chatroulette

“This is an internet site that will very quickly become a repository of 5% curiosity seekers and 95% free floating dongs. But I’m sure you can make even that sound like news.” (via)

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart
Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c

VideoNuze Interviews (hey that rhymes)

Our good friend, Will Richmond, over at the must-read VideoNuze got the chance to interview a few industry heavy hitters at thePlatform’s recent customer gathering. Courtesy of thePlatform’s addition of social media tools into their player, we can bring them to you here.

Livestream Issues Open Letter on Piracy

Today, live streaming provider Livestream issued an open letter on their blog, announcing their Zero Tolerance policy on piracy.

In a nut shell, they’ve got a zero tolerance policy on piracy. The open letter, which we obviously support wholeheartedly, was written by CEO Max Hoat to inform their customers, advertisers, partners, policy makers and competitors [...]