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The problem with live video

Posted by Zak Mensah on Monday 10 May 2010 at 11:31am
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Over at Techcrunch, Michael Seibel of Justin.tv highlights several problems with live video on the web.

Reflection of computer in glasses

Two of the problems that Michael mentions are:

"Being tethered to a computer is the single biggest problem in live video today."

and

"Getting viewers."

How can we make live video and how can we attact viewers if it is going to be live?

From The Trenches: The Problem With Live Web Video And How To Set It Free

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Comment posted by John Dalziel on 11 May 2010 at 7:47am

A dozen reasons TV shows get made BESIDES ratings is worth a read. RSC- Northwest does a live broadcast once a month and in-between shows a monthly loop of clips. View at http://www.rsc-northwest.ac.uk/acl/RSC_TV/index.html or http://www.livestream.com/locus if viewers wish to join in the chat during live broadcasts

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Comment posted by Zak Mensah on 11 May 2010 at 8:55am

Hi John,

Thanks for the links. I have come across the RSC live stream before so thanks for reminding me and letting others discover it.

We get asked about live video quite regularly and it will be interesting to see this area continue to evolve.

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