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Viacom Signs LIVE Web-Exclusive Content Distribution Deal with Ustream

PARTNERSHIP OFFICIALLY KICKS OFF WITH A LIVE USTREAM OF “VH1 DIVAS CELEBRATES SOUL” RED CARPET ON SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18 FROM 5-7PM ET New York, NY, December 15, 2011 – Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB) today announced an agreement to stream live, web-exclusive  … Continue reading

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Watch: Occupy Wall Street, Broadcasting Live

Via TIME: With a cell phone and Ustream channel, protester turned independent journalist Tim Pool is your window into Occupy Wall Street. Tim Pool doesn’t have a fancy camera, high-tech equipment or a news organization to back him. But like … Continue reading

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Occupy Oakland on Ustream

Hour-by-hour updates on the Police raid that occurred early on the morning of November 14, 2011 on the Occupy Encampment in Oakland, CA. Contains several links to channels covering the latest developments on Ustream. Read article here.

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Ustream Wins Streaming Media Reader’s Choice Award for Mobile Video Platform

Via Streaming Media: Announced earlier today at Streaming Media West, here are the winners in our annual Readers’ Choice Awards—the only awards program in the online video industry where the end users vote for the products, services, and companies that … Continue reading

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Honor Veterans Year-Round: Offer Them a Job

Via CNBC: “There’s not enough veterans in Silicon Valley,” says Brad Hunstable, co-founder and president of Ustream. “This industry can benefit from their skill sets.” Hunstable is a West Point graduate who originally helped create Ustream as a way for … Continue reading

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Animal Shelter Launches Live Puppy, Kitty Cam

Via NBC New York The North Shore Animal League America in Long Island has launched a live video camera at its Port Washington shelter, hoping the images of the puppies and kittens there will attract loving potential owners. The shelter’s … Continue reading

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Ustream: Bay Area BizTech News by the Numbers

Via Xconomy $16 Million– The total amount of funding collected in the past two weeks by San Francisco-based streaming video startup Ustream. The Company announced October 25 that it had raised $10 Million from KT Corporation to open a joint … Continue reading

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‘Twilight’ Stars’ Hand and Footprints Immortalized at Chinese Theatre Ceremony

Via Hollywood Reporter: “When Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner began shooting the adaptation of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight in 2008, few could have predicted the international phenomenon that the book to film series would become. Now, as the first … Continue reading

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Techcrunch: Ustream Forges Joint Venture With South Korea’s KT Corp., Raises $10 Million

Live video streaming service Ustream continues to expand its presence in Asia with the help of major telecom corporations. Today, the company is announcing that its teaming with KT Corporation, a leading telecommunications provider in South Korea, to launch Ustream Korea. … Continue reading

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24 Hours of Reality an Unprecedented Call to Confront Climate Change // Event Draws Nearly 9 Million Unique Views and Catalyzes Action all Across the Globe

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Eric Young, 703/217-6814 or press@climatereality.com NEW YORK — Over the past 24 hours, millions of people joined climate scientists, leaders, celebrities and Climate Reality Project Chairman Al Gore in an unprecedented global event that connected the dots between … Continue reading

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