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BoxCaster Pro: Portable 4K60 Live Streaming with Pro Audio and SDI (Update Ep95)

Gordon Daily BoxCaster Pro

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, June 27th, 2018.

The BoxCaster is a small hardware encoder that’s been enabling high-quality video live streaming with just a camcorder and internet connection. This afternoon, BoxCast CEO Gordon Daily will be introducing the BoxCaster Pro, a portable device that streams video in any resolution from standard to 4k60. It adds XLR and 1/4 inch inputs with adjustable gain for pro audio and an SDI input for connecting a camera or switcher. While the BoxCaster runs approximately $300 for the device, the Pro version is substantially more expensive, starting in the $3500 range. You can watch BoxCast’s keynote today at 4:30pm ET on Facebook Live, YouTube and the BoxCast.com website.

Through a partnership I have with BoxCast, the company is offering a free consultation with one of their live streaming experts. Discover the best streaming solution for your organization. You can sign up for a consultation at http://BoxCast.com/Ross-Brand/ Or click on the green BoxCast image at the bottom right corner of any page on LivestreamUniverse.com.

Also on today’s viewing schedule:

At 2pm ET, it’s LegalHour.Live. Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale talks about IGTV for Business: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly. That’s on the LegalHour.Live Facebook page.

At 3pm ET, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney. Guest Tylor Bennett, shares SEO Secrets that work to make your content discoverable. That’s on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

And our new Brand On Broadcasting podcast is live on iTunes. The first episode features Bryan Kramer talking about IGTV. Subscribe at http://LivestreamUniverse.com/brand-iTunes/.

Show & event links at our website. For LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

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#SMWL18 Live Video Panel: Building Your Brand & Inspiring Community (Update Ep91)

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Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, June 20th, 2018.

The Midwest’s largest Social Media Conference kicks off today. Social Media Week Lima, Ohio is a two-day event with today featuring conference-style speakers and panels while sessions tomorrow take the form of workshops. At 1pm ET, I’ll be talking about Building Your Brand & Inspiring Community Through Video alongside Mia Voss, Brian Fanzo and moderator Kate Volman. Look for livestreams from the conference on the Social Media Week Lima Facebook page.

Facebook is giving publishers new ways to protect their content. It’s called Rights Manager and it provides protections to Facebook Live videos and videos uploaded to Facebook as well as other forms of content. You can find out more information and apply for Rights Manager at https://rightsmanager.fb.com/

On the viewing schedule:

At 12pm ET, it’s the Business of Video Podcast with Owen Video and Nick Nimmen. View on the Owen Video X Facebook page.

At 2pm ET, it’s LegalHour.Live with Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale. That’s on the LegalHour.Live Facebook page.

At 3pm ET, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney. That’s on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

At 5pm ET, Brad Friedman welcomes Joey Vitale to talk about legal issues for small business owners. You can watch Brad’s Live on The Friedman Group Facebook page.

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Livestream Deals Podcast Episode One Features LiveU Solo (Update Ep86)

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, June 13th, 2018.

The Live U Solo is the first product featured on the brand new Livestream Deals podcast. The monthly livestream show covering four products each broadcast is adding a podcast which will focus on one product per episode, but release content more frequently.

Guests Claudia Barbiero and Dan Pisarski talked about the Solo’s new cloud graphics for live streaming. Claudia also shared advice for those hesitant about going live.

You can hear the full first episode of the Livestream Deals podcast on iTunes at LivestreamDeals.com/iTunes.

On the viewing schedule:

At 12pm ET, it’s the Business of Video Podcast with Owen Video and Nick Nimmen. View on the Owen Video X Facebook page.

At 2pm ET, it’s LegalHour.Live with Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale. That’s on the LegalHour.Live Facebook page.

At 3pm ET, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney. That’s on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

And catch the replay of yesterday’s Best of BeLive with Ross and Rachel. We talk about how to prepare for, and recover from, things going wrong when livestreaming. That’s on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

Show & event links at our website. For LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

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Facebook Rolls Out Lip Sync Live; Messenger Bots for Livestreaming (Update Ep81)

RJ Redden Chat Bots Best of BeLive

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, June 6th, 2018.

Facebook is now letting live streamers add recorded music to their personal videos. ‘Lip Sync Live’ is Facebook’s answer to music.ly and a move to become more relevant with younger viewers. Facebook has signed deals with leading music companies and began testing this new feature yesterday in certain markets. Users can select Lip Sync Live at the start of their live videos, while viewers will the see the artist and song highlighted with a button to follow the artist on Facebook. Reports indicate the ability to add music to Facebook Stories will come later this year.

RJ Redden has become one of the leading experts on using Messenger Bots to grow your live streaming audience. Last night on Best of BeLive, RJ talked about what kind of Bot Messages to avoid sending. Catch the entire interview with RJ plus our tips on promoting your live shows on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

On the viewing schedule:

At 12pm ET, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney. She’ll be talking with Todd Herman about the top 5 mistakes entrepreneurs make when reaching for their goals. That’s on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

At 2pm ET, it’s LegalHour.Live with Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale. They’ll be discussing your rights as a business owner and as a customer. That’s on the LegalHour.Live Facebook page.

At 5pm ET, Ai Addyson-Zhang and Cheval John talk about the relevance and importance of Twitter after 12 years. That’s on the Dr. Ai Addyson-Zhang Digital Learning Consultant Facebook page.

Show & event links at our website. For LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

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Summit.Live Tackles Tech and Business; Dave Jackson to Enter Podcasting Hall of Fame (Update Ep77)

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, May 30th, 2018.

Today’s theme is tech and business as Summit Live holds the first of four one-day events. This one is in San Francisco with upcoming summits in LA, New York and Las Vegas. You can view the livestream of today’s sessions at Summit.Live. Speakers include Eddie Vaca of AmpLive, Ryan Bell of NASA, Rudy J Ellis of Switchboard Live, Nick Mattingly and Marc Gawith of Switcher Studio, Dave Basulto of iOgrapher, and Rebecca Stone of LiveRamp. Plus speakers and panelists from Microsoft, Salesforce, BrandLive, Hortonworks, Eventbrite and Epiphan Video.

Congratulations to Dave Jackson of the School of Podcasting on obtaining industry immortality. Dave will be inducted into the Academy of Podcasters Hall of Fame at an award’s ceremony in Philadelphia on July 24th. Dave livestreams his weekly Ask The Podcast Coach show on YouTube Live.

On the viewing schedule:

At 2pm ET, it’s LegalHour.Live with Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale. They’ll be discussing workplace arbitration agreements in light of the recent Supreme Court decision. That’s on the LegalHour.Live Facebook page.

At 3pm ET, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney. She’ll share 3 keys to kicking your business into high gear. That’s on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

And if you didn’t catch our Best of BeLive discussion on how to grow your business with livestreaming, the replay is available on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

Show & event links at our website. For LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

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Podcast Hosting on WordPress.com (Update Ep73)

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, May 23rd, 2018.

Are you a live streamer considering starting a new podcast? You probably already know about some of the great options for hosting you media files: Spreaker, Libsyn, Blubrry and more. One host you may not be aware of is WordPress.com. Mike Murphy has a new ebook available on Amazon that covers why WordPress.com is a viable option and how to set up your podcast on the platform. The title is “How to Podcast on Wordpress.com: The Step-by-Step Guide” by Mike Murphy.

On the viewing schedule:

At 12pm ET, it’s the Business of Video Podcast with Owen Video and Nick Nimmin. The topic is live video analytics and their guest is Nick Cicero of Delmondo. View on the Owen Video X Facebook page.

At 2pm ET, it’s LegalHour.Live with Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale. They’ll be discussing Website Terms of Service, Privacy and Disclaimer Agreements on the LegalHour.Live Facebook page.

At 3pm ET, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney. She will share what you need to know about GDPR so that you don’t put your business at risk. That’s on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

And if you didn’t catch our Best of BeLive discussion on live streaming gear, the replay is available on the BeLive TV Facebook page. Rachel Moore and I appreciate all the great questions and insights shared during and after the show.

Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a day!

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Facebook Live Updates from Streaming Media East 2018 (Update Ep64)

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Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, May 9th, 2018.

Facebook revealed three new features at Streaming Media East in New York City yesterday that will benefit Facebook Live users:

The one that stands out for audience growth is live cross-posting. That means your live video can appear on multiple pages at the same time while aggregating the views. This is different from sharing videos. Cross-posted videos are treated as posts published by all the pages where they appear.

Another new Facebook Live feature is called Persistent Stream Keys. Only one permanent stream key is needed to use the Facebook Live API, speeding the process for individuals and teams to go live.

And Facebook is testing a live rewind feature that should popular when released. Viewers joining a live video in progress will have the option of going back and watching what they missed or catching a highlight and then jumping back to the live content.

On the viewing schedule:

AT 12pm ET, it’s the Business of Video Podcast with Owen Video and Nick Nimmin. Guest Salma Jafri shares branding secrets. That’s on the Owen Video X Facebook page.

At 2pm ET today, Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale host LegalHour Live on the Legal Hour Live Facebook page. They will talk about GDPR and what online business owners need to know about privacy issues.

At 5pm ET, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney on the BeLive TV Facebook page. Molly will be discussing 7 Mistakes Most Business Owners make with Video Marketing.

Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

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Oculus Venues: Watch Live Events in VR (Facebook F8 Keynote) (Update Ep59)

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Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018.

Facebook revealed plans for live streaming sports, comedy shows and concerts in virtual reality at yesterday’s F8 keynote. Oculus Venues is the name of the app and it will feature content from NextVR, which already has streaming partnerships with professional sports Leagues and Live Nation for concerts. Live social engagement will be a big part of the experience as you can watch events in VR with friends and lots of other people. The app will be available at the end of May on Oculus Go and Gear VR.

Wondering why you should go live and why live streaming is important? Chris Strub addresses these questions and more as a guest on The Marketing Buzzword Podcast hosted by Ben Roberts. Listen at MarketingBuzzword.com

On the viewing schedule:

At 12pm ET, Chris Michaels of Wowza Media Systems is the guest on The Business of Video Podcast with Owen Video and Nick Nimmin. Chris will share live streaming tactics and tools on the Owen Videox Facebook page.

At 2pm ET today, Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale host LegalHour Live on the Legal Hour Live Facebook page. They will discuss the importance of copyright protection for your blog.

At 3pm ET, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney. Her guest is Kim Garst, who will talk about the balance between building a business and raising a family. That’s on the BeLive.tv Facebook page.

And Facebook will be live streaming Day 2 of the F8 Facebook Development Conference today. You can watch it at f8.com/watch.

Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

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Stop Streaming While Driving (Update Ep57)

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Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Monday, April 30th, 2018.

In Real Life or IRL live streaming too often means streaming while driving. And this is a trend that can have horrible consequences.

A YouTuber was involved in a serious car accident recently while distracted by reading comments on his phone. He failed to see the stop sign or notice the truck approaching him. He was reported to be in moderate to serious condition after being hospitalized with blunt force trauma and airlifted from the scene, according to CBS Philly & CNN Wire Services. The YouTuber said he was streaming to make the 40-minute drive less boring.

This follows a near-incident in which a popular and controversial YouTube IRL vlogger just missed causing an accident while driving and live streaming with other IRL streamers in his car.

Streaming Attorney Mitch Jackson has been a leader in raising awareness about distracted driving.

As a Livestream Universe guest in May 2017, Mitch drew a sharp line in the sand when it comes to streaming while driving.

Mitch and his son Garrett Jackson run the Stop Distracted Driving Facebook group.

On Today’s viewing schedule:

At 3pm ET, Owen Video hosts BeLive Weekly on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

At 9pm ET, it’s “Ask Mike Murphy.” Bring your tech and podcasting questions to the Mike Murphy LLC Facebook page.

Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

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Newsjacking with Nick Rishwain (Update Ep50)

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, April 18th, 2018.

Technode is reporting China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism shut down 370 live streaming apps after examining nearly 5-thousand of them. There are also some major players in China’s livestream industry that are under investigation, including two that received a combined one billion dollars in funding. Areas being investigated include content that promotes “violence, pornography, gambling, superstition, and other values harmful to public morality.”

Beyonce racked up the highest YouTube livestream viewership of any performance in Coachella’s history. She had 458,000 simultaneous live viewers during her Saturday set.

Our Wednesday Spotlight theme features musicians who livestream:

Azania Noah is an international singer, song-writer and recording artist. She’s been invited to perform for 4 heads of state and in some of the most prestigious venues in the world. Azania won first prize in a French TV competition similar to American Idol. She was also featured on “The Voice” in France, seen by more than 8 million viewers. In addition to sharing her singing voice on livestreams, Azania uses live video meetings to provide vocal training and career coaching to aspiring singers through her Singer Elite program.

Claudia Santiago is also a bilingual singer and international recording artist who performs live in many different musical styles. Claudia has a new album coming out soon. Her live streaming talk shows cover a wide range of topics including health, careers, women’s empowerment and art. She also livestreams her rehearsals. Claudia organized full-day music festivals in support of Mario Armstrong’s Never Settle Show.

Speaking of the Emmy winning Never Settle Show, co-produced by Roker Media, the show’s band features Cassandra Kubinski on keyboards and lead vocals and Tony Daniels on guitar. Cassandra has released 6 albums and her songs have been chosen for tv shows and commercials. She’s collaborated with some of the biggest stars in the music business, including Billy Joel. She wrote the inspiring song “Not So Different” in support of Autism Speaks. Tony is an accomplished voice actor doing everything from movie and commercial characters to tv promos, animation and narration. He’s the voice of Tony the Tiger and does a wide range of accents.

On the viewing schedule:

At 12pm ET, it’s the Business of Video Podcast with Owen Video and Nick Nimmin on the Owen Video Facebook page. Video Marketing World Founder Jeremy Vest shares million dollar brand strategies for YouTube.

At 2pm ET, it’s Legal Hour Live with Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale talking about what podcasters and live streamers should know when recording phone conversations. Do you need interview agreements with your guests? View on the Legal Hour Live Facebook page.

At 3pm ET today, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

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Beyonce Sets YouTube Livestreaming Record; Musicians Who Livestream (Update Ep49)

Azania Noah Livestream Universe Update

Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, April 18th, 2018.

Technode is reporting China’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism shut down 370 live streaming apps after examining nearly 5-thousand of them. There are also some major players in China’s livestream industry that are under investigation, including two that received a combined one billion dollars in funding. Areas being investigated include content that promotes “violence, pornography, gambling, superstition, and other values harmful to public morality.”

Beyonce racked up the highest YouTube livestream viewership of any performance in Coachella’s history. She had 458,000 simultaneous live viewers during her Saturday set.

Our Wednesday Spotlight theme features musicians who livestream:

Azania Noah is an international singer, song-writer and recording artist. She’s been invited to perform for 4 heads of state and in some of the most prestigious venues in the world. Azania won first prize in a French TV competition similar to American Idol. She was also featured on “The Voice” in France, seen by more than 8 million viewers. In addition to sharing her singing voice on livestreams, Azania uses live video meetings to provide vocal training and career coaching to aspiring singers through her Singer Elite program.

Claudia Santiago is also a bilingual singer and international recording artist who performs live in many different musical styles. Claudia has a new album coming out soon. Her live streaming talk shows cover a wide range of topics including health, careers, women’s empowerment and art. She also livestreams her rehearsals. Claudia organized full-day music festivals in support of Mario Armstrong’s Never Settle Show.

Speaking of the Emmy winning Never Settle Show, co-produced by Roker Media, the show’s band features Cassandra Kubinski on keyboards and lead vocals and Tony Daniels on guitar. Cassandra has released 6 albums and her songs have been chosen for tv shows and commercials. She’s collaborated with some of the biggest stars in the music business, including Billy Joel. She wrote the inspiring song “Not So Different” in support of Autism Speaks. Tony is an accomplished voice actor doing everything from movie and commercial characters to tv promos, animation and narration. He’s the voice of Tony the Tiger and does a wide range of accents.

On the viewing schedule:

At 12pm ET, it’s the Business of Video Podcast with Owen Video and Nick Nimmin on the Owen Video Facebook page. Video Marketing World Founder Jeremy Vest shares million dollar brand strategies for YouTube.

At 2pm ET, it’s Legal Hour Live with Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale talking about what podcasters and live streamers should know when recording phone conversations. Do you need interview agreements with your guests? View on the Legal Hour Live Facebook page.

At 3pm ET today, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

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