Telesteram Wirecast Blog - Insider Program - Upcoming features

[cseeman]

You might want to follow the Wirecast Blog to stay informed.
http://blogs.telestream.net/wirecast/

Wirecast Insider Program
for opinionated folks (beginners welcome) for input an development of new features
http://blogs.telestream.net/wirecast...der-program-2/

New features on the roadmap.
http://blogs.telestream.net/wirecast...ming-features/

[Spencer Kobren]

You might want to follow the Wirecast Blog to stay informed.
http://blogs.telestream.net/wirecast/

Wirecast Insider Program
for opinionated folks (beginners welcome) for input an development of new features
http://blogs.telestream.net/wirecast...der-program-2/

New features on the roadmap.
http://blogs.telestream.net/wirecast...ming-features/

Great stuff Cseeman! Hey I have a question for you... Can you guide me to some of the more popular Internet broadcasts that use Wirecast to stream their programs? I'd love to check them out.

[cseeman]

Here's some of the users.
http://www.telestream.net/wire-cast/customers.htm

Live Earth may have been the biggest.

[Spencer Kobren]

Here's some of the users.
http://www.telestream.net/wire-cast/customers.htm

Live Earth may have been the biggest.

Thanks Cseeman! These look like some really interesting and well produced programs. I hope you don’t mind me asking this question, but I’m curious as to why you think the programs with a more significant viewership haven't adopted wirecast? I’m assuming it’s, in part, the VVD issue, but have you gotten any feedback? Telestream seems like they would be a great company to work with. I understand they have fantastic customer service, and when I stopped by their booth at the NAB I was really impressed.

[cseeman]

why you think the programs with a more significant viewership haven't adopted wirecast?

The shows listed have/had significant viewership. Do you have shows in mind?
Many shows with big budgets opt for Tricaster. It's funny but even Leo Laporte has to find workarounds with that beast. I know he had been using the output of the Tricaster to MacMinis to do his live streaming to multiple locations.

Category5TV uses Wirecast on Windows. He's using 1080p MS Lifecam Studio webcams.
PixelCorp (Alex Lindsay and friends) are using Wirecast on Mac.
DVShow also uses Wirecast.
Computability uses Wirecast
There are JuniorLeague Hockey teams in Canada using Wirecast
I recently discovered actor/comedian Roseanne Barr was using either Wirecast or Producer Pro (she's on Ustream).
There are many others but I'm not sure what you mean by "significant viewership"

A lot of shows don't really talk about what they use unless they're tech shows.

I'm not sure VVD is mission critical for streaming (as a content creator) unless you want to send to another encoder than Wirecast's.
It's important if you want to brand your guest appearances if you're appearing via Skype, GoogleHangouts or doing a Go2Meeting Webinar for example.

Given some of what I know, Wirecast is being used in a very large number of high profile shows that don't have a Tricaster or hardware encoder.

[Spencer Kobren]

The shows listed have/had significant viewership. Do you have shows in mind?
Many shows with big budgets opt for Tricaster. It's funny but even Leo Laporte has to find workarounds with that beast. I know he had been using the output of the Tricaster to MacMinis to do his live streaming to multiple locations.

Category5TV uses Wirecast on Windows. He's using 1080p MS Lifecam Studio webcams.
PixelCorp (Alex Lindsay and friends) are using Wirecast on Mac.
DVShow also uses Wirecast.
Computability uses Wirecast
There are JuniorLeague Hockey teams in Canada using Wirecast
I recently discovered actor/comedian Roseanne Barr was using either Wirecast or Producer Pro (she's on Ustream).
There are many others but I'm not sure what you mean by "significant viewership"

A lot of shows don't really talk about what they use unless they're tech shows.

I'm not sure VVD is mission critical for streaming (as a content creator) unless you want to send to another encoder than Wirecast's.
It's important if you want to brand your guest appearances if you're appearing via Skype, GoogleHangouts or doing a Go2Meeting Webinar for example.

Given some of what I know, Wirecast is being used in a very large number of high profile shows that don't have a Tricaster or hardware encoder.

Thanks for the reply Cseeman. I appreciate you taking the time to explain things to me. I hope I wasn't being offensive by using the term significant viewership, all of the programs you guided me to are all quality shows for sure!