Best Live Streaming Service ?

**andrewzarian** · 03-26-2012, 02:01 PM

Which one of these streaming sites do you think work the best at getting your content seen

UPDATE:

Since creating this thread many things have changed

Stickam and BlogTV are no longer in business
Livestream has become available only to its hardware users
Bambuser has gone to a pay model
Youtube live has opened up its limitations to a 100 subscribers
Dailymotion has added live streaming

**joedemax** · 03-27-2012, 10:22 AM

I'd ad an option for Bambuser. No pre roll over there. BlogTV STILL doesn't support 16:9 so not a fan of them. It won't even letterbox a 16:9 stream, it just stretches it.

**andrewzarian** · 03-27-2012, 10:28 AM

Do you know how many users Bambuser has?

**joedemax** · 03-27-2012, 10:29 AM

No idea how many users it has, but it's definitely great as a free cdn with no ads.

**andrewzarian** · 03-27-2012, 10:44 AM

I have been looking for another streaming site for some time. I thought it was going to be livestream but they have way too many restrictions for free users

**JakeKettle** · 03-27-2012, 11:23 AM

i love Justin.tv I think they're great. There's another website called Vaughn Live which opened up not to long ago. They're not horribly popular yet, but the owner of the site runs it like his personal playground instead of a like a business, so I see no future there. Justin is my primary broadcasting site, I think it offers the best features and is easiest to use, but then again I'm biased, I've been on there since 2008 (as a viewer).

**andrewzarian** · 03-27-2012, 02:37 PM

We have tried nearly every service out there and my top 3 are Stickam , Ustream and JTV. I dont think anyone else has the audience that these 3 are able to pull

**JakeKettle** · 03-28-2012, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by andrewzarian

We have tried nearly every service out there and my top 3 are Stickam , Ustream and JTV. I dont think anyone else has the audience that these 3 are able to pull

I agree, I haven't really seen any that are able to stand up to those 3. I've never been a big fan of Ustream or Stickam, I haven't gotten a lot of viewers on either of those sites, but Justin.tv has gotten me quite a few views, which makes me quite happy.

**Spencer Kobren** · 04-09-2012, 04:01 PM

Stickam has been great for The Bald Truth! They’re very open to featuring unique programming that other streaming sites might not think fit their demographic. The truth is, I’m probably one of the oldest guys on stickam.com, but that doesn't seem to matter to the young people who watch my show and write us to express their support every week. Stickam has made my live streaming experience a great one, and has done a tremendous service for all the young hair loss sufferers who found us through their site.

**JakeKettle** · 04-10-2012, 04:20 AM

Originally Posted by Spencer Kobren

Stickam has been great for The Bald Truth! They’re very open to featuring unique programming that other streaming sites might not think fit their demographic. The truth is, I’m probably one of the oldest guys on stickam.com, but that doesn't seem to matter to the young people who watch my show and write us to express their support every week. Stickam has made my live streaming experience a great one, and has done a tremendous service for all the young hair loss sufferers who found us through their site.

The only beef I really had with stickcam is that I couldn't figure out how to use their services, bias I know haha. I'll have to look into it again!