After years of questions about what cloud computing is and how it will affect IT, we’re finally starting to get answers. With major acquisitions having gone down, hybrid clouds now a reality and the federal government eyeing cloud-inspired legislation, it is becoming more clear how the cloud landscape will shape up. beNOW.tv is pleased to partner with GigaOM to produce the live video webcast of the Structure 2011 conference in San Francisco on June 22-23. Anyone with a vested interest in cloud computing won’t want to miss this chance to hear about its future from the people who are making it happen. For more information on the event and the livestream, go to: event.gigaom.com/structure.
beNOW.tv was pleased to participate in the recent e-G8 Forum in Paris. The folks at Publicis have created an attractive and comprehensive e-Book with video from the event, transcripts, photos, descriptions and more. Watch Facebook’s Zuckerberg talk about the process of innovation. French President Sarkozy on changing the world and government’s role in forging regulatory policy across borders. Rupert Murdoch on the need for an overhaul of American education. And fireworks from John Perry Barlow, Jeff Jarvis and a cast of hundreds. Click here to watch or download: http://www.eg8forum.com/ebook/
Following up on my colleague Will’s post on our use of automated cameras….Check out our partner Livestream’s concerts page. They are increasing their number of venues and shows and constantly improving and expanding their user experience and feature set. It’s a good extension of their overall impressive move into original content in the entertainment arena, from the usual movie red carpet screenings to a range of live shows. Even the President at Facebook.
I met Livestream CEO Max Haot through Twitter and we had a series of meetings. I introduced him to the Axis camera solution January of last year and Livestream integrated it into their platform so that we were able to start installing cameras and start testing content ideas and production workflows. Since the fall, we have been livestreaming shows from The New Republic magazine’s offices in Washington, Yoshi’s Oakland jazz club, the Commonwealth Club, the World Affairs Council, Booksmith, Books Inc, New America Media, Politics and Prose bookstore, among other places.
We are ratcheting down our livestream volume as we work with partners and investors on business plans and technology solutions. YouTube is now livestreaming concerts as well. Check out this article on the growing interest in live concert rights: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/06/03/us-vevo-youtube-idUSTRE7527CR20110603
This week, we celebrate nine months remote livestreaming in partnership with Livestream. Live productions are traditionally a large-scale process with cameras, switchers, computer equipment, and trained staff on-site to control all of it. The team at beNOW.tv knew that there had to be a more efficient way of broadcasting live events without all of the “classic” costs and techniques. After months of research, we came across remote controlled high quality IP cameras, manufactured by Axis. These cameras allow us to broadcast a live high quality feed over the web with the ability to pan/tilt/zoom the focus on specific subjects at the event.
This allows beNOW.tv to broadcast multiple events live over the Internet simultaneously from a remote location. It also reduces the need to have a powerful computer to encode the video like most broadcasts require because the h.264 encoding is done on the camera so you can control the camera from as simple of a device as a cell phone.
The most exciting part of these cameras is that there is still so much to be improved and tweaked because the idea of using them to stream is such a new concept. beNOW.tv is helping blaze a new path in streaming technology and hopes to continue to do so for a long time.
Google’s Eric Schmidt and beNOW.tv’s Brian Gruber get a private explanation of the mysteries of the Mona Lisa at the Louvre during the e-G8 Forum in Paris. The event was held May 24, 2011 at the Tuileries followed by the private soiree at the Louvre hosted by French Culture Minister Mitterand.
Just back from Paris, meeting with future content partners and attending the first of its kind e-G8 Forum. Commissioned by French President Sarkozy and organized by Publicis CEO Maurice Levy, the event was a fascinating and occasionally controversial look at the issues and ideas driving the future of the web. More observations and video to come….
Making Sense of the Cloud
This week, we celebrate nine months remote livestreaming in partnership with Livestream. Live productions are traditionally a large-scale process with cameras, switchers, computer equipment, and trained staff on-site to control all of it. The team at beNOW.tv knew that there had to be a more efficient way of broadcasting live events without all of the “classic” costs and techniques. After months of research, we came across remote controlled high quality IP cameras, manufactured by Axis. These cameras allow us to broadcast a live high quality feed over the web with the ability to pan/tilt/zoom the focus on specific subjects at the event.
