New Livestream Values
To help you understand our vision and the strategic direction of the New Livestream, we outlined the core values below. We are pledging to deliver on every single item by the full launch of the New Livestream which will be no later than April 2012:
Experience: Live. Redefined.
- A live stream is no longer solely about live video. We now support realtime text updates, video clips and photos seamlessly integrated with live video posted from desktop and mobile devices
- The channel pages features a timeline-based experience much like blogs
- Consistent user experience across all platforms including web, mobile and connected TV devices
HD Live and On-demand video
- Highest quality live and on-demand video
- Sleek live and on-demand video player
- World class video on-demand support with robust video file upload and conversion
Intuitive Producer Tools
- Powerful, yet easy to use producer tools available on both web and mobile platforms
Social at the Core
- Customized homepage feed for each user featuring updates from all of the channels the user may be following
- Realtime notifications via email, SMS and iPhone push
- Discover content through social connections with friends and followers
- Live commenting and chat features follow the latest best practices in social media (e.g. We will never spam users Facebook/Twitter feed while chatting)
- Social audience building and engagement tools for Producers including a 'Follow' button on each channel and ‘Share’ link for each update
- Social analytics for Producers to better understand your audience
Stability and Scale
- Stream live to 1 million+ concurrent viewers on any channel, without a hiccup
- Global Content Delivery Network (CDN) ensures HD streams can be transmitted and viewed from anywhere in the world (current built-in CDN partner: Akamai)
- Rock solid live video recording with available instant replay and basic editing
World Class Support for Producers
- Premium customers receive phone support 7 days a week
