Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Ustream to Offer Live, Interactive Coverage of "Avatar" Premiere, Golden Globe Nominations

Live Internet broadcast service provider, Ustream (note: the company recently announced the availability of a Ustream Live Broadcaster iPhone app in the iTunes App Store--see the article published on itvt.com, December 10th), contacted [itvt] Monday to let us know that it will be powering live, interactive feeds of today's (Tuesday) Golden Globes nominations and tomorrow's (Wednesday) premiere of the new James Cameron movie, "Avatar."

According to the company, its live interactive stream of the "Avatar" red carpet is the result of a partnership with Twentieth Century Fox and MySpace, and will be available from 6:00PM Pacific at http://ustream.tv/avatar. It will include live cast and celebrity interviews, and will allow viewers to interact with one another through Ustream chat or through Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and AIM (through Ustream's Social Stream service).

The company's live Webcast of the Golden Globe nominations ceremony, meanwhile, will be the first ever of that event, and will also feature interactive/social viewing. It will be available from 5:00AM Pacific at: http://www.ustream.tv/goldenglobes. A list of various other interactive live streaming events that Ustream is powering this week is available here. Ashton Kutcher's production company, Katalyst Films, announced that it will air a live streaming, interactive version of its show, "Katalyst HQ," on Ustream at 8:00PM Eastern on Wednesday. More information is available here.)

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