BlogTV has shown some modest increases in viewership and traffic. This has also lent itself to some frustrating page load times for members based on the number of ‘friends’ he or she has. A member with several hundred friends could wait 5-15 seconds (or more) for any video stream page to load and that doesn’t include the 15 second video ad placement if you don’t have a ‘Pro’ account.
Justin.TV, a leading video chat/show social networking site, announced some new features and upgrades to their service.
First, they upgraded the process of signing into Twitter even more secure utilizing Twitter’s latest and greatest authentication system. This appears to have made the Twitter chat much more reliable, fluent, and easier to use.
Second, they added a pretty handy new Twitter feature for broadcasters. You can now set a hashtag (#whateveryouwant) for your broadcast channel. Anytime a chatter is using Twitter chat and has opted-in to update their status, your hashtag will be added to the tweet. This will make it easier to follow and connect with fellow Justin.tv users on Twitter as well as make it possible for your broadcast to trend on Twitter.
Here are two interesting webcam shows on the Ustream.TV social networking site later this evening.
Tonight, Ashton Kutcher will be doing another episode of his Fantasy Football series. In between acting, encouraging Americans to volunteer, and running his own media company, Ashton still finds time to indulge in his favorite past time: football. Tune in here at 9:30 pm ET.
Also tonight at 8PM ET, Selena Gomez will conduct another weekly fan chat. This Disney star is known for being completely down-to-earth even though she’s already starred on a hit TV show (Wizards of Waverly Place), and her album, Kiss and Tell, releases on Sept. 29. Catch all the Selena action right here.
Yahoo is preparing to release a new version of its Yahoo Messenger 10 chat app. A beta version for Windows users is already available.
In the new version of the application, Yahoo turned its focus to webcam features. One of the biggest improvements is the ability to start high-quality video calls with audio. Until now, users were stuck with low quality video and no audio features. This new feature will only work for one-to-one calls to other users with the same version. The older ability to broadcast your webcam to multiple users (no audio) has not been updated.
Video social networking site Ustream.tv is doing something I believe is a great move for the company to connect directly with it’s users and partners. The Ustream founders are hosting a first-ever townhall meeting to answer the communities questions and concerns. Other social networks and video chat platforms should take notes!
The Ustream.tv townhall meeting is scheduled for Thursday, September 10 starting at 4PM PST. The discussion will be hosted by founders John Ham and Bran Hunstable streaming live from their offices in Mountain View, California. This will be a great opportunity for you to get your questions answered and hear what others are concerned about regarding the platform. Even more, I’m sure we will find out some new improvements and future enhancements to the service as well.
BlogTV is a social networking site based completely on video ‘shows’ and community chat. The site has become more and more of a haven for ‘trolls’, someone who posts controversial, inflammatory, irrelevant or off-topic messages to disturb an online community. Typically, the person who has to deal with the consequences of a ‘trolls’ actions is the video broadcaster. BlogTV has added new features to help a broadcaster run a smoother broadcast and more enjoyment for the audience as a whole.
