Posts tagged ‘hosting’

Season Final of Red Bull Bedroom Jam this Monday

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

The season final of Red Bull Bedroom Jam will take place on Monday 31st May and will feature the Lost Prophets and Gap Year Riot.

Stream UK are the webcast providers behind the Red Bull Bedroom Jam series. Red Bull Bedroom Jam is a once in a lifetime opportunity for new bands seeking their ‘big break’.

Bands upload videos of their gigs, have fans watch and rate them on the Red Bull Bedroom Jam website and then potentially are selected to play at a Red Bull Bedroom Jam session.

The Red Bull Bedroom Jam Series has run for 20 weeks and involves the Stream UK team creating a ‘live’ venue inside the bands bedroom. Not only does Stream UK film the live events, Stream UK also hosts the content on our VMS 2.1 system.

To watch the Red Bull Bedroom Jam this Monday click here.

Brandcast Media wins award for eCancer using Stream UK technology

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

On Friday 26th March at the IVCA Awards 2010, Brandcast Media won a gold award recognising the company’s work for Ecancer in the field of Web TV and Asset Management. Ecancer tv content is hosted and delivered on Stream UK’s video management system VMS 2.1. VMS 2.1, is a web based application that allows the user to import, manage, and stream video for their website. You can access, upload or edit your videos from any computer with an internet connection and a standard browser, allowing you to easily add rich content to your own website at the touch of a button.

The award won by Brandcast Media recognises the best use of media streaming, digital platforms and rich media asset management as part of a communication strategy. Entries were judged on their innovative approach and use of content, as well as the technical excellence of the project.

The awards, which are in their 29th year, are the most acclaimed celebration of effective business and public sector communications in video, interactive projects, business television and digital media across Europe

Marco Forgione, IVCA’s Chief Executive commented “The IVCA Awards are an annual celebration of the finest creativity, innovation and expertise that the corporate communications industry has to offer. Once again this year the standard of entries was exceptional and we are delighted that clients across all sectors are continuing to invest in visual communications, recognising the intrinsic worth and commercial acumen that can be gained by such activities. We would like to extend our congratulations to all the Gold, Silver and Bronze winners and those who were Highly Commended for their outstanding work…”

Find, Pitch & Close – The Art of Securing Investment’ – School for Startups Webcast

Wednesday, November 18th, 2009

Having left the den, ex-‘Dragon’ Doug Richard and his School for Startups have proved to be the leading provider of business training for fledgling and established entrepreneurs in the UK. September saw the final session of the ‘Fast Growth Marketing for Growing Businesses’ workshop webcast live hundreds of entrepreneurs around the world and today S4Stv will be webcasting ‘Find, Pitch & Close – The Art of Securing Investment’ Click here to sign up to view the event.

Using Stream UK’s production team to film, mix and encode the footage – the session was delivered with the new release of Stream Connect, Stream UK’s webcasting tool. Stream Connect has been reviewed as “a simplified yet powerful interactive streaming platform that could be managed by the presenter” (Tim Siglin, Streaming Media Magazine) and as it continues to develop, the tool is allowing companies to provide professional level webcast experiences without relying on outside experts.

A key part of the S4S sessions is the ability of the live audience to interact with experts, asking questions and offering feedback. Stream Connect’s interactive options allow this to be extended to web-viewers worldwide. There was constant activity in the online chat room, and future events could use the voting and moderator announcements. Over the next year, Stream UK will continue to deliver production services, encoding, hosting and streaming services, as the School grows its online presence.

To see Stream Connect in action go to www.streamuk.com/stream-connect.php
Or call  0207 419 1820 for a demo and trial account.

Live Broadcast of Surfing World Championship

Thursday, November 5th, 2009

G2 Communications and Stream UK are broadcasting the La Santa Surf Pro 6 star Men’s World Qualifying Series 2009 live from Lanzarote on the internet. This international event which takes place each year during the first week of November is being transmitted via servers at Stream ES and can be viewed on the Association of Surfing Professionals website.

Last years championship had over 120,000 visitors online from 119 different countries. This year is numbers are predicted to increase as 60,000 visitors have already viewed the first 3 days of competition.

If you would like to broadcast your event over the internet please call us on 0207 419 1820.

Stream UK and Grey’s London

Wednesday, May 27th, 2009

Stream UK recently hosted and delivered (in flash) the short film shot for Grey’s London, Women’s Aid domestic violence campaign starring Kiera Knightly.

The controversial short film was released on April 2 2009 but has only been shown in cinemas and online as broadcasters refuse to show the film on television due to the level of violence. The short film which saw the collaboration of Kiera Knightly, Atonement director Joe Wright and Oscar nominated Cinematographer Seamus McGarvey has recieved huge press coverage prior to and since the release of the campaign. The online clip hosted by Stream UK delivered 4.5TB of data, and had 200,000 visitors for a total of 400,000 hits since the April release.

If you wish to view the campaign click here

If you wish to find out about Stream UK hosting and delivering a video for you please contact us on 020 7419 1820