IBM Cloud Video
Type of site | Video streaming |
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Available in | English, German, Hungarian, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and Korean |
Owner | IBM |
URL | ibm |
Commercial | Yes |
Registration | Optional |
Launched | March 2007 |
Current status | Active |
Native client(s) on | iOS, Android |
IBM Watson Media (formerly Ustream and IBM Cloud Video) is an American
Since 2016, it has been a division of IBM. On April 1, 2018, two years after its purchase, Ustream changed its name to IBM Cloud Video to reflect its new ownership, but rapidly changed that name to IBM Watson Media to reflect the embedded artificial intelligence capabilities of IBM's Watson.
Origin
History
Ustream was born when the founders (John Ham, Brad Hunstable and Gyula Fehér) wanted a way for their friends in the US Army, who were deployed overseas in the Iraq War, to be able to communicate with their families. A product like Ustream would provide them with a way to talk to all of their relatives at once when free time in the war zone was limited.[2]
Ustream was used by politicians such as
Acquisition
Early investors included
Automatic content blocking
IBM Watson Media uses a copyright enforcement service provided by Vobile, which uses a proprietary
References
- ^ Cynopsis: Digital. April 14, 2008.
- ^ WebWare, Merry Christmas, Mom: Ustream links soldiers with home Archived 2008-12-01 at the Wayback Machine, December 14, 2007
- ^ Mark 'Rizzn' Hopkins (2007-11-26). "YouTube and UStream Go Political". Mashable. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ Brad Hunstable, Founder (2007-11-16). "The Ustream.TV Blog » Blog Archive » Plain White T's Event Serves 130,000". Ustream.tv. Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-08-23.
- ^ Vilas-boas, Eric (2010-08-09). "Kanye Hits Ustream, Talks New Album". SPIN. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
- ^ "E-TARD The 24/7 LifeCaster". E-TARD.TV. September 5, 2006. Archived from the original on September 17, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ^ "IBM acquires Ustream". Variety. 21 January 2016.
- ^ "Softbank pays $20 million for stake in Ustream".
- ^ Konrad, Alex. "IBM Confirms Ustream Acquisition As Part Of Cloud Video [IBM Watson Media] Unit Targeting "$105 Billion Opportunity"". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-08-21.
- ^ "IBM Confirms Acquisition Of UStream, Forms New Cloud Video [IBM Watson Media] Unit". TechCrunch. 21 January 2016. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
- ^ Hunstable, Brad (2010-07-16). "Launch of Improved Measures to Protect Copyright Holders and Vobile Integration". Archived from the original on 2013-02-04. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ^ "Vobile Core Technology". Archived from the original on 2013-08-05. Retrieved 2012-09-03.
- ^ Ha, Anthony (September 3, 2012), "Ustream Apologizes For Shutting Down The Hugo Awards Livestream, Says It Will 'Recalibrate'", TechCrunch
- ^ Gross, Doug (September 4, 2012), Ustream apologizes for killing Hugo Awards webcast, CNN
External links
- Ustream username (P4017) (see uses)