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{{Infobox Website
|name           = Livestream
|logo           = [[Image:LiveStream logo.jpg|225px]]
|screenshot     = [[Image:LiveStream.jpg|225px]]
|caption        = Broadcast Live on Your Website.
|url            = http://www.livestream.com/
|type           = Video streaming
|language       = English
|registration   = Optional
|current status = Active

}}
'''Livestream''', formerly known as '''Mogulus''',<ref name="namechange">[http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/05/18/mogulus-gets-a-killer-domain-for-rebranding-livestreamcom/ Mogulus Rebrands With A Killer Domain: livestream.com],  May 18, 2009</ref> is a streaming Internet television platform for digital broadcasters. It offers a free, ad-supported service in addition to multiple premium services for media professionals.<ref>http://www.itvt.com/story/4436/live-internet-broadcast-platform-provider-mogulus-rebrands-livestream</ref>

Livestream also offers wireless HD broadcasting in the form of a device combination called Livepack, described as "a satellite television truck in a backpack."<ref> http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/30/livestream-livepack-a-satellite-television-truck-in-a-backpack/</ref>

In September 2009, Livestream started providing custom channel pages for special streaming video events like concerts from Pixie Lott and David Gray.<ref name="examiner.com">http://www.examiner.com/p-407579~Livestream_Launches_Livepack.html</ref> These pages integrated live chat, Twitter, and Facebook.<ref name="examiner.com"/> <br />Livestream has been used to stream content by Gannett Newspapers and by the World Economic Forum, and some local TV affiliates, usually for local news and storm watch.<ref>http://www.livestream.com/gannettnj</ref><ref>http://www.livestream.com/KSPR_Weather</ref>

==History==
Livestream, formerly Mogulus<ref name="namechange" />, was cofounded in 2007 by former Verizon executive Max Haot, Dayananda Nanjundappa, Phil Worthington, and Mark Kornfilt, and has offices in New York and Bangalore<ref>[http://www.livestream.com/info/about About LiveStream]</ref>. It launched with a free streaming service, and introduced its white label “pro” service in April 2008 with Gannett Newspapers as its first customer. In July 2008, Gannett invested in Mogulus with $10 million in funding.<ref>[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/28/AR2008072800668_pf.html Big Media Gets Serious About LiveStreaming: Gannett Invests $10 Million In Mogulus],  July 28, 2008</ref>

In May 2009, Mogulus re-branded as Livestream<ref name="namechange" />.

==Services==
Livestream is both a virtual television studio and embeddable video player, offering users the opportunity to produce and broadcast Web video in the manner of a television network. Users can stream live video or broadcast pre-recorded video in their channels, utilizing multiple cameras and on-screen graphics. Users may also collaborate with other producers anywhere in the world.

Gannett Newspapers’ Indianapolis Star used Livestream to stream live coverage of the 2008 United States Presidential Election.<ref>http://www.livestream.com/blog/?p=723</ref> Livestream also broadcast the 2009 Times Square New Year’s Eve celebration as a live stream from New York City, while the Times Square Alliance embedded the Livestream player on its own site for simultaneous viewing.<ref>http://www.centernetworks.com/new-years-eve-times-square-2009</ref>

Other users of Livestream to stream events include the Conservative Party of the United Kingdom.<ref>http://www.conservatives.com/News/Blogs/Getting_ready_for_our_first_online_policy_launch.aspx.</ref>  It is also used by Columbia University.<ref>http://www.livestream.com/columbiajournalism</ref>

www.livestream.com/gutv1 is a typical url address

==See also==
* [[Justin.tv]]
* [[Ustream]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.Livestream.com/ Livestream Official Site]

[[Category:Internet television channels]]

[[ja:Livestream.com]]