Lynsee, a first-time mother, decided to have a live feed of her birth on MomsLikeMe.com and here on Livestream. The new mother, who is a former consumer science teacher, felt the urge to use her documented pregnancy and act of giving birth as a means of education. Up until the birth, she blogged in-depth about her pregnancy, offering advice to future mothers, and connecting with women across the country.

Watch the archive recording here, or click play below:

‘Old Dogs‘, the new Disney comedy starring Robin Williams, John Travolta and Seth Green, will be premiering on Monday November 9 at 6pm PT / 9pm ET in Hollywood.  Livestream will be there on the red carpet with Livepack interviewing the entire cast and crew, allowing fans to watch it live and chat using Twitter and Facebook from the custom Old Dogs channel page: http://www.livestream.com/olddogspremiere

British Band Athlete will be streaming their documentary “Black Swan Song” twice on Monday Nov. 9, first at 1pm GMT and then again at 8pm GMT (8am & 3pm EST).  The stream will be available to fans exclusively through Livestream, and will give them the chance to chat live using the integrated Facebook and Twitter chat on Livestream and Facebook.

Harper’s Magazine will present “The Family Table” on Wednesday November 11 at 7pm ET.  The discussion will feature the authors Rivka Galchen, Ben Marcus and David Samuels, and will be available on both Livestream and Facebook so that fans can participate in the discussion.

The World Economic Forum’s India Economic Summit 2009 continues this week with discussions on Monday November 9th, and a closing Plenary session on Tuesday November 10.  Tune in to hear some of the world’s brightest minds discuss the future of India’s economy.

Gigaom TV will be kicking off a busy Thursday on Livestream with their all-day broadcast of NewTeeVee Live on Thursday Nov. 12 from 8AM – 6PM PT / 11AM – 9PM ET at www.livestream.com/gigaomtv.  The conference will be discussing ‘Television Reinvented’ and will feature panel discussions from leaders in the field of television and communications.  The stream will also be made available on to your iPhone if you can’t get to a computer! Check it out at: http://iphone.livestream.com/gigaomtv

Turner Sports is back with another NBA Live Chat, this time with former NBA Star Kenny Smith.  In order to chat with him just tune in to the Custom TNT Livestream channel page during the half time Thursday’s Cleveland Cavs @ Miami Heat game at approximately 9:30pm ET.

Columbia University’s school of Journalism will host a conference entitled “Changing Media Landscape 2009” on Thursday November 12 from 7-8:30pm ET.  The conference is part of the “Columbia-Hearst Journalism Dialogue” series presented by the Heart Foundation and The Columbia Journalism Digital Media Program.  For a complete broadcast and Live chat tune in at: http://www.livestream.com/columbiajournalism

MyFox NY made plans to be there and bring the ceremony live to all of the fans who couldn’t make it, bringing them as close as possible to the champs.

Tune in to watch and chat live with MyFox NY on their custom Livestream player and chat.

UPDATE: The Livestream broadcast was mentioned on NY1 and The SF Examiner among others, and received more than 70,000 unique viewers on Friday.  In addition to all of that the tag #yankeesparadeonfox managed to be a trending topic on Twitter!

NEW YORK (Nov. 4, 2009) – On Nov. 6, TEDxEast is coming to New York. The inaugural TEDxEast event will feature a half-day of speakers, TEDTalks, music and dance.

The “Developing World Ideas” theme explores the people and processes that drive “world ideas” through stories that resonate on a global stage. Guest speakers will include web entrepreneur Rachel Sterne, best-selling author Suzy Welch and Kickstarter CEO Perry Chen among others.

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has established TEDx, a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. TED Conferences invite the world’s leading thinkers and doers to speak for 18 minutes. Their talks are then made available, free, at TED.com.

TEDxEast has chosen to broadcast the entirety of their first event via Livestream, the leading broadcast platform and community for streaming media. Livestream allows the webcast to be embedded anywhere, including integration with Facebook and Twitter to allow users of the social media tools to engage in the ongoing conversation of TEDxEast.

The conference is subsequently provided with immediate interaction with those viewers via the social stream, adding a new dimension to their live broadcast while further helping their message reach many thousands of viewers online. TEDxEast will be viewed live by TEDx groups in Argentina, Canada, Chile, Holland, Mexico, Portugal as well as in U.S. cities such as Boston, Kansas City and San Francisco.

“TEDxEast is an opportunity to inspire and educate with a roster of today’s thought leaders and tomorrow’s innovators. Livestream’s robust platform acts as a multiplier, bringing together a global audience to share our local TEDx experience,” says Edward Rashba, TEDxEast co-organizer.

Watch the live event unfold at www.livestream.com/tedxeast

Last night the Foo Fighters performed a two hour and a half exclusive concert from their studio (Studio 606 in LA) on Livestream and Facebook. This is a really cool thing for the band to do for its fans and something I hope we will see more of in the future. As the Foo Fighters were playing, they were keeping an eye on the stream of Facebook status updates coming in, sometimes responding to comments and taking song requests.

This is first time ever that a live concert was produced just for their fans online – it was not just a broadcast of an existing concert/event. The concert attracted more than 150,000 viewers and trended on Twitter (#2, #1 was Halloween), was #1 on Digg and was featured on Facebook Celebs.

The event generated a lot of buzz in the music and social media industry. Here’s what Randi Zuckerberg who manages marketing at Facebook said about the event on Twitter :

Livestream was not only powering, distributing and promoting the concert (on IPhone, Facebook & Livestream) but also producing onsite. Livestream Production Services division provided the cameras and operators, live mixer and fully backed up encoder/internet connection setup. We hope to provide such turnkey service to many more bands and events in the future.

We would like to thank the Foo Fighters for choosing Livestream, Facebook for the incredible promotion and support and our backup CDN provider Highwinds which handled a good amount of the traffic.

Behind the scene video :

Post event photo with Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters), Otto Cedeno (Head of Production, Livestream) and Max Haot (Livestream CEO) :

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The film’s star John Cusack spoke with our producers, immediately followed by the director Roland Emmerich.  Emmerich is known as the producer of some of Hollywood’s biggest blockbusters including ‘Stargate‘, ‘Independence Day‘, and ‘The Patriot.’

The channel received more than 50,000 views as fans from across the country and around the world tuned in to see all of the celebrities gather in anticipation of the release.

Watch John Cusack and Roland Emmerich interviewed below, and keep an eye out for a guest appearance from American Idol Adam Lambert!

The video, which is available as an OnDemand clip on the Reporters Uncensored official channel page, covers FilmAid’s efforts to bring entertainment to the thousands of Kenyans who live as refugees.  They produce and screen films especially for the refugees, and even offer film workshops aimed to draw awareness to many of the social ills that exist in the camps.  For more information about the project read the Reporter’s Uncensored most recent blog post on the Huffington Post.

The Reporter’s Uncensored Social Innovation series is a series of videos covering people and organizations who identify social problems and use entrepreneurial strategies to create and manage an initiative for social change.  Last week’s installment featured the Global Innovation association Ashoka. Watch the video here: http://bit.ly/TwPV3

Follow @reportersuncens on Twitter  for updates about their live broadcasts, or watch the clip on-demand below.

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TechCrunch made the feed available on their site for the occasion and over 20,000 unique viewers tuned in to watch the event unfold.
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Notable guests included Paris Hilton, Kelly Osborn, Perez Hilton, Rachel Zoe, Jessica Lowndes, Monique Coleman, Rick fox, and naturally Seal and Heidi Klum themselves.

Watch an excerpt from the live webcast below or watch a replay of the entire event here:

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Tuesday November 3rd at 1pm ET (postponed until next Tuesday Nov. 9 at 1pm ET) The Jump on NBA.com will be premiering exclusively on Livestream.  The show will air weekly Tuesday’s 1pm ET and will feature NBA announcers Kyle Montgomery and Dennis Scott discussing the latest news, highlights and analysis of that week in the NBA.  Tune in to interact live using Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday directly at http://my.nba.com/jump and www.livestream.com/thejump

Steven Curtis Chapman of EMI will perform an exclusive live show on Livestream at Livestream.com/emicmglabelgroup and Facebook.com/stevencurtischapman Tuesday November 3 at 7pm PT / 10pm ET.  The country music artist is a veteran of the Country Music scene and will be performing in support of his latest record “Beauty Will Rise” on the official EMI Livestream channel page.

The New Jersey Gubernatorial Elections will take place on Tuesday November 3rd and local Gannett properties will be hosting evening coverage of the process with several of their New Jersey affiliates including The Asbury Park Press, The Courier Post, The Daily Record, Mycentraljersey.com, and The Daily Journal.  Visit any of the NJ affiliate websites for the coverage or visit the APP Livestream Channel page to watch on Livestream.

Tuesday November 3rd Livestream will be on the Red Carpet of the L.A. premiere of the new film ‘2012‘ at 6PM (PT)/9PM (ET).  Tune in to the broadcast on Tuesday to the 2012 channel page to chat with fans using Twitter and Facebook, and to see all of the stars, including Hank Azaria, Jason Bateman, Camilla Belle, Jason Biggs, Lauren Graham, Natasha Henstridge, Jane Kaczmarek, John C. McGinley, Ruben Fleischer, Kevin McKidd, Luc Robitaille, Jessica Stroup, Sela Ward, Estella Warren, Rumor Willis.

Thursday November 5th at 6pm ET Food Inc. present a live Q&A with Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farm and Josh Trought of the D Acres farm.  The two will be chatting live with the audience about their respective companies and their dedication to organic farming on: http://www.livestream.com/foodinc

The TedXEast Conference will be streamed live all day on Friday November 6th from 1-6:30pm (ET) on their custom Livestream page http://www.livestream.com/tedxeast.  The inaugural TEDxEast event will feature a half day of speakers, TEDTalks, music and dance. The “Developing World Ideas” theme explores the people and processes that drive “world ideas” through stories that resonate on a global stage. Guest speakers will include web entrepreneur Rachel Sterne, best-selling author Suzy Welch and Kickstarter CEO Perry Chen among others. Tune in Friday to watch and chat live with Twitter and Facebook on Livestream.

Colgate University will host a new installment of their ‘Living Writers Series’ on Friday Oct. 6 at 4:30 pm ET.  This week they will be presenting Chinese/American author Yiyun Li, author of “A Thousand Years of Good Prayers.”  Tune in to the Colgate Channel Page to watch and chat, and have a look at the complete schedule for upcoming speakers.

The India Economic Summit, presented by the World Economic Forum, will be live beginning Sunday November 8th and running through Tuesday November 10th exclusively on Livestream.  World leaders will discuss some of the most pressing economic issues facing India in the global economy, and will brainstorm potential solutions and courses of action.  The complete schedule and list of speakers is available here or you can tune in on Sunday to the official WEF Livestream channel to watch the entire broadcast.

Overall its functionally is similar to the PC version, allowing users to broadcast their digital life with one press of the GO LIVE button. We’re still working on some sought after features like local recording, broadcasting speaker audio and better CPU/quality balance, all expected within the next few weeks as the beta version gets augmented. Meanwhile, users should feel free to help us test the beta and provide feedback. We do suggest that users not use this version in the production environment yet; they should wait for the beta version to mature a little bit more.

While on the outside Procaster Mac looks very similar to Procaster PC, we’ve actually re-done the behind the scenes architecture of the product. From now on we’ll have a shared code base for both Mac and PC versions, and every new feature we add will be created for both platforms at once. It also means a more stable release cycle and a broader base for future expansions. Doing this allowed us to add an H.264 encoding, a new graphic auto updater and other features (all expected in the next PC version, too). Check out the new Procaster Mac wiki page here, which will be updated with more information as new versions are released.

As for the future, we’re working both on closing the small gap that exists with the PC version as well on some cool expansions that are expected in the next few months, which we believe will rock the broadcasting world and open huge new possibilities for producers to enrich their broadcasts. Stay tuned.

- Lior Messinger