Already using the Qik and Brightcove integration?

Refer to this article in our Support Wiki on how to enable live broadcasting to Brightcove. This would then create a player as shown below that can be embedded on any website, blog to view videos live from mobile phones using Qik.

New to Qik and Brightcove integration?

• Login and go to Edit Profile > Edit Networks and click the Brightcove icon.
• Follow the instructions on the screen. Additional details are available in this support article or in the video below

Asia’s biggest Pop Sensation, Singaporean JJ Lin brings the best of his music and behind the scenes footage with Qik. Talk about JJ’s singing career, Asia’s Mandarin Popstar has one of the fastest hands. Another talent to highlight, nailing the world Guinness record with 3,052 signed CD copies in 2 hours 30 minutes! You can follow JJ Lin at http://qik.com/jj_lin.

Couple of JJ’s songs that fans love include, 主角 (feat. Machi) Centerstage (Zhǔ Jiǎo) and 只對你說 Only Told You (Zhī Duì Nǐ Shuō). Songs by JJ are set to blow you away if you are looking for an alternative ear worm to dance or sing a tune to.

Get up close and personal with your favorite superstar today. Here’s his Qiks that I particularly enjoy.

A glimpse of JJ in the studios prepping for a recording session.

Signup using Facebook Connect: If you are a new user or if you have signed up for Qik using Facebook Connect on qik.com, you can now connect your Facebook account right from your phone. Simply click the “Login As” field in the signup form and select Facebook Connect. This will walk you through the process of connecting your Facebook account to Qik. Then when you start Qikking just press Share and select Facebook to post the video directly to your wall.

Share with your phone contacts with the Speed Sharing Ribbon: The Qik Speed Sharing Ribbon makes it fast and easy  to share your experiences with your friends and family from the phone. You can now create shortcuts to select contacts from your phone address book and place those shortcuts on the Speed Sharing Ribbon that appears in the bottom of the screen when you press Share. Then next time you start Qikking all you need to do is press Share and double tap the contact and an SMS / email will be sent to the person with the link to the video that they can then view from their phone just by clicking the link.

It is now even easier to start recording and sharing: We are always looking at ways to make it easier to get you streaming and sharing your videos. With this update you can now:

• Start / Stop recording by pressing the Camera button.
• Zoom in / out by pressing the volume keys on the phone.
• For those who are using our integration with Brightcove – now you can share the Qiks to your Brightcove account right from your phone.

You can download this update from http://d.qik.com on your phone or by starting Qik and following the update prompts. So, go ahead give this a spin and let us know your thoughts on twitter or by sending us an email at support@qik.com.

Do you think David can really figure out a way to get back home? We at Qik sure believe so. After all armed with all this technology and support – how could he not. You can follow Dave’s exciting journey an and his experiences from the “No Way Home” blog on CBS, his Qik page, and his Twitter feed.

Thank you to The Lede’s reporters, including Robert Mackey, for using Qik in such an important way. Being able to watch the protesters’ actions live is riveting, and we’re glad to be able to help bring this coverage to so many people.

Add Qik as a Web Activity on your profile

From your Windows Live profile page, click Add Web Activities and add Qik from the list of supported networks.

Enter your Qik username and set your sharing options
Once you click add, you’ll be prompted to enter your Qik username and select who you’d like to share these with.

DONE! All your public Qik videos will now start showing up on your Windows Live page as shown below.

So start sharing your Qiks with your friends on Windows Live and if you have any questions or suggestions, do drop us a line at support@qik.com.

Send this…

…and it turns into this!

So go ahead, and start posting your Qiks to your Posterous site!

Ning Network Creators now have even greater choice over the features and applications they can add to Ning Networks to create the perfect social experience for a given topic, interest or passion. Today, Ning Apps are available for e-commerce, information, education, causes and entertainment. To see Qik, please visit the Ning Apps Directory here.

What does this mean for Qik users? Now you can stream live to your Ning Network with unprecedented ease.

Ning Apps extend the Ning Platform by providing more than 90 new diverse and rich applications like Qik for Ning Network Creators. With Ning Apps, a Ning Network Creator can now add Qik to expand the functionality of their Ning Network and increase engagement by their members.

We’re excited to be developing Qik for the Ning Platform, and the functionality this offers to Qik users and Ning Network members. This is just the beginning, though – we’re excited to see where users take this functionality, and we plan to add even more capabilities to this integration.

This is just the latest way that Qik allows you to share your videos with those who matter to you – whether it’s friends, family, or people with a common interest on a Ning Network.

The Ning Platform provides a new way for Qik to reach more people, faster. Rather than being added by individual members, when a Ning Network Creator adds Qik to their Ning Network, by default it’s available to all members automatically, regardless of whether a Ning Network has 100, 1,000 or 1 million members.

“Ning is committed to being the social platform for the world’s interests and passions,” said Jay Parikh, senior vice president of product engineering. “Qik is a great example of the innovative and creative set of diverse features Ning Apps offer the more than 33 million members of Ning Networks today.”

Start Recording
The new touch UI contains most of the commonly used functions available from the viewfinder view and can be set with just a touch of a button.

Recording in progress view
Note the contextual touch menu on the side to quickly toggle options on connectivity, privacy and capture of audio.

Sharing view
Share now enables you to share using SMS, Email and to your favorite Social Networks with just a touch of a button. You can even toggle the auto upload capabilities to these networks right from the phone by pressing the desired button for greater than 3 secs.

We would love to hear your thoughts on these improvements – so give it a try and let us know what you think by sending an email to winmo@qik.com.

So, give this version a try and let us know what you think by rating the application. As always, you can also email us at support@qik.com with your feedback, too.