The Week Ahead on Livestation: 15 – 21 March
Posted on March 14th 2010 by Johannes Ledel Karreskog
Here are some of the stories that are likely to covered in the next week by several of Livestation’s partner channels.
Two stories from last week that will linger this coming week are Iraq’s Parliamentary Election, which was held on March 7 2010, and the US-Israeli tensions following the US Vice-President Joe Biden condemning Israel for a planned housing project.
Next week the following stories will probably make the news:
France is holding its regional elections, with the first round on Sunday March 14th and the second to following on the 21st of March. President Sarkozy’s ruling conservative UMP party is expected to suffer losses.
Catherine Ashton, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy for the European Union will be going on a tour of different nations in the Middle East, starting on March 14, to meet with various leaders in the region.
On Saturday March 13 member states of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) started a meeting in Doha, Qatar that will last for two weeks.
US President Barack Obama will be visiting countries in Asia, beginning with a visit to Indonesia on Sunday March 21.
OPEC nations are meeting on Wednesday March 17 in Vienna, Austria for the 156th meeting of the OPEC Conference.
Get a range of perspectives on these stories on Livestation.com
Livestation Firsts: Brown’s Surprise Afghanistan Visit
Posted on March 7th 2010 by Heather Christie
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown made a surprise visit to British troops in Afghanistan yesterday after former military chiefs accused of being ‘disingenuous’ in his testimony at the Iraq Inquiry.
Livestation was the first source to post publicly-available photos of the visit on the internet and among the first to break the story on Twitter.
Stay in the loop on global affairs; watch Livestation, and follow us on Twitter.
The Week Ahead on Livestation: 7-14 March 2010
Posted on March 7th 2010 by Heather Christie
These are Iraq's second elections since 2001.
Here are some of next week’s big stories, many of which will be covered by Livestation’s partner channels. Watch these stories develop live through our web, desktop, or mobile platforms to stay up to date on global current affairs.
Sunday 7 March, Iraq elects a new government. This process is expected by many to be drawn-out and rife with conflict and some have predicted that it could be several months before Iraq settles on a government.
Early results of the March 7 referendum indicate that Iceland has rejected the proposed payback scheme of Icesave’s international bailout. Look for discussion and fallout on most international channels.
Chile’s new president, Sebastian Pinera, will be inaugurated on March 11. His first order of business will be to begin the rebuilding process in Chile after last week’s devastating earthquake.
China holds its annual National People’s Congress on March 7. Key topics to be discussed at this symbolic political gathering include anti-courruption and the growing divide between the rich and poor.
Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou will travel to Paris, Berlin, and Washington. He is expected to discuss financing Greece’s ailing economy with the leaders of these countries.
Also in the news, French President Nicolas Sarkozy will visit the UK. He is expected to meet with David Cameron to discuss collaboration between the two countries should Cameron’s Conservatives win in the upcoming UK election. Also, as mentioned last week, the 82nd Academy Awards will be held on March 7 in Los Angeles. Watch CNN for red carpet coverage beginning at 1730 ET.
The Week Ahead on Livestation: 1-7 March 2010
Posted on March 1st 2010 by Heather Christie
Here, we’ve put together some of the biggest news stories in the upcoming week, look for live coverage of them on Livestation
Gordon Brown will face the Chilcot Inquiry on 5 March. ITN and BBC World Service will be the Livestation channels with the most coverage.
Iceland will go to referendum on 6 March to decide whether they will reimburse the British and Dutch savers for 4 billion Euro that was lost in the Icesave crisis. Most channels will probably touch on the results of this referendum.
Steve Martin Alec Baldwin host the Academy Awards on 7 March.
India releases its new budget, most international and business channels will probably cover this event.
Other notable events this week:
US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton will make a state visit to Latin America, Russian President Dimitri Medvedev will visit France, and South African President Jacob Zuma will visit the UK on 2 March.
All Eyes on Tiger
Posted on February 19th 2010 by Johannes Ledel Karreskog
Tiger Woods has held a press conference, in which he broke the silence regarding his extra-marital affairs. Most of Livestation’s international news channels broadcasted the conference, giving Tiger Woods the international media’s undivided attention.
Tiger’s statement also ignited a storm of chatter on Twitter and #TigerWoods quickly became one of the top trending topics.
The press conference did not include a question period, and so discussion regarding his statements spilled out into the social media.
Here are some choice tweets from Livestation users:
Should the media have given Tiger Woods this much attention? Or do you feel this extensive coverage justified?
Please add your thoughts and comments.
Obama’s State of the Union on Livestation – watch, clip and tweet the news that matters to you
Posted on January 27th 2010 by Matteo Berlucchi
As the world waits to hear President Obama’s first State of the Union address, Livestation viewers worldwide are on standby to be the primary global feed of quotes and images using the player’s unique Twitter tools.
When America’s 44th president gets to his feet you can watch live on the Livestation player, whether you are online or on the move and you can be the news breakers.
As soon as you hear or see anything that you feel is newsworthy you can tweet the quote in an instant AND include an image of President Obama speaking.
Think of it as captioned photographs, created in seconds and disseminated worldwide to your followers and your followers followers in real time.
Those Tweets and TwitPics can also be imported into your blog (download our player here to see to try it for yourself).
While you are selecting the quotes that matter to you, the Livestation player also offers you the chance to join a global debate about what is being said using the Livestation chatroom functionality – real time, live, instant discussions about what matters most. A global debate, instant, illustrated and informed.
The State of the Union address will take place tonight, Wednesday 27th January at 9pm EST and will be broadcast by the majority of our partner channels (C-Span, CNN International, BBC World News, Al Jazeera English, etc).
Intelligence Squared debates from now on live on Livestation
Posted on November 25th 2009 by Matteo Berlucchi
I am delighted to inform you that Livestation has partnered with Intelligence Squared to bring some of the most current and interesting debates straight to your desktop live and with the added ability to cast your vote and ask your own questions.
The first event is this coming Sunday 29th November at 6.45pm GMT and it’s a real gem.
Is atheism the new fundamentalism?
You will be able to watch online as Richard Dawkins, author of ‘The God Delusion’ and Professor A C Grayling, take on Richard Harries, the former bishop of Oxford, and Charles Moore, former editor of The Daily Telegraph, at this sold-out Wellington Squared event held at Wellington College, Berkshire. It will be chaired by the Headmaster of Wellington (and political historian) Anthony Seldon.
Anybody, anywhere will be able to view the debate in real time and participate in a live online discussion through their Twitter profile or the Livestation Live Chat. Just like those actually at the event, the online audience will be able to vote both before and after the debate, and direct questions to the panel.
More information is available at the following links
Intelligence Squared on Livestation
Livestation stream on the Intelligence Squared site
Enjoy the debate!
Livestation 3.0 is out!
Posted on November 23rd 2009 by Matteo Berlucchi
Great news! Livestation 3.0 is out.
Not sure where to start as the number of changes is really gigantic.
First, I’d like to thank the tech team who have worked relentlessly for over 8 months to get this amazing release out. A full list of features and changes + screencasts will be on the site soon. If you want to do your own screencasts on specific parts of the player, please feel free and we will link to them from our site with pleasure.
Key changes in Livestation 3.0
- Multiview: watch more than one channel at once
- Twitter: follow and tweet but more importantly, screen grab what you are watching and attach to your tweet in one click
- Better chat (more features)
- Better support for cross platform
- Breaking news alerts powered by Twitter updates from our partner channels
- Support for premium channels
- Pro version: no ads, unlimited multiview, more chat features, partner channels delivered over premium network for best performance
- Billions of changes under the bonnet (more protocols, more stability, etc)
Let us know what you think! Off to celebrate!
Matteo
A welcome change: Flash streams on the site
Posted on November 6th 2009 by Matteo Berlucchi
I am very pleased to announce that most of the partner channels we offer on our service through our website (as opposed to those available in the desktop player) are now in Flash format.
Some of the channels are still in Windows Media format as they are not acquired by us directly via satellite but are passed to us by our partners in this format. We are looking at ways to convert them to Flash without losing quality but for now we are going to leave them as they are.
But for Al Jazeera, Russia Today, Euronews, etc (and BBC World News and the other channels very soon), the streams are now in Flash.
What does it mean for our viewers?
A couple of things:
- More people have Flash installed which means that more people will be able to watch our partner channels without having to install any plugin or other software
- We can lower the data required to offer a quality experience so that viewers on a slower connections will finally be able to enjoy are service which has always been impossible with anyone with a basic ADSL line to enjoy (256kbps).
We hope this is a welcome change and we look forward to hearing your comments on the blog or on the forum.
Happy watching!
Live from NewsXchange in Malta
Posted on October 15th 2009 by Matteo Berlucchi
I am in Malta for the yearly NewsXchange gathering of the international news broadcasters and I’ll be tweeting from the floor.
Shame there’s no live feed!
Let’s of good people here from CNN, BBC, Sky, Al Jazeera, Russia Today, Bloomberg, TV2, etc.