KABC’s Frosty Heidi and Frank return to Stickam for the First Annual Wng Bowl live from Hooters in Lake Forest, CA.  Join the fun live Friday morning, February 5, starting at 9 AM PST.

http://stickam.com/kabc

Stickam is proud to be streaming complete wall-to-wall live video coverage of NATPE’s 10^th Annual Market & Conference from January 25-27, 2010 at the Mandalay Bay Hotel in Las Vegas.   This will mark the first time in NATPE’s history that the entire conference will be available live online. 

Viewers may purchase either an ALL ACCESS PASS or INDIVIDUAL SESSION PASSES to watch the live interactive coverage.  The ticketed live coverage is powered by Stickam’s PayPerLive service.  To purchase tickets and to view the live coverage please go to http://www.natpemarket.com/live. 

NATPE’s Annual Market & Conference brings together more than 250 global industry leaders and innovators in content creation, cross platform production and distribution, advertising, marketing and business development to share their experience and vision with attendees. Speakers include senior executives from A&E Television Networks, Bravo, CAA (Creative Artists Agency), CBS Entertainment, Disney Channel, Endemol USA, Fox Television Studios and more. In addition, Twitter, Microsoft Xbox and YouTube will host exciting demonstrations and discussions about the collaboration of technology and production.

And don’t miss Stickam.com’s own program director Andy Wombwell and  production manager Aaron Novak participating in the January 25^th panel discussion ‘Digital: It’s Not Too Late: Grow Your Audience With Live Streaming Video’.  They will be joined by MTV/VH1’s director of digital development Cy Cary, CBS Radio’s digital content manager Marc Chambers, and real estate expert and star of Bravo TV’s ‘Million Dollar Listing’ Chad Rogers to discuss how live streaming video can engage and grow audiences by making true ‘two way TV’ possible.  

NATPE and Stickam.com will also be presenting a free stream of the ’Brandon Tartikoff Legacy Awards‘, presented on the opening night of the conference. Named in honor of legendary TV programmer Brandon Tartikoff, the awards were created to recognize a select group of television professionals who exhibit extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision in the process of creating television programming and in evoking the spirit of Tartikoff’s generosity.

For the full schedule of conference sessions or to purchase online passes, visit http://www.natpemarket.com/live.

Providing exclusive video streaming for the largest consumer technology show in the world

LOS ANGELES – January 05, 2010 – Stickam.com, the pioneer of live streaming video and the largest live community on the Internet, today announced it will be the exclusive provider of video streaming of the “UP NEXT at CES: Creativity, Content and Cash” program and the conference SuperSessions at the 2010 International CES, the world’s largest consumer technology tradeshow. Owned and produced by the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA)®, the show will be held in Las Vegas, January 7-10, 2010.

CEA expects 110,000 attendees at this year’s show, with 2,500 exhibitors showing off the newest technology gadgets and consumer electronics. More than 250 educational sessions will take place over four days, showcasing the knowledge of 800 expert speakers. Through the exclusive partnership, Stickam.com will allow all viewers to watch the action from CES.

Stickam.com will be providing live and delayed streaming of the “UP NEXT at CES: Creativity, Content and Cash” program held in conjunction with CES. Taking place on Thursday, January 7 and Friday, January 8, the special series of sessions aims to cut through the new media hype and present real-world strategies for monetizing media content across the most promising platforms – from smartphones to broadband-enabled HDTVs. Keynotes include Stephen Chao, veteran TV executive and President of wonderhowto.com, who will analyze the relative profitability of “traditional” and digital media using real-world revenue figures and Ben Silverman, the Emmy-winning executive producer of The Office, Ugly Betty and The Biggest Loser, who will reveal for the first time the plans for his new company Electus.

Other top media, business and technical speakers such as CNET’s Natali Del Conte, ESPN Senior Vice President Artie Bulgrin and Funny or Die CEO Dick Glover will provide practical ideas and strategies to consider when it comes to producing, promoting and profiting from media content.

“When you’re launching a major media conference like Up Next, you want everything to go smoothly,” said Arthur Greenwald, Co-Producer of Up Next and President of Greenwald Media Inc. “We chose Stickam to stream our top sessions because of their rock-solid reputation for reliability plus their strong production values.”

In addition to the keynotes, other key Up Next sessions include:
• Thursday, Jan. 7, LVCC, North Hall, N350: “The Numbers: Who Watches What and Where”
• Thursday, Jan. 7, LVCC, North Hall, N250: “Monetizing Original Media: 5 Winning Business Models”
• Friday, Jan. 8, LVCC, North Hall, N250: “Creative Convergence: Energizing Entertainment”
• Friday, Jan. 8, LVCC, North Hall, N250: “Right Here, Right Now: Monetizing News and Information”

“Stickam has been a leader in monetizing live streaming digital content, so we’re thrilled to have our technology aligned with the Up Next at CES program,” continued Fruchter. “We regularly work with media companies looking to utilize our streaming platform, so it is a great fit that we’ll be providing the streaming for this important series of sessions.”

For a complete list of Up Next sessions and descriptions, please visit: http://www.cesweb.org/sessions/upNextatCES.asp

In addition to Up Next, the lineup of CES conference SuperSessions being streamed by Stickam.com includes industry experts from leading technology and retail companies such as Best Buy, Kodak and Pandora. Highlighting the agenda is Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Julius Genachowski, who will join CEA President and CEO Gary Shapiro on Friday, January 8 in the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC) for a discussion about the FCC’s competition policy, wireless spectrum scarcity, broadband and other issues impacting the consumer electronics industry. Additionally, the popular Last Gadget Standing competition will also be streamed for viewers not in attendance.

“The SuperSessions at CES are an integral part of the conference program at the top consumer electronics show, providing some of the most informative and entertaining material for attendees and online viewers,” said Steven Fruchter, CEO of Stickam.com. “We’re very excited that CEA has chosen Stickam to be its exclusive streaming provider for these sessions. I’m pleased that our technology will help bring the knowledge of their expert speakers to the world.”

The full list of conference SuperSessions being streamed by Stickam.com includes:
• Thursday, Jan. 7, LVCC, North Hall, N250: “Driving Connected: Built-in, Brought-in or Beamed-in – Developing Cars that Don’t Crash and Devices that Don’t Distract”
• Thursday, Jan. 7, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257: “The Twitter Revolution: How the Real-Time Web is Changing the CE Landscape”
• Thursday, Jan. 7, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257: “Staying Competitive in Turbulent Times”
• Thursday, Jan. 7, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257: “Next Big Thing SuperSession: I Want My IPTV”
• Friday, Jan. 8, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257: “A Global Perspective on Retail”
• Friday, Jan. 8, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257: “One-on-One with Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowsi”
• Friday, Jan. 8, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257: “Big Thinkers and Disruptive Technologies – Today’s Thought Leaders, Tomorrow’s Technologies”
• Friday, Jan. 8, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257: “Drivers, Consumer Electronics, and Highway Safety: How Can Technology Help?”
• Saturday, Jan. 9, LVCC, North Hall, N255-257: “Last Gadget Standing”

Live and delayed streams of all CES 2010 SuperSessions and Up Next sessions will be found at www.stickam.com/CES2010.

About Stickam.com
Stickam.com is the pioneer of live streaming video and the largest live community on the Internet. Stickam.com delivers live interactive streaming to over five million registered users on any computer, console or mobile device. Stickam’s StreamAPI.com is the easiest and most cost effective way to incorporate live streaming video services into your Web site or application. Stickam also offers PayPerLive.com, a turnkey white label live video streaming platform for professionals. For more information, please visit www.stickam.com.

Stickam.com is proud to team up with Seattle’s KISS FM 106.1 to stream the Jingle Bell Bash live online this Saturday, December 19. The show will be hosted by Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and will feature live performances by All American Rejects, Cobra Starship, All Time Low, We The Kings, Hey Monday, Cash Cash, Push Play, The Maine, This Providence and Amber Pacific.

KISS FM’s Jingle Bell Bash is presented by XBOX 360 and will be held at the WAMU Theater.

Live coverage begins at 7 PM EST / 4 PST and fans can tune in globally at www.stickam.com/jinglebellbash.

The Stickam Mypage has been completely redesigned and reorganized.

Here is a brief guide to all the sections of your Mypage:

Mypage

• Your main Mypage section will initially display an invite friends section if you have no friends.
• If you have friends it displays a list of Live friends, friends in a chatroom, online friends and offline friends.  Click on a live friends thumbnail to get a preview of their live stream.  Click on a friend in a chatroom thumbnail to enter that users chatroom.
• The friend updates tab shows off your most recent friend updates including upcoming birthdays and recently uploaded media.

Profile

• General Information - Update your information that display on your profile
• About Me - Update your About me information
• Edit Banner - Upload and edit banners to be displayed at the top of your profile.
• RSS Feeds - Add and organize RSS feeds to your profile.
• My Stickam Player - Choose and customize your Profile Stickam Player and get embed codes for all your Stickam players.

Preferences

• Profile Settings - Show My Age, Show My Location, Show My Profile on the Who’s Live Pages, Show My Updates to My Friends, Comment Settings, Stickam Player Default Media, Play Video or Audio Automatically, Auto Approve Friend Requests
• Email Notifications - Controls what notification emails you receive
• Live Invite Settings - Turn your on or off Live Invitations for one on one chats
• Twitter Settings - Connect your Twitter account to Stickam to auto update your status and enable twitter chat on the player
• Facebook Settings - Connect your Facebook account to Stickam to auto update your status and short story messages.  This also allows you to log into Stickam using your Facebook login.
• Broadcast Settings - Enables the use of FLash Media Encoder (not available for all users yet)
• My Ban List - View and edit your Stickam player Ban list
• My Moderator List - View and edit your Stickam player Mod list

Account

• Edit Account - Change info relevant to your account including Name, Category, Stream Title, Gender, Country, Zip Code, or delete your account
• Change Password - Change your login password

Friends

• My Friends - View and delete Friends
• My Live Friends - Displays all current live friends.  Click on a thumbnail to get a preview of their live stream.
• Friend Updates - View all friend updates including when your friends Record Videos, Upload Media, Add New Friends, Go live, add a Calendar event, change category, or rank on the stream rankings.
• Featured Friends - allows you to add up to 12 friends to be featured on your friend section of your profile.
• Friend Requests - See all unapproved friend requests sent to you
• Requests I’ve Sent - See all unapproved friend requests you sent to others
• Invite Friends - Import your email address book or use Facebook to invite friends to stickam.  Also see the number of friends who accepted your invite.

Messages

• Inbox - New Stickam messages
• Sent - Sent Stickam messages
• Send Message - Send a new Stickam message
• Comments - View and edit all profile comments

Media

• Upload and organize your media playlists.

Subscriptions

• Live Notification - Set up live notifications so you can be notified when a subscribed user goes live via text message, email or aim.
• Calendar Notification - Set up live notifications so you can be notified when a subscribed user adds an event via text message, email or aim.
• My Subscribers - View and edit all users who are subscribed to you.

Calendar

• My Events - View all events you have created
• Subscribed Events - View all events you have subscribed to

Go Live

• Start a live streaming session on Stickam

Join us tonight for Stickam’s exclusive live coverage of “Going Pro: Seducing the Studios,” presented by Tubefilter and featuring panelists from Big Fantastic, Sony Pictures Television, and Crackle’s upcoming action series, The Bannen Way.

Many producers dream of scoring a studio deal. With financing, marketing, and distribution all taken care of, can’t you finally just focus on creating something great? But what’s it really like when a studio gets involved? At December’s Hollywood Web Television Meetup we’re exploring these questions and more.

Web television powerhouse Big Fantastic first caught the eye of former Disney Chariman Michael Eisner’s web production studio Vuguru with their debut independent series Sam Has 7 Friends, the first daily scripted dramatic web series. Together Big Fantastic and Vuguru created Prom Queen, which drew over 20 Million views during its initial run, and has since spawned two sequels and a Japanese remake.

Last year Sorority Forever received multiple Streamy Award nominations, including Best Director for the four-man team consisting of Douglas Cheney, Chris Hampel, Chris McCaleb, and Ryan Wise. Big Fantastic has grown to become a household name in web tv, producing and directing series for studios like Warner Bros., McG’s Wonderland Sound and Vision, 60 Frames, and Generate. They’ve just recently completed their latest series, Prom Queen: The Homecoming, scheduled for release after the new year.

In Summer 2008 Mark Gantt and Jesse Warren shot and released a short, sexy and slick trailer for a high-concept indie action web series that hadn’t yet been produced. Hollywood took notice, and after getting signed by International Creative Management they landed a 13-episode deal with Sony Pictures Television to produce The Bannen Way for Crackle.com, debuting early 2010.

Find out from these creators just what it takes to go pro and what it’s like directing, producing and starring in a studio-backed web series. With exclusive, never-before-seen footage of The Bannen Way!

Live tonigth starting at 7:30 PM PST (10:30 PM EST) at http://www.stickam.com/tubefilter

Now you can add Stickam to your Facebook profile or fan page quickly and easily. Go live right from Facebook, search for and share live streams you are watching, and utilize the Facebook chat to talk to your friends or fans.

http://apps.facebook.com/istickam/

World renowned game developer and father of Mega Man, Keiji Inafune, joins us for a live chat Wednesday, 12/16, at 9 PM PST to celebrate Mega Man’s 22nd Birthday!

Stop by and celebrate with us as Mr. Inafune will be taking questions from the live chat! Expect a few surprises in store for Mega Man fans. Additionally, there will be guest appearances from renowned cartoon artist Hitoshi Ariga and Mega Man game producer Hironobu Takeshita. Visit http://www.capcom-unity.com/ for more information.

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The Stickam Mobile Viewer has been updated for Android phones.  This update includes better video quality, new tabbed interface, better search, viewable user lists, and the ability to join from your phone.  Download it now on the Android marketplace.

NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives), the global, non-profit organization dedicated to the creation, development and distribution of televised programming in all forms across all mature and emerging media platforms, proudly presents a panel event devoted to independent prodcuers seeking to gain online exposure for their shows.   Join us live for full coverage of “Indie Production for the Multiplatform World” on Wednesday, December 2, beginning at 6 PM PST.

Sure, studios and media giants are producing programming for multiple distribution outlets, but so are the independents and they’re stronger and mightier than ever with the advent of new and inexpensive production tools. How has the game changed for indie producers and creators thanks to changes in consumers’ video consumption? How do you produce on a budget and incubate projects on the Web? And what is the endgame? Don’t miss out on this opportunity to hear from experts on the challenges and opportunities in online video production.

Moderator:
David Bloom, Principal Words & Deeds

Confirmed Speakers:
Jonathan Small, Editorial Director, Break Media
Brady Brim-DeForest, Co-Founder, Tubefilter
Steve Amato, Partner, Omelet
Jared Tobman, Executive Vice President, Digital, Reveille Omelet

Stickam.com’s StreamAPI is proud to be the exclusive live streaming video provider for NATPE.

Wednesday, December 2, at 9 PM EST / 6 PST

http://www.stickam.com/natpe