New Stickam.com iPhone SDK allows live streaming integration for apps in the iTunes store; partners with 211me to add video streaming to celebrity apps, beginning with Twilight’s Peter Facinelli

LOS ANGELES – November 17, 2009 – Stickam.com, the pioneer of live streaming video and the largest live community on the Internet, today introduced its iPhone SDK for third-party integration of live video streaming into iPhone apps.

The iPhone SDK is based on Stickam.com’s StreamAPI platform, providing an easy-to-implement white label solution that allows developers to integrate live video streaming into any business, entertainment or educational iPhone app. The SDK utilizes Apple QuickTime’s H.264 HTTP live streaming functionality, with the addition of Stickam.com’s live chat integration so users can interact with each other from within the app directly and seamlessly.

211me, creator of iPhone applications and social media solutions for celebrities, media companies and product manufacturers, has utilized Stickam.com’s iPhone SDK to power its celebrity apps, beginning with an app for Twilight star, Peter Facinelli.

“We’re excited to add live video from Stickam to all our celebrity iPhone apps, starting with Peter’s and extending to all of our clients including Billy Burke, Jennie Garth, Danneel Harris, Lucas Till, Tia Carrere, Neal McDonough, Eric Christian Olsen, Steve Carlson, Bailee Madison and Stephen Colletti,” said Rob DeFranco, CEO of 211me. “There’s no doubt that fans are looking for immediate and intimate access to stars, which means delivering content to mobile phones is key. Peter has been at the forefront of connecting directly with his fans through social media, and his iPhone app brings fans even closer to him through exclusive photos, videos, updates, direct chats and, now, live streaming.”

Facinelli, better known as Dr. Carlisle Cullen to fans of the Twilight series, is gearing up for the premiere of “New Moon” on Nov. 20 with appearances on Rachel Ray, Martha Stewart, Jimmy Fallon and many others. While he’s on location during filming and on the road promoting the movie, Facinelli connects with fans through social networking, providing behind-the-scenes access.
 
StreamAPI is a fully customizable and scalable white label solution that enables companies to easily and cost-effectively add live video streaming capabilities to their Web sites and online applications. With no monthly fees or up-front development costs, pricing is a predictable flat rate of 45 cents per gigabyte. With StreamAPI’s analytics tools, application developers can track bandwidth usage, traffic sources and number of visitors, broken down by time period for each live session.

“Today’s availability of the Stickam iPhone SDK, along with our recent launch of the StreamAPI application for Facebook, illustrates how we constantly strive to help entertainers and media providers deliver the live content users want, wherever they’re located,” said Steven Fruchter, CEO of Stickam.com. “We’re pleased to help iPhone app developers add live streaming and connect directly with their users by providing the back-end technology.”

For developers building a Web application instead of an iPhone app, Stickam.com has also allowed the ability to stream directly to a Safari browser on an iPhone and iPod Touch via a Web address.
 

About 211me
211me is a celebrity iPhone and social media company. They give celebrities the tools to publish, distribute and control media content right from their iPhones with 211me’s iStar iPhone applications. 211me also works to connect celebrities and sponsors to create branded and customized applications. For more information, please visit www.211me.com.

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.

Join actor Peter Facinelli live Monday afternoon for a live chat in advance of the Red Carpet premiere of The Twilight Saga: New Moon.    This exclusive event is presented by the brand new Vampire Transformer iPhone App from 211me  (http://www.211me.com/vampire).

http://www.stickam.com/211me

We have just released our new re-designed Mypage.

It can be found here: http://www.stickam.com/member/beta/myPage.do

In addition to a new look and easier to use navigation we have also enabled live previews of any of your friends currently live on stickam.  To view just mouse over the friends profile photo in either the Mypage “My Friends tab’ or your Live Friends Page

There are more tweaks and features to be added still but let us know in the comments what you think.

Tune in live this Thursday and Friday night for two special live events with Travel Channel’s Ghost Adventures.

Friday, Oct. 30, starting at 8 PM EST/ 5 PM PST,  the Ghost Adventures crew — Zak, Nick and Aaron — will lock themselves into the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, WV, for the most ambitious paranormal investigation ever attempted.  Be sure to watch the 7-hour event on the Travel Channel and join the live video chat, powered by Stickam’s StreamAPI.

And as a special bonus, Zak, Nick and Aaron will be live to kick off the event with a live video chat at 11:30 PM EST / 8:30 PM PST  the night before, on Thursday, 10/29.

Watch both events live on the www.stickam.com homepage or at http://www.travelchannel.com/Ghost_Adventures_Live/

Join Smashing Pumpkins and friends live on Stickam Friday night for GOTHAGEDDON.  Billycorgandoll, Widowmakeher & special guest will take on Robertsmithdoll. Petermurphydoll & AFPdoll in a doll cage match free for all.

“It’s just a bunch of rock star dolls getting together on a Friday night to kick some f**king ass” says Widowmakeher.

Smashing Pumpkins, currently recording their new album Teargarden by Kaleidyscope, will be chatting live post-battle for a recap news conference.

Join us live Friday, October 23, 2009 at 6:00pm PT/ 9:00pm ET

You can follow your favorite rocker dolls on Twitter. Confirmed dolls for Friday night’s event so far: @billycorgandoll, @robertsmithdoll, @studiodogdoll, @afpdoll (amanda fucking palmer doll), @petermurphydoll,http://twitter.com/widowmakeher plus special guests. 

http://www.stickam.com/smashingpumpkins

Join us live Monday evening, october 19, starting at 7:30 PM PT for exclusive live coverage of Tubefilter’s Hollywood Web Television Meetup party and the live panel disucssion Going LIVE!  The panel is an in-depth look into the creation, production, and distribution of live web television programming online and will include the creators and talent behind some of the biggest and best live productions online:

• Hailey Bright, Co-Host, Coin-Op TV Live, a weekly talk show about the video game industry, people, and events that airs weekly as part of TheStream.tv line-up (http://www.stickam.com/thestreamdottv).
• Brian Gramo, Founder theStream.tv and creator of web series Filmnut, The Game Show, and Can I Nail It? (http://www.stickam.com/thestreamdottv).
• Tyler Crowley, Director of Corporate Development, Marketing and Strategy at Mahalo.  Tyler additionally serves as Executive Producer of Mahahlo Daily, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, and Kevin Pollak’s Chat Show.
• Bismarck Lepe, Founder, Ooyala; former Seniro Product Managers, Google, where he was responsible for the development and launch of monetization products for the Google AdSense network.
• Drew Baldwin, Producer, The Streamy Awards, the first live, multi-camera awards show broadcast to a global online audience, and a Co-founder of Tubefilter, the leading authority in the web television space.

Tubefilter exhaustively covers the industry, the creators, and the stars of this fast-paced, emerging entertainment market. Drew is also a co-founder of the International Academy of Web Television, and serves as the Chair of the New Media Council for the Caucus for Writers, Producers, and Directors.

Stickam is honored to partner with Tubefilter for the exclusive interactive live streaming coverage of this year’s Hollywood Web Television Meetup events.

http://www.stickam.com/tubefilter

We are honored to be nominated in the Streaming Media 2009 Readers Choice Awards. Please support Stickam by clicking here and casting a vote for us! Voting ends Friday evening (10/16) so please vote right away.  Thank you for your support!

Join presenters Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher and more on Tuesday, October 13 for Causecast’s live coverage of the Free The Slaves Foundation’s annual Freedom Awards.  The awards celebrate the heroes of the anti-slavery movement from around the world.   Ashton and Demi will be chatting live following the ceremony so be sure to stick around.  The program starts at 7 PM PT. 

About Causecast.org 

Causecast.org is a coalition of change-makers, leaders, nonprofits and everyday people combining the power of media, technology, philanthropy and business. As a community we are active in causes ranging from human trafficking and global warming to mentoring and health reform. Causecast.org provides nonprofits and leaders with web-based tools and resources to further their missions on and off line. Additionally, the site provides cause-minded individuals with news, a social network to connect, and the resources needed to impact the causes of their choice www.causecast.org

http://www.stickam.com/causecast

Join key executives from the broadcast, cable, syndication and technology industries as they come together to share their thoughts on how to capitalize on broadband and mobile video.  Tune in for the live interactive panel discussion with Dina Kaplan (Blip.tv),  George Kilavkoff (Hearst Entertainment & Syndication), Matt Strauss (Comcast), and Perkins Miller (GM/Universal Sports, NBCU Sports and Olympics).  The panel will be moderated by Will Richmond, Editor/Publisher of VideoNuze and you can pose questions to the panel live in the chat room. 

This exclusive event is presented by VideoNuze and the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) and powered by Stickam’s StreamAPI.

Tuesday, 10/13 at 6:30 PM ET / 3:30 PT at http://www.natpemarket.com

Watch live shows and chat with thousands of live users on Stickam from your iPhone.

The Stickam iPhone app allows you to watch any live Stickam stream and join the interactive chat rooms. Find a show or your friends and chat live from your iPhone. Now you can enjoy all of the great entertainment on Stickam when you’re on the go. You will never miss an opportunity to interact with a live stream from your favorite celebrities, bands, live podcasts, top radio stations, or TV shows ever again!

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