The Independent TV Festival (ITV Fest) returns to Stickam this week for their 5th annual festival.  The fun kicks off Thursday night, 7/29 with the Opening Night Gala and Red Carpet and continues through next Thursday, 8/5 with the Closing Night Awards Ceremony.

ITV Fest is devoted to making television matter, and making it accessible to independent-minded producers, directors, and writers.   ITV Fest Director A.J. Tesler explains, “The festival allows people who have previously had little or no access to television decision-makers the forum for which they have tirelessly strived.”

Stickam’s live coverage will include a wide range informative panels featuring a range of Hollywood professionals, including top Executives (Fox, Mosaic, Lionsgate, Babelgum, Atom.com, and more), Writers (The Office, How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Lie To Me, Law & Order: SVU, and more), Agents (William Morris Entertainment, Innovative, and more), and Casting Directors (Hot In Clevland, Californication, Scream 4, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, Hung, Vampire Diaries, and more). 

Stickam’s coverage will include several free streaming events as well a some ticketed, live pay-per-view events.  Tickets for the pay events can be purchased via Stickam’s PayPerLive service. 

To see the full schedule and purchase tickets please go to  http://www.stickam.com/itvfest.

Join us for Adam Carolla’s  live streaming Comic Con event this Thursday, July 22, starting at 4 PM PST.  Adam and his guests will be live from the Top Cow booth and taking questions from the chat.

http://stickam.com/adamcarolla

The one and only William Shatner will be streaming live with special guests from aboard an aircraft carrier this Friday night starting at 7:30 PM PST.

The event, taking place during Comic Con, is to celebrate the launch of Myouterspace.com, a new website devoted to connecting everyone and everything Sci-Fi.  This promises to be one of the most talked-about events during this year’s San Diego Comic-Con.   Don’t miss out!

Be sure to tune in and beam up your questions  Check out myouterspace.com for more details.

Friday, July 23, 7:30 PM PST

 http://www.stickam.com/myouterspace

America’s Got Talent’s Howie Mandel and the creative teams behind
TV hits The Good Wife, NCIS, The Biggest Loser and many more set to appear

Stickam is proud to continue its three-year partnership with The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) and present exclusive live streaming coverage of the 4th Annual LATV Fest, taking place July12-15. 

LATV Fest offers a wide range of sessions, workshops, and panel discussions devoted to television and the web content.   This year’s panelists and speakers includes TV star and comedian Howie Mandel, currently starring on America’s Got Talent; Michelle King and Robert King, creators of “The Good Wife”; JD Roth of 3 Ball Productions (“The Biggest Loser”);  Kevin Beggs , Lionsgate Television; Stephen J. Davis, Hasbro Studios;  Jason Goldberg, Katalyst Films;  Chris Harrison, TV Guide Network;  and Mark Horowitz, Executive Producer, “NCIS, ” and many more.

COMPLETE STREAMING SCHEDULE:

MONDAY 7/12:

• 4:15 PM – Digital Programming 101:  Get Your Show Off The Ground

 TUESDAY 7/13:

• 8:30 AM – Keynote Address with  Howie Mandel
• 11:00 AM – Licensing: No Longer An Afterthought
• 12:15 PM – Personalities That Pop: Finding The Next Reality Superstar
• 2:30 PM – Anatomy of A Hit Web Series
• 3:30 PM – In Bed With a Brand
• 5:00 PM – How To Make a Win-Win Deal In Online Video

 WEDNESDAY 7/14:

• 1 PM – Industry Insight Lunch with JD Roth
• 2:30 PM – So You’ve Pitched, Now What?
• 3:45 PM – Transforming The Relationship between Brands and Companies
• 4:45 PM – Using Media Muscle to Get America Working
• 6:30 PM – NextTV Awards Reception

 THURSDAY 7/15

• 8:30 AM – Coffee with Mark Horowitz
• 9:30 AM – Inside the Writer’s Room:  NCIS

Catch all the coverage live at http://stickam.com/natpe

About NATPE:
NATPE is a global, nonprofit organization committed to being a catalyst for the content revolution. Evolving to meet the needs of a changing media landscape, NATPE through its many activities including exclusive videos, live streaming events and vibrant annual market is at the nexus of the multiplatform content world. Moving to Miami, a major international destination, NATPE 2011, January 24 to 26 is where creativity meets connectivity and commerce.

Fans of fighting series “Street Fighter” and “Marvel vs. Capcom” prepare for battle!    Stickam has partnered with G4 TV to stream exclusive live coverage of EVO 2010 from Caesar’s Palace Resort and Casino in Las Vegas.  Coverage will start at 9 AM PST on Friday, July 9 and run all weekend, through the finals on July 11.  Catch all the action at http://stickam.com/evo2k.

Evo is the world’s largest fighting game event. Going on for now over a decade, Evo is the must-attend event for fighting game fans and competitors all over the world. Over three days, Evo hosts a variety of fighting game tournaments, exhibitions, and a free-play area where gamers can compete, meet up, and generally have a good time.

Streaming highlights on Stickam will feature tournament matches between top players (including Japan’s Daigo Umehara, EVO 2009 World Champion, as well as special guest “Super Street Fighter IV” producer Yoshinori Ono and “Marvel vs. Capcom 3″ producer Ryota Niitsuma), and all the action of the six featured tournaments:

Super Street Fighter IV
Tekken 6
Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom
Marvel vs. Capcom 2
Melty Blood: Actress Again

Live crowd audio will be accompanied by expert commentary to explain all the onscreen action.

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Pamela Day, preeminent businesswoman and a favored contestant on NBC’s “The Apprentice,” has joined the Board of Directors at Stickam, the first and largest Web site dedicated to live interactive video streaming.

“Stickam has really defined the live video streaming model,” said Pamela Day. “The company offered things like live video chat, mobile video, custom live video players and paid live streams years before the competition. Now it’s time we help everyone enjoy the true depth of Stickam’s offering.”

Day has entertained millions of viewers with her no-nonsense business style. A Harvard MBA with an undergraduate degree in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, she has served as an investment banker on Wall Street and founded two successful companies from the ground up. She is currently managing partner of Crimson Fund Advisors, the private investment firm she founded in 2002.

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 seven 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.

Exclusive live events with the screenwriters of Twlight: Eclipse, Prince of Persia, Salt, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Star Trek II,  City Slickers, Cyrus, Get Him To The Greek 
+ many more to stream live on PayPerLive

Stickam is excited to be partnering with The Writers Guild Foundation to deliver exclusive pay-per-view live streaming of all of the Foundation’s panels and events via our PayPerLive service.  The Writers Guild Foundation’s year-round roster of events features interviews, panels, and Q&A’s with some of the most successful screen and TV writers working in Hollywood today.  Now viewers from around the globe will be able to purchase tickets to view these events online.  All proceeds benefit the Foundation’s Library and community outreach programs.

The PayPerLive streams kick off with a special 5-part  “Writers On Genre” series, featuring five weeks of panels devoted to various genres (Action Adventure/Thriller, Horror/Psychological Thriller, Drama/True Stories, Science Fiction/Fantasy, and Comedy/Romantic Comedy) plus a very special evening with MELISSA ROSENBERG, the screenwriter of the TWILIGHT SAGA (Twilight, New Moon, and Eclipse).

Writers Guild  Foundation events typically sell out quickly, but now you will always be able to watch online even if you cannot attend in person.   Log in and viewfrom the comfort of their home, office, local coffee shop or anywhere else.  Online viewing tickets may be purchased at http://wgfoundation.payperlive.com/event.

•Action Adventure/Thriller – July 1, 7:30 PM PST
A-(for Adrenaline) list heavy hitters Mark Fergus (Children of Men, Iron Man), Doug Miro and Carlo Bernard (Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time) and Kurt Wimmer (Law Abiding Citizen; Salt) discuss the elements of writing successful grab-them-by-their-throat action-adventure movies and edge-of-your-seat thrillers.    
Purchase now:  http://wgfoundation.payperlive.com/event/view/9508

• Horror/Psychological Thriller – July 8, 7:30 PM PST
Scare masters Scott Kosar (Texas Chainsaw Massacre, The Amityville Horror); Wesley Strick (Arachnaphobia, Wolf, A Nightmare on Elm); Stephen Susco (The Grudge; Red) tell how to write a Really Scary Movie. 
Purchase now:  http://wgfoundation.payperlive.com/event/view/9527

• Melissa Rosenberg – Twilight Saga screenwriter – July 13, 7:30 PM PST
Twilight: ECLIPSE is the third of the mega-popular series that Melissa Rosenberg has adapted for screen. This is your chance to hear about how Rosenberg’s career (Dexter, etc.) led to this franchise opportunity, and what it has meant for her. 
Purchase now:  http://wgfoundation.payperlive.com/event/view/9507

• Drama and True Stories – July 15, 7:30 PM PST
Andrea Berloff (World Trade Center) and Adam Mazer (Breach, You Don’t Know Jack) and Scott Frank (Out of Sight, The Lookout) discuss writing a successful, Oscar-bait dramatic screenplay. 
Purchase now:  http://wgfoundation.payperlive.com/event/view/9547

• Science Fiction and Fantasy – July 22, 7:30 PM PST
Gavin Scott (The Borrowers, Mists of Avalon), Nicholas Meyer (The Seven Percent Solution, Star Trek II, IV, VI) and David Hayter (X-Men, The Scorpion King, Watchmen) divulge the secrets of penning imagined worlds for the screen.
Purchase now:  http://wgfoundation.payperlive.com/event/view/9548

• Comedy/Romantic Comedy – July 29, 7:30 PM PST
The Duplass Brothers (Cyrus), Katherine Fugate (Valentine’s Day), Lowell Ganz & Babaloo Mandel (City Slickers, Fever Pitch) and Nicholas Stoller (Fun with Dick and Jane, Get Him to the Greek) explain the difficult task of writing scripts that make people laugh.
Purchase now: http://wgfoundation.payperlive.com/event/view/9528

About the Writers Guild Foundation
The Writers Guild Foundation was established in 1966 by a group of Writers Guild members. The initial impetus was the need to raise money to help writers from third world countries to attend an international meeting of writers held in Los Angeles that year. The purpose in setting up a foundation was to create a non-profit charitable corporation which could accept tax-deductible donations and undertake certain supplementary activities of value to the Guild and to film and television writers in general. The Foundation is registered in California as a 501(c)3 charitable and educational corporation.

Stickam is proud to kick-off the 4th of July holiday weekend with a very special benefit performance by Sony Recording Artists 4TROOPS that will support the USO.

4TROOPs, a new pop vocal group signed to the Sony label, will perform a 30-minute concert live from New York City on July 2, 2010, at 2:00 pm EST.  During the concert, the band will answer questions from fans, share their thoughts on what it means to serve their nation and reflect on their USO experiences.  Viewers will be able to stream the concert live and submit advance questions for the group online at www.uso.org. 

4TROOPS is comprised of U.S. combat veterans Former CPT Meredith Melcher, Former SGT Daniel Jens, SSG (Ret.) Ron Henry and Former SGT David Clemo.  Each member has served on the front lines in Iraq and Afghanistan, and are on a mission to give back to troops.   Their self-titled debut album was released May 11, and a portion of the proceeds will benefit the USO and other organizations that support U.S. soldiers, veterans and their families. 

Most recently, the quartet has made appearances on “Good Morning America,” “The View,” “CNN,” “Nightline” and “Larry King Live,” among other prominent news programs.  Their PBS special “4TROOPS: Live From the Intrepid” is currently airing on PBS stations nationwide and this fall the group will embark on a 50-city national tour.

Fans can watch the show at http://stickam.com/4troops or at www.uso.org.   Donations can be made to the USO at anytime at https://www.uso.org/donate/custom.aspx.

ABOUT THE USO: 
Since before the United States entered World War II, the USO (United Service Organizations) has been the bridge between the American public and the U.S. military. In times of peace and war, the USO has consistently delivered its special brand of comfort, morale and recreational services to the military. The USO, a congressionally chartered, private, nonprofit organization, relies on the generosity of individuals and corporations to support USO activities.

Today, the USO delivers its programs and services at more than 130 locations around the world. In recent years, the USO opened centers in Kuwait, Qatar and Afghanistan to support service members participating in Operations Enduring and Iraqi Freedom, as well as centers in Vicenza, Italy, and at the Dallas/Fort Worth, Raleigh/Durham and Denver International Airports.

Military personnel and family members visited USO centers more than 5.3 million times last year. Services include free Internet and e-mail access, libraries and reading rooms, housing assistance, family crisis counseling, support groups, game rooms and nursery facilities.

Stickam shuffle has been updated to include new items and our Shuffle marketplace.  From the marketplace you can purchase new score enhancing items.  Learn more here and be sure to check out the all new shuffle.

Singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and entertainer Andrew W.K. will debut his new weekly chat show on Stickam.com this Tuesday, June 22 at 12 Noon PST.  Fans are invited to tune in each week this Summer for “lunch time chats” with Andrew as he travels the country with the Vans Warped Tour.

Andrew W.K. first hit the charts with the anthem “Party Hard” and has just released the double album Close Calls With Brick Walls / Mother Of Mankind.  Catch him all Summer long on the Vans Warped Tour, coming soon to a city near you.

After Tuesday’s premiere show, Andrew W.K.’s lunch time chats will take place every Monday at 12 Noon local time from the city he is in that week.  The schedule will fluctuate so please check back for confirmed times.   Tune in at http://stickam.com/andrewwk or http://facebook.com/andrewwk, where the show will be streaming via Stickam’s Facebook App.

TUESDAY, June 21st – 12 NOON PST / 3 EST 

MONDAY, June 28th – 12 NOON PST / 3 EST 

MONDAY, July 5th – TIME TBD

MONDAY, July 12th – 9 AM PST / 12 NOON EST

MONDAY, July 19th – 9 AM PST / 12 NOON EST

MONDAY, July 26th – TIME TBD

MONDAY, August 2nd – TIME TBD

MONDAY, August 9th – 12 NOON PST / 3 EST

MONDAY, August 16th – TIME TBD