TechCrunch recently featured Livestream’s Co-Founder & CEO Max Haot in Chris Dixon’s Founder Stories. In a 6 part video series, Max discusses everything from the founding of Livestream to the recent release of the New Livestream. Watch all below:

Have you seen our new sessions page on the New Livestream? We’re so excited to be utilizing the amazing features on the new Livestream beta bring you more then just beautiful live stream HD video but now behind the scenes photos + updates.

So far we’ve had all-star line up of V V Brown, The Puppini Sisters and Fitz & the Tantrums and we’re so excited to have Jake Shimabukuro, Eric Hutchinson, Tegan and Sara coming up in the next weeks.

Of course we’ve got more up our sleeve but to find out you’ll have to FOLLOW the Livestream Sessions page.

Stay tuned

Streaming Media has recently announced that Livestream is the winner of the Readers’ Choice Award for the ‘Best Live Video Streaming Service.’ We would like to sincerely thank all of our supporters who helped us reach this milestone. It is a true honor that you continue to chose Livestream as your live streaming service and destination.

Livestream Procaster was also a finalist for ‘Best Encoding Software (under $1000).’ We’re excited to unveil our new producer tools in the upcoming months and look forward to your consideration again next year!

Watch Live Coverage of the CMA Awards Red Carpet today (Wed Nov 9) at 5 PM ET on the New Livestream. In addition to the live video, there will also be real-time photos of the stars as they walk the red carpet accompanied by text updates from the AP Live editorial team.

CMA Award presenters expected on the red carpet include Oscar-winning actress and Nashville native Reese Witherspoon, Reba McEntire, Lauren Alaina, Dierks Bently, Billy Currington, Jake Owen, Kellie Pickler and LeAnn Rimes!

Follow the AP Live CMA Awards channel to be alerted when the action starts!

Announcing the New Livestream. Live. Redefined.

Dear Livestream Producers and Users,

It’s with great excitement that I would like to share with you first today we will be launching a brand new platform in beta: the New Livestream.

The Livestream product and engineering teams have been designing and developing the platform from the ground up for the best part of this year and we are excited to unveil it today and share the product and vision first with our passionate community of users and producers.

We hope that once you have a chance to experience the New Livestream and learn about all the features and strategic vision, you will agree that we are delivering on this mission and leaping forward the live streaming experience.

I would like to invite you to experience it yourself now by visiting http://new.livestream.com/

This Friday 28th at 9am EST (2pm Ireland Time), I will be officially announcing the New Livestream at the Dublin Web Summit (www.dublinwebsummit.com). Watch the full conference live from today, including my announcement Friday on the New Livestream: http://new.livestream.com/dws

I will also announce during this presentation our exclusive launch partner: The Volvo Ocean Race (www.volvooceanrace.com) kicking off the race on Saturday 29th.

We also would like to make it clear that the current ‘Original’ Livestream platform will not be affected in any way and the service will continue on as usual for Free and Premium users. More information on the roadmap and migration can be reviewed on this page.

Best Regards,

Max Haot

Co-Founder & CEO Livestream

WOW CMJ was out of control this year. We had the pleasure of streaming 50+ bands that were part of the NYC festival, providing you with the most extensive live coverage anywhere around. But wait there’s more! This week is another show stopper with 20+ more bands streaming right to your computer, we’ve got our highlights below but as always keep an eye on our concerts page for more updates as they come in.

Tonight we’ve got Patrick Stump from Fall Out Boy playing live from the Viper Room in LA. His Solo album Soul Punk just came out last week and we’re so excited to hear these new songs live. Make sure you RSVP for the show so you don’t miss it live.

Next we have another great show this time it’s singer songwriter Andrew Belle playing from his hometown of Nashville TN. We can’t wait to for a chance to see how his home crowd welcomes him back from a long US tour. RSVP here

Finally we have MC Lars live from The Knitting Factory Brooklyn. He calls himself the originator of “post-punk laptop rap”, and has pretty unbelievable list of acts he’s supported on tour including Nas, Lupe Fiasco, T-Pain and so many more. We’re not really sure what to expect but that makes us all the more excited to check it out! RSVP Now
Check back in Monday for next weeks show!

We are so honored to announce that we have been nominated for Streaming Media’s Readers Choice Awards!

We are nominated for:
• Best Online Video Technology Company
• Encoding Software (Under $1,000)
• Live Video Streaming Service

Today is the final day of voting. They will announce the finalists—the top three vote-getters in each category—on October 28, and will announce the winners at Streaming Media West in Los Angeles on Tuesday, November 8.

Please take a minute to cast your votes:

http://www.streamingmedia.com/ReadersChoice/2011/Vote.aspx

We are so excited to announce our special coverage of this years CMJ music festival featuring performances by Zola Jesus, Lisa Hannigan, Rahzel and so many more. Keep your eye on this page as your CMJ hub cause this is just the beginning, we’re adding bands to our line up every day!

So without further ado we present the OFFICIAL LIVESTREAM CMJ CALENDAR!

OCTOBER 18^th

OCTOBER 19^th

OCTOBER 20^th

OCTOBER 21^th

OCTOBER 22^nd

In New York and wanna check it out in person?

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Registration Info

Welcome back to our weekly music blog! Picking 3 highlights was near impossible between the awesome bands coming to the Livestream studio and the ones working with our concerts department.  As always you should keep an eye on our concerts page as we’re constantly adding to the calendar.

This Monday the 10^th we have Shinji Masuko, founder of the great Japanese modern psychedelic band DMBQ and member of the legionary band The Boredoms.  His solo performance is unlike anything he as done before, these meditative, swirling compositions are not to be missed. RSVP

Next we have a live performance and Q+A with The Ready Set on Tuesday the 11^th.  This performance is on the release day of the band’s new record FEEL GOOD NOW and they’ll be celebrating by playing new jams & old favorites. This is a MUST for any fan of punk music! RSVP

Finally on Wednesday we have a special performance at the Livestream studio by Kate Voegele. She’ll be stopping by before her show at the Highline Ballroom in NYC to play a few songs and chat with her fans. Its always a treat to have live music in the office and we’re so excited for this performance. RSVP

Check back in Monday for next weeks show!

Welcome to our new music blog! We’ve got some great concerts this week and they start tonight! Our concerts department is constantly growing and its only gonna get harder to pick our three highlights so don’t forget to keep an eye our concerts page to get the full listing of upcoming shows

We’re so happy to be streaming the Mates Of State concert tonight (10/4/11) from the Exit In in Nashville TN. We’ve been listening to them a bunch around the office so tonight will be a real treat! RSVP

Wednesday night (10/5/11) we’ve got your cure to the mid week blues with the Los Angeles’ “Ambassador of Boogie Funk”Dam Funk! We’re streaming the entire set live from the Drunken Unicorn in Atlanta GA. RSVP

On Friday (10/7/11) we’ve got James Carter Organ Trio live from Birdland. Don’t miss the chance to see this saxophone powerhouse live from the iconic New York venue. RSVP

Check back in Monday for next weeks show!