Justin.tv
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|---|---|
| "Streaming live video broadcasts for Everyone" | |
| Live streaming service, video portal | |
| languages | German, 14 other languages |
| operator | Justin.tv Inc. |
| Registration | Yes |
| On-line | 2007 (currently closed since 2014) |
| http://www.justin.tv/ | |
Justin.tv inc. was a website that allowed its users to broadcast videos live on the internet. The website was founded in 2007. The company of the same name was based in San Francisco . In 2011, the most successful division of live computer game transmission was spun off as Twitch . Justin.tv was discontinued on August 5, 2014 and only continued on Twitch.
history
The idea of Justin.tv goes back to the idea of founder and Yale graduate Justin Kan to show himself live on the Internet 24 hours a day. Well-known media such as Today Show , CNET Live, Nightline and World News Tonight also reported on the project, which was new at the time . Justin.tv was then founded as a Y-Combinator startup by Justin Kan, Emmett Shear, Michael Seibel and Kyle Vogt. Justin.tv went online on March 19, 2007. In the same year Alsop Louie Partners acquired a stake in the company.
The sister site Twitch.tv was founded in June 2011 .
Justin.tv was repeatedly among the 1000 most visited websites worldwide in the Alexa Internet Ranking. According to the operator, 300 million videos with a playing time of 50 million hours are viewed on the website every month, and a new live stream starts every second.
The Justin.tv website was discontinued on August 5, 2014, and only the sister site Twitch.tv will be continued , although it is mainly limited to streams of computer games. Justin.tv users could download the existing data and move (“migrate”) their user account and content to Twitch.tv by February 13, 2015.
technology
The transfer and viewing of videos to and from Justin.tv worked via Adobe Flash . Justin.tv also supported a number of other programs for video transmission, some of which enable higher transmission quality. The website did not use a standard transmission rate, but determined it based on the user's Internet connection to enable uninterrupted transmission. The maximum data transfer rate was limited to 1000 kbit / s for video and 44 kHz for sound. The standard resolution was 630 × 353 pixels.
Since 2010 it has also been possible to transmit video from smartphones with Android and iOS operating systems using our own apps .
Content transmitted via streaming was similar to comparable offers such as B. YouTube via HTML snippet and justin.tv's own API can be integrated into your own websites and Flash applications.
criticism
Justin.tv has been criticized for distributing copyrighted works through the website as well. Justin.tv has been using real-time filters since August 2009 to identify copyrighted works and prevent transmission.
On November 19, 2008, 19-year-old Abraham K. Biggs killed himself and showed it live on the platform.
Web links
- Justin.tv
- Fast Company: The Many Pivots Of Justin.tv: How A Livecam Show Became Home To Video Gaming Superstars
Individual evidence
- ↑ Asia Pop / Man With a Cam , San Francisco Chronicle, March 27, 2007, last accessed March 3, 2013.
- ↑ Justin.TV's Video Gaming Portal Twitch.TV Is Growing Fast , article from August 11, 2011
- ↑ Justin.tv , Alexa Site Info, last accessed March 3, 2013.
- ↑ Advertise on Justin.tv , Justin.tv, last viewed on March 3, 2013.
- ↑ Vl. justin.tv with the heading “Goodbye vom Justin.tv” with FAQ, last viewed on February 22, 2014.
- ↑ Web Suicide Viewed Live and Reaction Spur a Debate , New York Times, November 24, 2008, last accessed March 3, 2013.