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What do you think of the new YouTube Pages?

admin — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:29:24 +0000

If you are a YouTuber you may have noticed that you can upgrade your profile page to the new style. Are you a fan of these new pages? Is “change” a bad thing? What are the pluses and minuses in your opinion? Is there enough customization as a normal user? What about revenue share? Do you think YouTube needs to share like Blip.tv does and other services?

Lots of questions

M Audio Fast Track Pro and a MacBook

admin — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:59:24 +0000

If you want a good podcasting setup for 2 mics then you should have a look at the M Audio Fast Track Pro. I started using one of these about a month ago on a podcast and it`s a star! The M Audio Fast Track,a MacBook, and the included GarageBand from Apple are a great combonation! That and some $25 dollar Sony Mics. We haven`t really tested anything else on the unit but if it works as good as the podcasting does…..Its a WIN WIN!!

The set up is a breeze:

Plug in Fast Track Pro to the MacBook via USB
Plug in the mic(s)
Make sure GarageBand is using it in the preferences
Set each might to a left and right mono channel
Check your levels with a few tests
Start recording the podcast

Once you figure out the best levels it`s a done deal!!

Daisy Whitney: The New Media Minute

admin — Sun, 10 May 2009 01:52:03 +0000

The New Media Minute hosted by Daisy Whitney gives you exactly what the title says. A minute’s worth of news from New Media. Daisy covers the “business of online video”. The show is released weekly. You can also catch her host TWIM (This Week in Media) along with Alex Lindsay and a bunch of other guest hosts. The show is usually an audio podcast but recently they have started to do it live at Leo Laporte studios. Check them out!

ChannelFlip Revisited

admin — Sat, 02 May 2009 04:54:11 +0000

We at IPTVshows have always been BIG fans of ChannelFlip(CF)! It has been a while since they offically launched, so we thought it was about time to revisit. Their site has really grow from a handful of shows to about 10. CF’s shows range from Technology to Movie Reviews to Girls. They’ve got quite a nice selection over there, if you ask me.

Here is their current line up:

Tech
Cars
Film
Girls
Comedy
Music
Games
Web
Snack
Mitchell

If you want some new and interesting content to consume on your computer or iPod, we highly recommend that you head over and check out ChannelFlip! If you find some shows you like subscribe via iTunes so they are automagically downloaded to your iPod or computer.

Skypesaurus

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:10:34 +0000

Leo and the team over at TWIT have just raised the bar a little higher for the independent producer!! Colleen has created a monster, and it’s called the Skypesaurus!!!. What is the Skypesaurus you might ask? Well it’s 4 computers combined to make the ultimate set up for a multi-person Skype session.

Why do you need 4 computers you might ask? Well Skype only allows one instance per computer so to get around this you have to use more than one computer. Skype is also a memory hog so in order to have it optomized it’s better to have it running with it’s only CPU and memory. This is why Colleen came up with the idea. If you look at the picture above you can see that TWIT know has a way to show 4 guests on the show. No mere mortal can make a Skypesaurus and get it to work. It takes lots of planning, thinking, and a mixer to feed in all the audio.

For the full story head over to Leo’s Blog and of course check it out in action on TWIT LIVE.
Colleen

Stream Your Mac Destop With Cam Twist

admin — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:38:49 +0000

If you are going to be doing an IPTVshow or podcast then chances are you will want to show your desktop on the stream every once in a while. For Mac users this is very easy! The program of choice that all the show producers are using is called Cam Twist.

Cam Twist allows you to either show the full desktop or do a PIP (Picture In Picture) type broadcast with either the camera view or the desktop in the PIP window. It’s a very easy application to use and there are endless setups you can make, and then save. For example you can have a flickr slide show, an iTunes playlist, an IRC channel, scrolling text, and of couse all the animated things like snow and fire. The best thing about this application is that it is free, as in Free Beer!!
To use CamTwist with your favorite streaming provider (See Helpful Links below) you must have it installed and start it before launching the stream. Then CamTwist becomes one of your camera options. Select CamTwist as your camera and from there make all the selections you want in the CamTwist application. That’s it!! Now just mess around with the app and find what suites you best.

Helpful Links:
CamTwist Download Page
Video Streaming Providers:
Stickam
Ustream
Justin.TV

This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, TWiST

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:14:31 +0000

TWiST: This Week in Startups

Jason Calacanis of Mahalo is starting a new podcast this week with a cohost about startups. It will be an audio podcast and he will stream video using Stickam. It will be called This Week In Startups (TWiST). As you know if you ever listen to Jason on This Week in Tech (TWIT) he really loves talking about business and startups. So this is a perfect show for him to start. From what we know so far he is going to have discussions, interviews, and cover startup news.

The podcast and video will be filmed at the Mahalo studio in Santa Monica. He has also mentioned on TWIT that he wants other to come down and use his studio for free as long as they give a little plug to Mahalo. That is a pretty good deal if you live in the area.

Helpful Links:
Jason Calacanis’ Blog
Stickam.com/jasoncalacanis
Jason Calacanis on Twitter

Once the site has officially launched we will update this post with the RSS feed and links to the stream and any other information we have missed.

Internet Based Business Mastery: New Studio and New Show

admin — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 20:47:38 +0000

Psst, looks like someone is building a studio for a new online video show

Is that Andrew Lock?

One of our favorite podcasts is going to be adding some video content!! Jay and Sterling have been very busy with their membership site and now they are going to tackle producing a video show. IPTVShows will keep you posted on the progress and when the first show releases.

Update: Was able to get a little more information about this new project. It looks like there are some interesting folks backing this project! Revision 3’s own Jim Louderback is sitting on the advisory board. This project is getting more and more interesting.
Justin Taylor
President & Co-Founder
Andrew Lock
Vice President & Co-Founder
Rick Butts
Production and Creativity Show Consultant
GotBiz.TV
Really Smart Media, Inc.

Leo Laportes Studio Set Up: Broadcast On The Internet Like Leo

admin — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 06:11:22 +0000

So you want to be like Leo Laporte and start a little Internet TV Station. Well in the grand scheme of things it’s not really that expensive, if you compared it to how much a real TV studio costs to set up. A real studio costs probably several hundreds of thousands of dollars to in the millions!! An internet studio can be had for a small fraction of that.

Let’s break down what Leo Laporte has in his studio:

1. The main component of his studio is a Tricaster. The Tricaster can control up to 6 Cameras and acts as a switcher and control center.

2. Next you are going to need some video cameras. Leo uses XL-1’s and GL-1’s and they work good, but it would be better to go with some newer HD cameras instead of copying his setup. He just happened to have the cameras so those are the ones he uses. A good choice would be to get some Canon HV20’s or HV30’s with some wide angle lens, that way you can have an HD studio. A 1 to 3 camera studio should do just fine to begin with.

3. Third you are going to need some lighting. There is nothing worse than having good cameras and a tricaster and having bad lighting (almost as bad as having bad sound). You will want to get LED based lighting to save you electricty and to prevent you from cooking yourself. At TWIT they use Lite Panels LCD lighting.

4. Then with the good lighting you are going to need good sound. Bad sound will ruin the best HD footage, so do the sound right!! Heil Sound PR40 is Leo’s mic of choice. You cant go wrong with these mics! They have some of the best sound in the business.

5. To connect and control all the sound sources you are going to need a mixer. The TWIT studio uses a Mackie Onyx 1620. You will need this to control the sound from the mics and computers.

6. Then you will probably want to have some headphones to monitor the sound. Any will do but these are the ones that Leo uses, so you can trust that they do the job nicely.

7. An account on Stickam, Justin.TV, or Ustream. These are services that allow you to stream your content 24 hours a day for free. They are all ad supported, which hopefully pays for their bandwidth. If you are good enough they will make deals with you are feature your content on the front page, and maybe even dedicated some extra servers to your video stream.

8. Finally you are going to need some CONTENT to broadcast on the internet!! Content is king and if you don’t have good content and produce it regularly you are not going to last very long.

Hak5 – Technolust Since 2005

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:49:58 +0000

Hak5

Wow has it been that long? In 2005 the IPTV scene (New Media or Podcast) was very young and a group of guys and one girl out of Virgina jumped into the scene. Their show called Hak5 mixed technology, hacking, and humor into a great show monthly show. Fast forward to today and Hak5 has joined Revision3 and now produces shorter shows but releases them weekly.

Darren and the crew at Hak5 continue to bring the content to you along with a little humor. Their hacks are always interesting. Recently they have been streaming live on Ustream.tv so you can check out their set or the editing camera.

Meet The Cast
Episodes Page
Hak5 On Rev3