Just read that Justin.tv offers a video streaming app via that is free – for Facebook users, this is excellent. And for marketers, I’m sure this will open an entirely new method of presentation.
Or conversely, more chances to revel in random videos of our friends getting madly drunk during Stampede or Summer Vacation, followed by a garbled diatribe to whatever deity they worship whilst clinging to the porcelain echo-chamber. And I am only partially speaking from experience here — luckily I confiscate people’s cellphones before going to parties with them. It’s contractual.
Either way, opportunities abound.
You can read a more serious take on it here:
http://www.webpronews.com/topnews/2009/07/09/new-way-to-watch-and-broadcast-video-from-facebook
Specifically from the piece:
“Justin.tv’s app comes with two main functions: Watching and broadcasting. While watching, you can also chat with other viewers and post status updates to your Facebook profile. The app shows live channels, and if you have Facebook friends that are broadcasting, they will show up first in the line-up. After friends, the app looks for anyone in your networks, and fills the rest in with content from the Justin.tv site.”