We haven’t covered live video streaming startup Bambuser until now, but the Swedish startup is rapidly shaping up to becoming a formidable contender to the likes of Qik, Flixwagon, and Kyte in the race to turn mobile phones into portable TV studios. Bambuser has just released an updated version of its site, which features a new embeddable player and more intuitive interface.
The site strongly resembles Qik, which we’ve covered extensively. Users can stream videos directly from their mobile phones to their profiles on Bambuser and can also syndicate their video elsewhere on the web using embeddable video players. Videos can be streamed over either Wi-Fi or 3G, and the software supports a range of phones running on Symbian and Windows Mobile platforms (you can see a full list here).
The site’s biggest differentiator is its ability to automatically pinpoint where users are streaming from using GPS, which it then presents in a Google Map alongside its videos. It’s not a major feature, and is one that Qik and its competitors could likely implement without much trouble (Update: Qik actually does have it). In the end, it will be the service with the best quality and ubiquity that will win out (so far Qik has the advantage in terms of compatibility - it already supports BlackBerry, which Bambuser doesn’t).
There may also be another entry into this space soon: we’ve received leaked footage of a mobile version of Ustream, a live video streaming site that until now has not supported mobile devices.
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Very cool. Any idea when they first launched?
They should probably filter the user broadcasts on their homepage, the current one is all black.
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Cool idea. Keep up your work
As founder I would just like to make a mark on that the major difference between bambuser and our competitors is the lower latency that bambuser offers due to different technical approaches. We manage to always stay with 1-2 second delay, 3G or edge doesn´t matter, which is decisive for the live experience and result in great interaction with your viewers. Moving over that timespan the interactivity slowly fades away.
http://next2friendsblog.com/20.....isnt-live/
next2friends has a 0.2 second delay
Bambuser rocks in Europe, best solution hands down.
Yea, we love our friends at Bambuser. In northern Europe they seems to growing faster than ever!
Another interesting thing is that Bambuser have been used by traditional media companies like television channels, magazines and newspapers. Here’s another niche that could be worth watching. The Swedish newspaper Svd.se used Bambuser when the Nobel Prize Winner in literature was presented, for example.
Wow, this is awesome. I have read so much about you the last couple of months and i love your application. “Dad” can watch our sons fotball match even when he is out traveling.
Finally… bambuser is so much better since they are acyually live, I am so tired of all that buffering on Qik.
Techcrunch coverage MÃ¥ns! Not bad
Jason, don’t forget that Stickam released its mobile application back in September.
http://blog.stickam.com/index......es-mobile/
Hi, our technology is not based on oda (on device client) but out of the box 3G features as videocall or videoshare, and we got reduced delays as 1 second.
We are not offering a website, but the technology for internet social media, and enterprise use cases.
check our delay here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kp70JUFd-9g
juan, from solaiemes
I think it is popular in Europe, lets hope it gets going in the US also.
Yes
However, I find it to be hit and miss when it comes to video quality/FPS on my Xperia X1. I sure hope development on the Windows Mobile platform will continue and improve 