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Sun, 15 Nov 2009 22:15:27 +0000

[...] with fans as well. Other sites that have also recently streamed live concerts include MySpace, YouTube, [...]

By: Techcrunch » Blog Archive » Facebook Killed The MTV Star: Shakira To Debut New Music Video On Ustream/Facebook

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:39:33 +0000

[...] with fans as well. Other sites that have also recently streamed live concerts include MySpace, YouTube, and [...]

By: Facebook Killed The MTV Star: Shakira To Debut New Music Video On Ustream/Facebook | ScooperNews.com

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:45:02 +0000

[...] with fans as well. Other sites that have also recently streamed live concerts include MySpace, YouTube, and [...]

By: Facebook Killed The MTV Star: Shakira To Debut New Music Video On Ustream/Facebook

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 00:09:49 +0000

[...] with fans as well. Other sites that have also recently streamed live concerts include MySpace, YouTube, and [...]

By: You Too Can Watch U2 on YouTube | SpeedPlexer Blog

You Too Can Watch U2 on YouTube | SpeedPlexer Blog — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 09:11:23 +0000

[...] hard to resist borrowing this play on words from the title of a TechCrunch article, but it’s true! The mega-band U2 played live in Los Angeles on October 25th, simultaneously [...]

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Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:16:21 +0000

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By: Facebook To Stream Foo Fighters Concert Tomorrow Night, Powered By Livestream | ScooperNews.com

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:20:46 +0000

[...] MySpace streamed their Secret Show Weezer concert in San Francisco. And earlier this week YouTube streamed a U2 concert from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA. The event was a huge success, drawing a reported [...]

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By: With, Not Without U2, YouTube Saw 10 Million Streams Sunday Night

With, Not Without U2, YouTube Saw 10 Million Streams Sunday Night — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:48:34 +0000

[...] reports said that hundreds of thousands of people watched YouTube’s Live U2 concert on Sunday night. Then reports yesterday raised the estimate to 2.5 million. Double that, and then [...]

By: Robert Finlayson

Robert Finlayson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:12:11 +0000

Confirmed on u2.com and variety.com today:

“This was a big win for the YouTube community. Nearly 10 million streams came in from U2 fans across 188 countries, making this the largest streaming event in YouTube’s history.”

By: Zach

Zach — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 22:16:03 +0000

It was just amazing!!!! I felt like it was happening right in my living room.

By: U2 and YouTube: Live Global Concert Broadcast Tonight » ZiggyTek » Blog

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:31:07 +0000

[...] (Via TechCrunch) [...]

By: Stew

Stew — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 18:02:22 +0000

I watched it in Canada and we loved it-I got 1000 kbps and the quality of the video and sound was great in full screen. I was very impressed with it – no buffering. Production was good too.

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:50:20 +0000

You think folks here in Israel are going to stay up all night or get up at 5:30am to watch it? Sorry, I only do that for infomercials.

By: Jared White

Jared White — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 17:04:54 +0000

I caught the first part of the concert — good show, and wow, the quality I got on YouTube was astounding! Never seen live streaming that good, ever. They did some of my favorite songs up front too, which was nice — maybe they thought some people would drop off the streaming after a while.

Good job all around.

By: ChuckG

ChuckG — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:49:17 +0000

MG — you’re right. cool use of technology. I’d love to see other live concerts on You Tube or some other streaming media. U2 was the right band for this venue, but I thought the show lacked energy. It truly felt like a Sunday night, as opposed to an opportunity to play in front of a billion people. U2 has more than enough songs in their bag that rock — but the first half of the show was mostly ballads and political statements…yawn..and I’m a fan of the band!

Interesting note — the picture on FireFox sucked — couldn’t watch full screen because the resolution was so poor. Switched over to Safari (same computer, same connection) and it was crystal clear. Go figure…

Thanks for the heads-up on the concert!

By: Jane

Jane — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:03:36 +0000

Bono was struggling with his voice. There was considerable echo in the audio. It seems that outside the US this was a 200kbps stream. In NYC I got 1000kbps but the audio was still not great.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:42:20 +0000

Funny how they don’t talk about the costs of doing this. Definitely a loss regardless of size, webcasting concerts at that scale doesn’t pay.

By: James Harnedy

Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:30:36 +0000

It ain’t your dad’s streaming setup!

By: Watch U2 On YouTube, Live… now! | Muztec.com

Watch U2 On YouTube, Live… now! | Muztec.com — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:04:24 +0000

[...] concert right now from the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California live to YouTube. Although Techcrunch says only 16 countries are able to view the show live (Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, India, [...]

By: ahincshies

ahincshies — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 09:37:15 +0000

lol ur internet fails.
Brisbane TPG is working perfectly

By: LOL

LOL — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:10:32 +0000

wrong, im in Canberra with a standard ADSL connection and im having no problems watching it.

By: walter jenner

walter jenner — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:03:01 +0000

global? 16 countries.

By: bob

bob — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:42:01 +0000

I.D. Magazine has an interesting article about the designer (Chuck Hoberman) and tech behind the screen:

http://id-mag.c...s-of-Influence/

“On U2’s current 360° Tour, a huge elliptical video screen hangs from a fog-shrouded, 164-foot-tall armature high above Bono’s head, filled with larger-than-life images of the band. As fans cheer and sing along, the screen slowly expands, breaking into 888 separate hexagonal pieces that dot a seven-story-high aluminum web. “

By: M2CDO

M2CDO — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:30:53 +0000

Absolute fail here in Sydney, Australia.

Pathetic YouTube. Build excitement and anticipation and then poor planning.

I have 26,000kpbs downstream broadband and all it did for 25 minutes before I gave up was buffering, buffering and more buffering.

I spoke to others in the USA and other state of Australia and same problem.

I am sure the same old excuses will come out, ‘…errr we never anticipated and therefore planned for this sort of demand…’ = crap.

Stick to on demand video serving YouTube and U2 do it with someone who will do it right next time.