Ustream Introduces Watershed: White-Label Video Streaming

Written by Frederic Lardinois / February 17, 2009 11:15 AM / 30 Comments

Ustream, the live video streaming service that hit the mainstream recently thanks to a litter of Shiba Inu puppies, just announced Watershed, a new white-label streaming video service. Watershed features pay-as-you-go pricing, high-definition video, and extensive options to customize the viewers' experience.

Ustream is mostly targeting this new service at smaller enterprises, but also at colleges and universities that might want to use it to broadcast lectures, guest speakers, or college sporting events. Among the other use cases featured by Ustream are live streams from conferences, news coverage, and online personals.

Among some of Watershed's most interesting features are its granular security settings (down to limiting access to certain IP addresses), detailed analytics, and real-time chat and polls.

Competition

Other white-label video streaming services like Level 3 (pdf) or Move Networks offer similar solutions, though they generally only target larger enterprises and media companies. While Watershed's pricing model seems reasonable, the price itself feels rather high, though Ustream's CEO argues that it is comparable to services from other live streaming providers.

Other streaming services like Mogulus Pro tend to charge a monthly fee for their 'pro' services. Mogulus, however, also charges for bandwidth and Ustream argues that its pay-as-you-go service provides more flexibility.

Comments

Subscribe to comments for this post OR Subscribe to comments for all ReadWriteWeb posts

Great article! found it on digg and actually like the concept behind WaterShed service..thanks for sharing.

Posted by: WaterShed | February 17, 2009 1:08 PM

What a great solution. I look forward to seeing how this new market develops. I agree that this would work great for the teaching environment. Not everyone wants to pay a monthly service fee for video hosting. This fits a great niche.

Posted by: Jeff Newman | February 17, 2009 1:09 PM

Not everyone wants to pay a monthly service fee for video hosting. This fits a great niche.

Posted by: muhabbet | February 20, 2009 9:38 AM

Not everyone wants to pay a monthly service fee for video hosting. This fits a great niche.

Posted by: mirc | March 8, 2009 8:49 AM

What a great solution. I look forward to seeing how this new market develops. I agree that this would work great for the teaching environment. Not everyone wants to pay a monthly service fee for video hosting. This fits a great niche.

Posted by: e-okul | March 13, 2009 12:17 PM

Not everyone wants to pay a monthly service fee for video hosting. This fits a great niche.
Thanks

Posted by: komik fıkralar | April 7, 2009 6:32 PM

Thanks admin

Posted by: maynet | April 18, 2009 5:58 AM

intellectual property. They had people's trust and then they go and risk losing it SS

Posted by: porno izle | May 25, 2009 7:26 AM

Not everyone wants to pay a monthly service fee for video hosting. This fits a great niche..

Posted by: Baba | June 1, 2009 1:12 AM

I hope more comes super many thanks..

Posted by: konteyner | June 1, 2009 1:23 AM

Thanks to continue this good...
kabin mobo kabin

Posted by: konteyner | June 1, 2009 1:25 AM

very good çöp konteyneri thanks...
su deposu polyester
sudeposu polietilen
prefabrik 2. el fiyatları

Posted by: konteyner | June 1, 2009 1:26 AM

tanks plastik çöp konteyneri
konteynır good...
konteyner 2. el konteynır
prefabrik ikinci el

Posted by: konteyner | June 1, 2009 1:27 AM

they had people's trust and then they go and risk losing it SS
Research Paper | Term Paper | Dissertation

Posted by: asdne | June 12, 2009 11:34 AM

I hope more comes super many thanks..

Posted by: lezbiyen | June 16, 2009 2:48 AM

A lot of thanks to u for posting abt this..

Sample Resume

Posted by: Roger | June 21, 2009 6:50 AM

they had people's trust and then oteller/a> they go and risk losing it SS

Posted by: oteller | June 27, 2009 2:12 AM

Thanks for the information admin.

Posted by: Wedding Guru | June 28, 2009 10:54 PM

SOHBET
BURSA SOHBET
ISTANBUL CHAT
ISLAMI CHAT
IZMIR CHAT
ANKARA ARKADAS
ALMANYA CHAT
TURKEY CHAT
MYNET
CANLI YAYIN
SITENE EKLE
VIDEO KLIP IZLE

Posted by: chat | July 2, 2009 3:04 AM

Awesome, was waiting for this feature forever.

btw, i'm a Free MMORPG gamer. I love playing online with others.

Posted by: Games | July 4, 2009 10:09 PM

I am grateful to you for this great content.

Posted by: cinsellik | July 18, 2009 5:51 AM

A lot of thanks to u for posting abt yat kiralama this..

Posted by: yat kiralama fiyatları | July 23, 2009 3:40 AM

Good on your

Lida
Lida

Posted by: Luck | August 3, 2009 12:44 AM

wow.. very nice! i have to try

Posted by: free mmorpg | August 4, 2009 3:02 PM

Lida
Lida
Lida
Lida

Posted by: kuck | August 15, 2009 12:50 AM

thanks for given streaming information.

Posted by: Video Streaming | August 19, 2009 2:59 AM

thanks

Posted by: Halı Yıkama Makinası | August 19, 2009 4:27 AM

ks for given streaming information.

Posted by: İftar saatleri | September 13, 2009 2:07 AM

Thanks for this article...

Posted by: Lida | September 28, 2009 11:16 PM

I'm really very useful to follow a long-time see this as a blog here Thank you for your valuable information.

Posted by: peynir | October 31, 2009 3:49 PM