Welcome iJustine!

Greetings all,

So today is a big day for the Justin.tv network - we have launched our first new channel: iJustine!


We are very very excited. In addition we have made some minor changes to the site as well including: improved tips, improved schedule, improved twitter, faster loading times, live for counter, and volume control.

Also, we launched OfficeCam - a muted high quality live camera so you can watch us working hard to improve the website and add features!

Thanks for watching and stay tuned!

Michael

Justin.tv is Hiring!

Greetings All,

We are currently looking for excited motivated people to help build the premiere live video website online. If you have extreme hacking skills (python, ruby on rails, javascript, flash action script) and you live in the San Francisco area (or are willing to relocate) please drop us a line!

Feel free to email: info@justin.tv

Peace,

Justin.tv Crew
(Justin, Emmett, Michael, Kyle, and Jacob)

PS: Look out for our new release early next week - lots of fixes, a new justin.tv channel, and more...!

Welcome to the New Justin.tv

Greetings,

It is an exciting day for us at Justin.tv as we roll out our entirely new site. Jacob (our new designer), Emmett (our web hacker), and Kyle (our streaming video genius) have worked very very hard to deliver you a brand new viewing experience.

Take a second to explore the new features:

Tips - Sharing live video seemed hard before but we now offer a solution. Viewers can now Tip (tag + clip = tip) specific moments in the Justin.tv timeline and share them with all of their friends. When submited tips (try clicking on the flag button on the new video player) they appear on the page below the video and can be voted on (like digg or reddit).



Justin.tv Archiver - Now viewing archive video is much easier than before. Click the archive button on the top of the video (next to the live button) and you can explore a calendar of Justin.tv video. Give it a try - just don't try to explore video from 4 years ago (we were still in college and we choose not to share those clips *grin*).

Justin.tv Embed and Tip url - Sharing Justin.tv content is easier than ever before. Want to embed our live stream onto your website - copy and paste the embed code and you are set. Want to share a great Tip with your friends - click on the Tip and the url automatically appears below the video - feel free to email it or IM it to your friends.

Karma - Now viewers can earn Karma points for contributing to the site. Explore our features and see your points rack up. Think you've got what it takes to be on the Justin.tv top ten karma list? We'll see...

So thats all the exciting stuff... on the backend we have worked on tasks such as getting the video and chat working right (arg... live video and chat are hard) and building an open ended system to allow others to Lifecast along with Justin (exciting!).

Thank you for visiting the site and enjoy the new system. Stayed tuned as we continue to roll out new features and new shows on the Justin.tv network.

Peace,

Michael

FAQ

What is Justin.tv?

Justin.tv is a platform for live video online. The Justin.tv Show is the first of many life video shows to be featured on the Justin.tv Network.

How did you think of this idea?

Justin and Emmett were driving around late at night in Boston trying to figure out what to do about their previous startup (Kiko Calendar) after Google Calendar dried up the early adopter market. Justin realized that their conversation might be interesting for other young entrepreneurs, then thought that perhaps you can create really compelling content by just live broadcasting the lives of ordinary people, then thought... why don't I wear a camera on my head 24/7.

How do I get a camera?

Justin.tv is an open live video network and "cameras" are based on completely off the shelf parts. All you need to broadcast is a computer, a webcam, and an internet connection. If you want to set yourself up like Justin, we recommend using an ultra light laptop, extended life laptop battery, a portable usb webcam w/ microphone, and an EVDO Rev A modem.

How did the Justin.tv team meet?

Justin, Emmett, and Jacob grew up together in Seattle, WA. Justin, Emmett, and Michael graduated together from Yale in 2005. Justin and Emmett recruited Kyle as a Junior at MIT. We all currently live in SF.

I heard you guys are funded by Y Combinator. What's that?

Y Combinator is a new kind of venture firm specializing in funding early stage startups. We help startups through what is for many the hardest step, from idea to company. Its partners include: Trevor Blackwell, Paul Graham, Jessica Livingston, and Robert Morris. Go to ycombinator.com to learn more.

How do I advertise on the show/website?

There are a number of ways to advertise on Justin.tv - both within the show itself and on our webpage. To learn more please email: michael@justin.tv

When does Justin take the camera off?

Justin.tv is a 24/7 show but we let him take the camera off in the shower, when he is asleep (he sets the camera up on a tripod next to his bed), and when we have really important meetings (he is a co-founder of a company after all).

What do the Justin.tv team members do?

Justin wears the camera and handles content. Emmett programs the website. Kyle handles all the streaming video. Jacob designs the website. Michael does the business.

How do I start my own show?

Funny you should ask - we are on the verge of opening up our network. If you are interested in being a part of the open beta, enter your email everyday at 12 noon PST on the Justin.tv homepage. We will send out a few beta codes a day, so keep trying if you don't get one at first.

How do I use IRC with your chat system?

1) Download a client:

* For windows: get mIRC at http://www.mirc.com/get.html
* For Mac OS X: get Colloquy at http://colloquy.info/downloads.html

2) Connect to the Justin.TV IRC server at irc.justin.tv

3) You can find your password by selecting either the "users" tab or "rooms" tab above the chat window.

4) If you log into chat and your name begins with "justinfan", your client hasn't been successfully authenticated. Type the following in your IRC client window:

* /identify username password

and your nickname will be set correctly.

5) If you are still having trouble, please email jacob@justin.tv and we'll try to help you out!

Chat Guidelines:

Chat rooms are moderated to provide a clean chatting environment. Currently our chat rooms are moderated by volunteer fans taking their own time to regulate, but really, self-moderation is the responsibility of everyone. In the future we will have a more standardized system for moderating chat.

Inappropriate chat behavior includes all forms of spam, excessive profanity (any profanity in moderated chat), and any derogatory or racial comment or activity. Depending on the severity of the violation, moderators have the discretion to either kick you from the room temporarily or ban you from chat all together.

Chat Emoticons:

Type the following key commands for some fun emotions in chat!

Cool B-)
Angry >-
Horny <3
Skeptical :-/
Wink ;-)
Happy :)
Sad :(
Excited :0
Bored :Z
Drunk o_O

About Justin.tv

Justin.tv is the leader in live video, and the place to broadcast and share video online.

The Team

Michael is the CEO and is having a blast working with great friends.

Justin comes up with product ideas, keeps the tech team in line, writes specs, does technical hiring, installs servers, buys hardware, writes user features, and tries hard to get out of the office on his motorcycle once in a while.

Emmett made the website.

Kyle is an MIT safe-cracker and builder of killer robots.

Bill has a British accent, a PhD in Math, a talent for music, and a passion for beating computers into submission.

Jacob loves working at Justin.tv but would rather be making a film about Space Penguins.

Eric helps make search awesome.

He is a rails enchanter, there are some who call him...Tim

Kevin is looking at this blurb and thinking he should've come up with something more witty.

Tia plans on bringing Geeky back, one Community at a time

Arram joined Justin.tv after moving to the bay area with the intention of working for a tech start up.

Megan quit her cushy job at Google during a recession and moved across the country to work for these guys.

The Technology

The Justin.tv live video network is powered by Python Media Server - a custom built live streaming video server cluster. The network is 100% owned and operated by Justin.tv and scales to new heights weekly.

The Justin.tv chat system is powered by the Twisted Chat Server - a custom built chat server that implements a variety of filtering and moderation techniques and relays well over a million messages a day.

The Investors

Justin.tv received seed and angel investment from:
Paul Graham
Y-Combinator
Paul Buchheit
Aydin Senkut
Mike Maples
Georges Harik

Justin.tv has raised a Series A round from Alsop Louie Partners and Tim Draper.

Press Center

Justin.tv is the leader in live video, and the place to broadcast and share video online. Our community consists of over 1 million registered users, and the site receives millions of unique visitors per month and hundreds of millions of pageviews per month.

Founded in October 2006, Justin.tv began as the crazy brainchild of its founder, Justin Kan, who decided it would be really cool if he could broadcast his entire life, 24/7, to the Internet. To make his idea a reality, he enlisted the help of his friends Michael, Emmett and Kyle, and raised a seed investment from Y Combinator. Together, the team launched "Justin.tv," the very first lifecast, on March 19, 2007. After gaining the national media spotlight, hundreds of people started asking for the ability to broadcast their own channels. As a result, the team went back to work to build the ultimate platform for live video on the web.

For all press inquiries, please email
press@justin.tv

Justin.tv Logo:
www.justin.tv/media

Press Hits:

Justin.TV Reaches 1 Million Users
Techcrunch, Calley Nye 7/21/08

Ustream.tv Just Got a Redesign, But Justin.tv Is Still Beating Its Pants Off
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Justin.tv Captures Apartment Robbery
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Justin.tv teams up with QIK for live broadcasting from cell phones
Techcrunch, Duncan Riley 3/14/08

Daytrotter concert attracts 3,000 online viewers
Quad City Times, Stephanie De Pasquale 2/15/08

Justin.tv Builds Own CDN To Cut Costs
Techcrunch.com, Nick Gonzalez 1/16/08

Candidates offer steady stream of content
Politico, Chris Snyder 12/3/07

Web Pinch-Hitters Help During Strike
Fox News, Jake Coyle 11/28/07

Conversation 2.0: Social marketing and you
CNET, Tim Leberecht 11/23/07

Juliette Licks Scissors For Lefty
Antimusic.com 11/18/07

Hi-tech ways to stay in touch
BBC News, 11/7/07

Lifecasting creating age of self-made stars
Chicago Tribune, Jessica Guynn 10/15/07

A Site Warhol Would Relish
NY Times, Randall Stross 10/14/07

A site offers 'lifecasting' to anyone with a Webcam
Wall Street Journal, Lyneka Little 10/13/07

Living lives inside lifecasts and liking it
Seattle Times, Jessica Guynn 10/8/07

Welcome to their world -- all of it
LA Times, Jessica Guynn 10/3/07

Justin.TV Teams Up With On2 And Opens Network
Techcrunch, Nick Gonzales 10/2/07

Justin.tv Wins Funding, Opens Platform
NewTeeVee, Liz Gannes 10/2/07

Keep ’Em Coming
New York Times, Kevin Kelly 8/17/07

The blog is on
Tribune - Review, Kim Lyons, 8/16/07

Ron Paul: The Internet's favorite candidate
ZDNet News, Declan McCullagh 8/6/07

Amazon "Delivers" Justin.TV
Beet.tv, Andy Plesser 8/2/07

Hungry entrepreneurs eat up Y Combinator's help
USA Today, Michelle Kessler 7/17/07

Amazon EC2 Helps Justin.TV Take on E3
Amazon Web Services Blog, Jeff Barr 7/12/07

ALL-STAR SCOOP ON INTERNET TV
San Francisco Chronicle, Joe Garofoli 7/5/07

The Observer updated: Justin Kan
The Observer, David Smith 7/1/07

Justin.tv Visits iPhone Campout: San Francisco
Gizmodo, Adrian Covert 6/28/07

Website founder gets everything but the girl
Financial Times, 6/25/07

Pier Screenings Parody: Justin.tv Meets Entourage
NewTeeVee, Liz Gannes 6/16/07

How Justin.TV's Live Video System Was Born
Gizmodo.com, Brian Lam 6/14/2007

Who matters most?
Business 2.0, June 2007

Justin.tv Launches Two New Shows, Sets New Services Rollout Timetable
Wired Epicenter, Adario Strange 6/4/07

Justin.tv Launches Two New Channels, Debuting Wild 94.9 with Guest Rhianna, and PHasion
Mashable, Kristen Nicole 6/4/07

First Day of iJustine
Tastyblogsnack, Justine Ezarik 5/30/07

Can't get enough Justin? You can watch Justine
San Francisco Chronicle, Jessica Guynn 5/29/07

Justin.tv's New Reality
Businessweek, Catherine Holahan 5/24/07

Justin.tv Network Launches, More Shows to Come
Techcrunch, Nick Gonzalez 5/24/07

Reach Out and Twitter Someone
CNNMoney/Business2.0, Om Malik 5/16/07

This is Your Life, Every Bit of it!
Newsweek, Steven Levy 4/30/07

Live From San Francisco, It's Justin Kan's Life
All Things Considered, Laura Sydell 4/11/07

The Rise of Justin.tv
USA Today POPCANDY, Whitney Matheson 4/11/07

The 24/7 World of Justin.tv
MTV News, Matt Sunbulli 4/9/07

There is Food for Thought at Justin.tv
San Francisco Chronicle, Jessica Guynn 4/8/07

Must See Justin.tv
ABC Nightline, Neal Karlinsky 4/5/07

Twitter vs. Justin.tv
Valleywag, Nick Douglas 4/4/07

Lastest Web Sensation Living His Life Online
NBC Today Show 4/2/07

It's Justin, Live! All Day, All Night
San Francisco Chronicle, Jessica Guynn 3/30/07

Justin Kan Vlogs 24/7 at Justin.tv
AP News Wire, Jake Coyle 3/27/07

Exhibitionist’s Exhibitionist: Justin Kan
NewTeeVee, Liz Gannes 3/21/07

Kiko Guys Back as Reality TV Stars
Techcrunch, Nick Gonzalez 3/19/07

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