Official Justin.tv API Hack Day!

Can you find the median of two sorted lists of cocktail weenies in O(log(n))? If the answer is yes and you live in the Bay Area, then you should join us Saturday, September 5th from 12 - 9pm at the Y Combinator offices for our Official Justin.tv API Hack day!

We're hosting this hack day so that you can get a chance to work directly with our API Developers on your Justin.tv app and get a great feel for the API. Rest assured, there will be plenty of programmer fuel on board and four $300 Amazon gift cards will be awarded to the best use of the API.

So just head over to our Event page and register with us before September 3rd and we'll see you and your creative juices at the Y Combinator offices for some Hack Day Awesomeness.

About the API

The API itself comes in two main pieces, REST and Flash. In short, we've giving away access to several pieces of our technology and infrastructure. The REST API was built to provide information about already existing Justin.tv data and broadcasts. The Flash API includes the live player and the broadcaster, each of which are fully customizable in appearance and behavior. Finally, our chat, along with our social chat channels, is available as well.

The possibilities for live video applications are really only limited by your imagination. Want to create a custom-skinned player? You can do it. Integrate with your own service's existing profile and identity system? No problem. Think you can make a great live video search engine, if only you had access to the stream data? Now you have it. We're hoping to see all these applications, along with the ones mentioned above, and more.

LG Neon Twitter contest Winner!

We wanted to give a congrats to Jessica, the winner of the LG Neon that we hosted last week. That isn't the only contest that is going on, AT&T is hosting up tons of other chances to win prizes with them this year! Check out their facebook page, to find out how you can get a chance to win prizes like: A Trip to Warped tour with backstage pass, Netbook computers, Xbox 360 and games as well as many other things.

Just check out the missions, one of them you could even complete using Justin.tv! So definitely give it a look!

Demi Lovato Live and a chance to win an LG Neon!

Come join us Friday 4:30 ET/1:30PT where you can tune in to see Demi Lovato live here: http://www.justin.tv/attartists to get a chance to talk with Demi Lovato live and find out after the broadcast the winner of a brand new LG Neon.

AT&T is also bringing to us an awesome prize to give away to you guys! From now until tomorrow (Friday, August 21st) after the broadcast you can tweet to enter a random drawing to win a brand new LG Neon from AT&T. All you have to do is be a follower of @justintv on twitter, tweet to @justintv with the hashtag #attartists telling us why you want a new phone. AT&T is hosting tons of other contests and this is just one of the ways you can win . So don't forget to check out the AT&T Missions in order to win other prizes just like this one.

Live video player comes with more prettifications!

Good news everybody!

We've done some changes to the way our video player looks. If you take a look, you can see that we've gotten stuff away from the screen and made it a little more obvious when a channel is live or not.

The controls will also fade away after a while leaving your video window cleaner looking and to bring the controls back you just need to hover your mouse back over it.

Vote for Justin.tv's Panel for SXSWi 2010!

If you haven't heard of SXSW (South by Southwest) you're really missing out! SXSW is festival and series of conferences that highlights the newest and hottest in Music, Film and the Web. Next year, Justin.tv is aiming to hold a panel at SXSW Interactive about live content on the web and you can help make sure it's a part of SXSWi 2010!

If you'd like to see Justin.tv's panel on the 2010 schedule, drop us a vote at the Interactive 2010 PanelPicker. We're really excited to bring this topic to SXSWi 2010 and hope that you can help us get there!

Your Weekly Music Update

Don't forget to tune in for more live music this weekend.

On Sunday, tune in for more great music from Jay Brannan at 1pm PT/4pm ET and then Paz at 6pm PT/9pm ET.

Then on Wednesday, August 19th tune in for some great music from PT Walkley!

New Weekly Broadcast!

Hey guys!

Just to let you know we're going to be starting up a new weekly broadcast! Every Friday at 3pm PST one of our company founders will be broadcasting here on Justin.tv to give you updates about what is going on in the company, answer any questions you have and take some of your important feedback!

This weekly broadcast will focus on our founders and other members of team Justin.tv to get in touch with the community.

Tomorrow join the man, Justin Kan at 3pm PST - http://www.justin.tv/founderchat.



Watch live video from Founder Chat on Justin.tv

Double the Fun-Jay Brannan and Aaron Paz Live this Sunday.

This Sunday don't forget to tune in to Justin.tv for two great musical performances.

Up first at 1pm PST/4pm ET, singer/songwriter Jay Brannan is performing and answering fans' questions here. Pop Culture Beast says of Brannan, "There is no other artist that is more connected with his fans...His voice and music are simply captivating."

Then at 6pm PST/9pm ET, tune in here for singer/songwriter Aaron Paz. This session is sure to be fun since last time Aaron answered fans' questions and song requests, covering everything from T.I.'s "Whatever You Like" to doing some improv song-spinning and of course playing his own original songs.

Tune in and spread the word about this great broadcast!

Do they serve beer in hell? Ask Tucker Max on Monday

As you may have seen, the trailer for Tucker Max's new movie, I Hope They Serve Beer in Hell, launched yesterday. If you're looking forward to the movie, or you've enjoyed any of Tucker's stories over the years, we've got a nice surprise for you.

Monday at 11:30 pacific, Tucker is going to be live on Justin.tv/tuckermax answering questions from fans. That's where you come in. Tucker's friend, and IHTSBIH actress, Traci Lords (yes, that Traci Lords) will be there to ask the questions, but you can decide what those questions actually are.

Tucker's been pretty close to an open book over the years, much to the disappointment of Miss Vermont and others, but I'm sure there are some unanswered questions about his life or the movie that you'd like to hear his answers to. We agree, so now you have your chance.

Leave your questions in the comments or Twitter them @justintv #asktuckermax. We'll pick a few good ones in advance and Traci will also be taking question from chat during the interview. We're counting on you to make this much more interesting than the Fox News interview that comes up every time I search for Tucker's name.

Think up some good questions and send them our way. In the meantime, entertain yourself with the newly-launched trailer below.

Competitive Starcraft on Justin.tv with Kenny and Brent

Recently we've gained a great broadcaster from the world of Competitive gaming. I'd like to introduce our new friends at iCCup (International Cyber Cup), who wanted to take a moment to introduce a new show that they are doing on their Justin.tv channel every Thursday at 7pm Pacific Daylight Time (That is 10pm EDT!): http://www.justin.tv/iccup.

"You love Blizzard games? Thinking about getting into Starcraft 2? Are you a competitive gamer? Then look tune in for the newest weekly Starcraft show on Justin.tv. The event is called Starcraft with Kenny and Brent and it focuses on everything Starcraft. With an entertaining twist this show is sure to help you become a better competitive Starcraft player.

We are using Justin.Tv as not only a source to stream our audio but as a way to visually entertain the users watching. From still images to live videos we hope that by using Justin.tv we can reach a large audience and bring more people to playing the wonderful game of Starcraft, especially as we near 2010 and Starcraft 2. Now is your time to join the most competitive and tight knit gaming community around.

Why should you show up? By simply logging on to watch you will be able to view well organized material as well as special guests with opportunities at prize giveaways Our special guests are individuals who have been successful in competitive gaming. Not only have these guys (and gals!) done well for themselves in the world of gaming but they have a lot of interesting stories that you can hear first hand. If you want to have the inside source on Starcraft then look no further than Starcraft with Kenny and Brent!"

We're glad to have Kenny and Brent join us at JTV and hope you enjoy their broadcasts!