Comments on: The Costs to Live Stream http://webwallflower.com/costs-to-live-stream/ Bay Area Tech Events & Advice Wed, 04 Jan 2012 18:20:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: NH http://webwallflower.com/costs-to-live-stream/comment-page-1/#comment-112 NH Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:07:00 +0000 http://webwallflower.com/?p=433#comment-112 Hey Mujer... I don't think your conferences/events should be streamed live over the internet. The whole point of the event is to bring certain people together, right? On the other hand, like other people mentioned, there could be that one company or group of people who can't attend in person, but are willing to pay a premium for the opportunity to be a part (remotely) of the event. In those cases, you could make it work and transfer the costs directly to the interested party. I found an interesting blog about this matter. Perhaps, you've read it already. If not, it could shed some light on your predicament... hopefully. (it's old, though) http://wingolog.org/archives/2006/07/07/so-you-want-to-stream-a-conference Hey Mujer… I don’t think your conferences/events should be streamed live over the internet.
The whole point of the event is to bring certain people together, right?
On the other hand, like other people mentioned, there could be that one company or group of people who can’t attend in person, but are willing to pay a premium for the opportunity to be a part (remotely) of the event. In those cases, you could make it work and transfer the costs directly to the interested party.

I found an interesting blog about this matter.
Perhaps, you’ve read it already. If not, it could shed some light on your predicament… hopefully. (it’s old, though)

http://wingolog.org/archives/2006/07/07/so-you-want-to-stream-a-conference

]]> By: Alyce Lindquist http://webwallflower.com/costs-to-live-stream/comment-page-1/#comment-111 Alyce Lindquist Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:42:35 +0000 http://webwallflower.com/?p=433#comment-111 Great timing, I'm dealing with this very issue right now after a big snafu at our last event (non-moderated chat room that went along with the stream went haywire, to put it nicely). I totally agree with you not streaming, specifically because of your point #3: cuts into actual event attendance and devalues the experience. Yes, I believe in supporting the social media community with free and valuable content, that's why we keep our event costs extremely low and no one is turned away for lack of funds. But even with videographers who volunteer their time and equipment, we constantly deal with quality issues... yes, nothing's for free. Great point about streaming in order to get more eyeballs and/or promote other events, guess there could be cases for streaming. Thanks for a great post! @alyce Great timing, I’m dealing with this very issue right now after a big snafu at our last event (non-moderated chat room that went along with the stream went haywire, to put it nicely). I totally agree with you not streaming, specifically because of your point #3: cuts into actual event attendance and devalues the experience. Yes, I believe in supporting the social media community with free and valuable content, that’s why we keep our event costs extremely low and no one is turned away for lack of funds. But even with videographers who volunteer their time and equipment, we constantly deal with quality issues… yes, nothing’s for free. Great point about streaming in order to get more eyeballs and/or promote other events, guess there could be cases for streaming.
Thanks for a great post!
@alyce

]]> By: Mattymatt http://webwallflower.com/costs-to-live-stream/comment-page-1/#comment-110 Mattymatt Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:10:44 +0000 http://webwallflower.com/?p=433#comment-110 Totally agree. In most cases, it's enough to have a hashtag so people can follow along on Twitter -- in fact, that's often much better than a livestream, since everyone can join in. Totally agree. In most cases, it’s enough to have a hashtag so people can follow along on Twitter — in fact, that’s often much better than a livestream, since everyone can join in.

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