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Conducting A Successful Webcast

That's probably one of the stranger headlines the Wall Street Journal has run. Dana Mattioli has an article in Tuesday's Wall Street Journal where she lists some of the ways people get in trouble on webcasts and webinars.

Pearl Jam Accuses AT&T Of Censoring Webcast

When a "live" webcast of grunge band legend Pearl Jam's Lollapalooza performance didn't make it to the audience in tact, the band immediately pointed a finger at AT&T, who sponsored and monitored the event, accusing the telecommunications giant of censorship.

DC To Webcasters: Drop Dead

Whatever happens with web radio from this point forward will depend on whatever concessions webcasters can wrest from SoundExchange and the record labels that back it.

Fox To Host Pre- All-Star Game Webcast

Who says America's (former) favorite pastime has gotten too commercial? What, just because the list of All-Star Game sponsors is longer than the rosters? Well, at least part of the proceeds are going toward offering a live pre-game webcast from Fox, allowing fans to get close up views of the steroid tracks.

Searchology from Google

I just had a chance to watch part of the webcast of Google’s Searchology presentation with Marissa Meyer, Craig Silverstein and others.

Adobe CS3 Launch Event - March 27th

Adobe is set to have a launch event of Adobe CS3 on March 27th in New York City. The event will be simultaneously webcast on an Adobe web site for all the world to watch. According to Adobe this will be the largest launch event in their 25 year history.

Forrester Releases Webcasting Report

Forrester Research just released a new report by Claire Schooley on the use of webcasts in large organizations.

SNL Goes Mobile With Cingular

NBC Universal and Cingular announced yesterday that legendary sketch comedy program Saturday Night Live will now be available on Cingular mobile handsets.

Live, From New York, It's Saturday Night Webcast

NBC executives are publicly contemplating webcasting the Friday night rehearsals of the popular sketch comedy show, "Sautrday Night Live".

A Million-Attendee Event

This week, the Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission hosted a webcast from Jamestown, Virginia. They worked with The History Channel to create a webcast aimed at school children to teach about the first permanent English settlement in America. The event was broadcast by satellite on television, but was also available over the Internet. According to news accounts, the audience was estimated at more than one million viewers.