Ustream.tv Live: Covering the 2008 Presidential Candidates

Video streaming site Ustream.tv (see my previous post) seems to have connected with politically savvy viewers and soldiers. Facing competition from Kyte, Justin.tv, and others, it has done a great job of carving out a niche for itself. A number of presidential candidates have used it to hold live question-and-answer sessions with the public. Here is a stream (if it's "on air"), captured from Mitt Romney's New Hampshire's primary election night coverage...



Ustream has made it easy for soldiers serving overseas to connect with their families. This must have been a pet project of the company’s co-founders, who were cadets at West Point together and served in the army for a  number of years. Former four-star general and presidential hopeful Wesley Clark also joined advisory board too, and "coincidentally," they received funding from Frank Caulfield, co-founder of Kleiner Perkins , the Silicon Valley VC powerhouse.

They say more than 115,000  people have joined Ustream since it launched in March, spending over one million hours on the site per month. Not bad!

Cybercast credit: Ustream