Today, Ustream (News - Alert) Inc. announced that on Wednesday, October 3, it will be throwing the world's largest presidential debate watch party to celebrate the new Ustream live broadcast network. A live broadcast of the debate as well as hundreds of shows featuring real-time commentary and views, from the serious to the seriously funny will be the main attraction of the watch party.
Worldwide, with more than 57 million viewers per month, this event promises to shift millions of viewers from traditional television consumption to a live, social, interactive experience.
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Professionally produced channels such as news, entertainment, sports, and animals/wildlife and video viewing trends across social networks are reflected in the network's new 24/7 real-time programming guide.
A live broadcast of the debate from PBS NewsHour and analysis from WSJ Live, a planned protest by Occupy Denver and Occupy the Debates; a three hour pre-debate special from Breitbart News with Larry O'Connor; a debate panel from the League of Young Voters; and PopSugar Gen Y culture reporters discussing what's at stake for women and how to get informed are news partners are included in the debate watch party.
"Ustream's unique platform has upended audience size expectations for online video. We saw nine million combined total views during the Mars Rover Landing and iPhone (News - Alert) 5 announcement on Ustream; in both cases, exceeding traditional broadcast and cable ratings," said Brad Hunstable, Founder and CEO of Ustream. He added that the new Ustream network will take live video viewing to an entirely new level.
From across tens of thousands of broadcasters in the Ustream network, the new Ustream discovery experience surfaces the most interesting live and relevant. For Ustream's most popular content groups: news, entertainment and music, sports, animals and wildlife, there will be permanent channels as well as pop-up collections of live videos from breaking news and trending topics.
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Edited by Brooke Neuman
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