How to start a live streaming website ?

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chris187

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Hi Guys

How would you go about starting a live streaming website ? For any sport out there ? Do i have to get a video platform ? or can i do it some other way ? Would it be best for me to get it on my tv at home and then link to my pc and then to my website ? Any tips would be great

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The hardest part is finding a good hosting. It depends if the vidz you offer are all legal - if not it might mean offshore hosting.

Otherwise you need hosting that allows sufficiently fast connection and loads of bandwidth.

After you solved the hosting best use wordpress with a premium theme for video hosting.
 
Hi thanks for the replys

Im not looking to host videos, im looking to stream live sports. For example i got the the boxing on saturday night for free on my satellite. I have been doing research online and it seems i can transfer my tv picture to my computer. Whats the best option then to get it live onto a website ? I am looking for the best quailty i can get so if there is special leads that anyone knows of .

Cheers
 
I think thats illegal watch out with it. Even tho its a free channel they can get pissed if you stream it on the net without their permission. Go for offshore hosting.
 
Yea thats what i seem to be getting on the net aswell that its illegal, how come sites like sopcast, justin.tv etc get away with it ? There quality is piss poor tho lol

I take it you mean A.dobe F.lash M.edia S.erver boussena ? Have you used this urself ? Is there anyone on here that connects there tv to there computer and shows live streams ? I red about a guy doing that for the boxing the other night but he didnt respond in his thread in the bh lounge.
 
They might have permission from the channels I guess...
 
I do it at the moment.

Best way is to connect your TV up to a media player and stream it through ustream. Then embed this on your page. That way you don't need offshore hosting as you are merely embedding a 3rd party stream.

Make sure you have a DMCA note up saying I don't host videos blah blah.

Hosting the streams on your site without a third party is lots of bandwidth, lots of hassle and legal issues to avoid.

Drop me a PM if you need a hand!
 
meathead1234 said:
I do it at the moment.

Best way is to connect your TV up to a media player and stream it through ustream. Then embed this on your page. That way you don't need offshore hosting as you are merely embedding a 3rd party stream.

Make sure you have a DMCA note up saying I don't host videos blah blah.

Hosting the streams on your site without a third party is lots of bandwidth, lots of hassle and legal issues to avoid.

Drop me a PM if you need a hand!
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Linking to warez is still illegal. And still your transferring it from your own TV thats the part you should be careful with.
 
Is it possible to put a logo over whichever broadcaster i am using and put my own ? I am not that savey with videos ,live streams etc

Thanks to all that are helping out
 
I think you will need to host it on your site to do that. Or else check javascript. Get the position of your embedded iframe, and using javascript show a logo on the position that suites you.
 
meathead1234 said:
I do it at the moment.

Best way is to connect your TV up to a media player and stream it through ustream. Then embed this on your page. That way you don't need offshore hosting as you are merely embedding a 3rd party stream.

Make sure you have a DMCA note up saying I don't host videos blah blah.

Hosting the streams on your site without a third party is lots of bandwidth, lots of hassle and legal issues to avoid.

Drop me a PM if you need a hand!
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Just seen your post il pm you shortly :)
 
Yes, but if you add that these are user-submitted links you are okay. They should send you a DMCA first before taking action anyway, in which case you change your link.

Ustream are okay - they sometimes ban streams, but that's alright. It's not economical for Sky etc to chase you, just be careful, use proxies and have a good internet connection.

It's by no means a safe market to enter, but can be extremely lucrative if you know what you're doing.

jake3340 said:
Linking to warez is still illegal. And still your transferring it from your own TV thats the part you should be careful with.
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What about your ISP, Once they find out you are transferring copyright material on their server your gna get in trouble as well.
 
Just make sure your ISP can't see what you are doing.

Can anyone suggest a good offshore hosting for this?
 
Possible. I've yet to have a problem and I only stream when big games are on (fight last weekend was excellent) so you should be able to stay under the radar

jake3340 said:
What about your ISP, Once they find out you are transferring copyright material on their server your gna get in trouble as well.
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Cool this is quite an interesting idea, do you get a lot of traffic from the streams and are you using a gateway to monetize them ?
 
I've struggled to find a good offshore - mainly because you need an excellent dedicated server, not shared or anything like that. I had 70k UV's in about half an hour with the fight last weekend, so you need something that can handle a lot of traffic.

If anyone has any recommendations I'd love to hear them :)

jmason616 said:
Just make sure your ISP can't see what you are doing.

Can anyone suggest a good offshore hosting for this?
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jake3340 said:
Cool this is quite an interesting idea, do you get a lot of traffic from the streams and are you using a gateway to monetize them ?
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I get between 20-70k UV's for a decent Premiership match or the boxing. Only monetized with Adsense at the moment. I get a few links from big forums and they don't allow sites with gateways. So it's either - 50k UV's with adsense, or 2k with a gateway and struggle to get traffic. Yet to decide which is best.
 
Nice I wanna look into this. But I might just iframe other sites as transferring all that bandwith is a bit too much for me.
 
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