Overview of TheAquarium Channel

TheAquarium Channel broadcasts via uStream.TV. The client is Flash-based and it is fairly easy to set up; broadcasting is a bit more complicated but we have arranged the situation so invited presenters have a relatively simple setup (while the actual broadcaster is quite more complex).

Instructions for Broadcasters

This is to be spelled out....

Notes to integrate

Note that this whole thing is fairly informal and it is quite OK to cancel a presentation if we need to. I'd usually would have reminded you earlier, but the last week+ has been fairly hectic and I forgot.

The general model is that...

I (eduardo) broadcast video+audio using uStream.tv. The speakers give me content ahead (slides, screencasts, etc), and, during the presentation, they just need to call into a concall number. I pull the audio from there via a softphone. I compose the video using a softcamera.

This arrangement is fairly robust, which is good in a "live" broadcast situation with multiple moving parts.

• You get me the slides ahead in PDF (and ODP). I need some time to upload the content to differnet places (slideshare.net, slx, mediacast) so I need the slides "early". For tomorrow, I can take them as late as 9:30amPT on Thu.

• Screencasts in quicktime, FLV, MP4. No Shockwave, please.

• During the presentation, I turn the "slides"; just say "next" and go on (there is a lag, but don't worry about that, the audio and video streams are synchronized).

• During the presentation, the audience will connect through their browser (flash client). They participate via the associated chat room. Often there are side conversations ongoing during the presentation, with presenters / extra members answering questions as they appear.

• During the presentation, the speakers present via the concall; they can also talk talk to each other that way. Anything in that cncall is broadcasted. Non-speakers can use the concall, but should mute (*6).

• We record the presentation and then make it available in different formats.

URLs/Phones:

Online - http://ustream.tv/channel/theaquarium

Speaker Concall (others please mute with *6)
Toll-Free - (866) 545-5227 - Access Code: 3535518
Caller Paid - (215) 446-3648 - Access Code: 3535518

Does this help?

• eduard/o