Compare and Contrast

The live streaming video industry is only just over a year old; at least the part that will monetize your stream (or at least mean you don't have to pay for bandwidth) for you is. I've been watching and participating in it for almost 6 years now, and can say that today there are facilities that will allow almost anyone to stream almost anything - and they do stream almost anything!

In this time we've seen a number of services rise, and the offerings from them morph. As one of the pioneers (you can count the arrows in my back and chest) of this new medium I'm going to work at some subjective and objective assessments of the various services available, starting with the two I know the best: Zaplive.TV and Ustream.TV

Bear with me while I put together the criteria, and by all means climb on and comment about what you experience and your thoughts on the subject. I've just opened up the forum module and added categories for providers, hardware, software and monetizing. So far there does not seem to be anywhere else really set up to provide this kind of venue for cross-provider discussion and general information and discussion, so I'm hoping you'll join me and bring your experiences and opinions to the rest of us.