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Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21

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Re: Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21

#42

He just stopped the stream due to the cost. I'd be very curious to know what the actual numbers were.

Going by their pricing page and the 17000 viewer hours he mentioned before cutting out, I'd guess a couple of thousand dollars, ouch! http://www.livestream.com/platform/premium_features_and_pric...

edit: it's more like $8000-15,000 (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2907135)

Re: Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21

#44
post #38

He just ended the stream when he checked his usage report on Livestream.com. Apparently he had racked up 17,000 viewer hours so far and said the cost was getting way out of hand. I'm trying to see how much that is going to cost him. It would be cool if we could get Livestream to sponsor him perhaps as a way to promote their service?

We're offering him 100% free service on TwitchTV. In fact, he'll MAKE money through our partner program.

Since we already have a massive Minecraft casting community, I think it's a logical place for him to do it: http://twitch.tv/directory/Minecraft

Re: Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21

#45
post #37

at 18:31 utc he closed the stream because the number of viewers would equal a huge streaming bill for him :( he mentions that he found streaming on justin.tv would also be too expensive. i for one would pay to have famous coders streaming in the background while i code myself.

Streaming on Justin.tv is free.

Also on TwitchTV. We reached out.

Re: Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21

#46
post #38

He just ended the stream when he checked his usage report on Livestream.com. Apparently he had racked up 17,000 viewer hours so far and said the cost was getting way out of hand. I'm trying to see how much that is going to cost him. It would be cool if we could get Livestream to sponsor him perhaps as a way to promote their service?

http://www.livestream.com/estimator Enter "mojang" there to see the cost.

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Re: Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21

#47
post #38

He just ended the stream when he checked his usage report on Livestream.com. Apparently he had racked up 17,000 viewer hours so far and said the cost was getting way out of hand. I'm trying to see how much that is going to cost him. It would be cool if we could get Livestream to sponsor him perhaps as a way to promote their service?

http://www.livestream.com/estimator Enter "mojang" there to see the cost.

Thats pretty crazy. over 15k USD

Re: Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21

#48
post #38

He just ended the stream when he checked his usage report on Livestream.com. Apparently he had racked up 17,000 viewer hours so far and said the cost was getting way out of hand. I'm trying to see how much that is going to cost him. It would be cool if we could get Livestream to sponsor him perhaps as a way to promote their service?

http://www.livestream.com/estimator Enter "mojang" there to see the cost.

or see http://www.livestream.com/estimator?channel=mojang

Re: Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21

#49
post #44
post #38

He just ended the stream when he checked his usage report on Livestream.com. Apparently he had racked up 17,000 viewer hours so far and said the cost was getting way out of hand. I'm trying to see how much that is going to cost him. It would be cool if we could get Livestream to sponsor him perhaps as a way to promote their service?

We're offering him 100% free service on TwitchTV. In fact, he'll MAKE money through our partner program. Since we already have a massive Minecraft casting community, I think it's a logical place for him to do it: http://twitch.tv/directory/Minecraft

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Re: Notch's Livestream for Ludum Dare 21

#50
post #37

at 18:31 utc he closed the stream because the number of viewers would equal a huge streaming bill for him :( he mentions that he found streaming on justin.tv would also be too expensive. i for one would pay to have famous coders streaming in the background while i code myself.

Some livecasters earn money with justin.tv and hd content. And AFAIK justin.tv streams are free of charge (even hd)
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