Stickam
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| Type of business | Privately held company |
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| Available in | 3 languages |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, US |
| Owner | Stickam Worldwide, Inc |
| Key people | Hideki Kishioka, James Johnson |
| Website | http://www.stickam.com/ |
| Alexa rank |
 8,679 (March 2012[update]) |
| Launched | February 2005 - (31 January 2013 at 11:59 pm for live cams) (28 February 2013 for other data) |
| Current status | Defunct |
Stickam was a live-streaming video website that launched in 2005. Stickam featured user-submitted pictures, audio, video, and most prominently, live streaming video chat. The site quickly expanded to include live shows and produced content from MTV, G4 TV, CBS Radio, NATPE, CES, and many others, as well as live performances and shows with numerous musicians and celebrities.
In addition to streaming their live video on Stickam, the service allowed users to embed their streaming webcam feeds into other web sites via a Flash player. The name "Stickam" referred to this ability to "stick" a webcam feed onto another site.
Anyone could "go live" and broadcast live video on Stickam from their computer, iPhone or iPad within seconds. It was also possible to connect HD and other cameras, mixers, and audio feeds to send HD and professional broadcast streams out via Stickam. Stickam’s live video players came with built-in chat capabilities, allowing both text chat and optional video chat. Stickam's player and live stream abilities are recognized in a Variety Magazine article as a "more customizable player" that has the ability to engage fans in a powerful way using their virtual face-to-face interaction.
Stickam launched its social login feature at VidCon 2012 (where Stickam had teamed with Maker Studios to live stream VidCon 2012). Broadcasters on Stickam can allow their friends and followers to log in to their chat rooms by using Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Myspace, or Gmail. Broadcasters can further restrict their rooms by requiring viewers to Like their Facebook page, Follow their Twitter, or Subscribe to their YouTube channel in order to view the stream or in order to participate in the chat. Stickam calls this feature “fangating” and first deployed it on a concert event that was sponsored by Levi’s Jeans. This feature was created to help stickam users increase their YouTube followers.
Stickam has as of August 2012 a VIP user program. The VIP program gives users ad-free usage as well as being featured on the "who's live" page, 25 coins from the shuffle marketplace and a VIP badge on the user's profile picture.
The company also released a white label service called StreamAPI (formerly Stickam API) in 2008. StreamAPI was a customizable white label service that allowed customers to add live streaming to their website or application with no development experience required.
Lots of musicians use Stickam to stream live performances and band chats. Artists to go live on Stickam include Andrew W.K.,Black Veil Brides, Christofer Drew, Allstar Weekend, Cypress Hill's B-Real, Boys Like Girls, Jimmy Urine, Chantal Claret, LMFAO, Wynonna Judd, Chad Brownlee, Cobra Starship, Metro Station, Ashley Purdy, and American Idol contestants Bo Bice, Katharine McPhee, Michael Johns, Danny Noriega, Engel, and Lakesha Jones.
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