USTREAM.TV Announces New Features For Your Broadcast
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USTREAM.TV ANNOUNCES NEW FEATURES
Here is the Announcement USTREAM Sent Out Today!
You asked for them and we delivered. Now anyone can have a professional looking Ustream broadcast without having to use a third-party application. With our new Text Overlay feature, you can add scrolling text, lower third nametags, or any other text you can imagine. You can also hyperlink text, so users can click on them in the video player. With our new YouTube overlay feature, you can add any YouTube video directly to your broadcast. Once you’ve selected the YouTube video you want to overlay, you can cue them up and play them at any point during your show.
(Be sure to look out for Image, RSS, and Chat overlays in the next few weeks!)
Want to get viewer statistics for your shows? Well, now you can see metrics for all your Ustream broadcasts! Simply login then go into your “My Shows” page and click the “Metrics” tab. In addition to viewing your Metrics, you’ll be able to email and export them.
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Launch in Style with A Fantastic Press Release
A List of Press Release Sites
To aid in your press release distribution, we have created a list of online distribution services. Some of them are free, some you have to pay for. We have listed the ones that are free (to the best of our knowledge) and those that require a fee.
Free Press Release Websites:
- PRZoom.com
- PressReleasePoint.com
- PRlog.org
- PressBox.co.uk
- PRfree.com
- PRbuzz.com
- PR.com
- PRleap.com (and paid)
Press Release Sites That Require Payment:
- eReleases.com - $299 to $399
- MassMediaDistribution.com - $199 to $399
- eWorldWire.com - $99 to $500
- PowerQuill - $69 to $99
- PublicityGuaranteed.com - $195 to $2850
- 24-7pressrelease.com - $299
- PRweb.com - $169 to $619
- PressReleasePros - $189 to $259
- PressRelease365.com - $24.95 to $99.95
- Advanced-PR.com - $199 to $1465
- SBwire.com - $19.95
- EmpireNewsWire.com - Varies
- AutomatedPR.com - $50 to $1200
- URLwire.com - $395 to $695
- xpresspress.com - $250 to $395
Share Your Press Release for Free At These Sites!
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PRBuzz.com - Completely free distribution to search engines, news sites, and blogs.
PRCompass.com - Distribute your press release with a free or paid version, others can vote it up ala Digg style.
PRUrgent.com - Not only distributes your release, but attempts to teach you how to write one, and even offers downloadbale samples for you to work with.
PressAbout.com - A free press release service formatted as a blog.
PressMethod.com - Free press release distribution no matter what, but extra services based on the size of your contribution.
PRLeap.com - Free distribution to search engines, newswires, and RSS feeds. Fee based bumps get you better placement.
PRLog.org - Free distribution to Google News and other other search engines.
TheOpenPress.com - Gives free distribution for plain formatted releases, fees for HTML-coded releases.
24-7PressRelease.com - Free release distribution with ad-support
1888PressRelease.com - Free distribution, paid services gives you better placement and permanent archiving.
ClickPress.com - Distributs to sites like Google News and Topix.net, Gold level will also get you to sites like LexisNexis.
EcommWire.com - Focuses on ecommerece and requires you include an image, 3 keywords and links.
Express-Press-Release.com
- Free distribution company with offices in 12 states.
Free-Press-Release.com - Easy press release distribution for free, more features for paid accounts.
Free-Press-Release-Center.info - Distributes your release, offers a web page with one keyword link to your site. Pro upgrade will give you three links, permanent archiving and more.
I-Newswire.com - Allows for free distribution to sites and search engines, premium membership differs only slightly in adding in graphics.
NewswireToday.com - All the usual free distribution tools, premium service includes logo, product picture and more.
PR.com - Not only will they distribute your press releases, but you can also set up a full company profile.
PR9.net - Ad supported press distribution site.
PR-Inside.com - European-based free press release distribution site.