Last Updated:
16th October 2007
  • Address: San Francisco CA 94105
  • Country: US
  • Founded: October 2006

Overview

Justin.TV is a website entirely devoted to chronicling the life of one of the company's founders, Justin Kan, around day and night via web cam. This might sound a lot like JenniCam circa 1996, ill-fated DotComGuy, or marketing ploy OurPrisoner, but some really cutting edge mobile technology sets the show apart. Justin won't be chained to his house like these previous cam shows. Instead, armed with a head-cam, batteries, and 4 EVDO cards, he will roam free, streaming video across the mobile network and onto their own live flash video content distribution platform.

What started as an experimental lifecasting project for Justin has now grown into a network of other people broadcasting their lives online. It's become kind of a MySpace for video casters. The site features an Apple “coverflow-style” directory of all the casters and list of top clips. Each caster gets an individually-stylized channel page with their own live cast, chat room, profile, twitter, and top highlights. They’ve also started adding professional content, like a behind the scenes cast of “One Tree Hill”. Viewers play judge and jury of the video streams, voting content for the clips they like to the front page of the site and casters seem happy to play along.

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Justin.tv

Product URL: http://justin.tv

Justin.tv

People

Justin Kan Founder and President
Michael Seibel CEO
Emmett Shear CTO
Kyle Vogt VP Engineering
Jacob Woodward Designer

Funding

DateRoundSizeInvestors
2007 Seed Round n/a Y Combinator
October 07 Series A n/a Alsop-Louie Partners

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