Vimeo Livestream

In September 2009, Livestream started providing custom channel pages to stream events like concerts from Kina Grannis,[11] Pixie Lott, Eric Gales, David Gray, and Foo Fighters. These pages integrated live chat, Twitter, and Facebook. On October 30, 2009, the Foo Fighters played their first internet-only live concert from their studio space Studio 606 in Los Angeles.[12] Viewers were able to interact directly with the band, ask questions, and requests songs through a custom Facebook page with an integrated chat feature.[12] The band played 2 hours and 45 minutes of greatest hits to more than 150,000 viewers around the world.[13]

Rock band Saosin performed an exclusive acoustic performance inside Livestream's offices followed by a live chat.[14] On September 16, 2009, Boys Like Girls also played an interactive performance on Facebook and Livestream.[15] The following month, American rock band Thirty Seconds to Mars, composed of actor Jared Leto and brother Shannon Leto streamed a live interview with their fans, which was also available for viewing on the iPhone.[16] An in-store performance by rock band Motion City Soundtrack was streamed live from New Jersey record store Vintage Vinyl on January 20, 2010.[17]

Livestream claims to serve over 10,000 paying customers and to have streamed several million events in 2014. Customers include The New York Times, Spotify, BBC, several professional and college sports leagues around the world, Associated Press, and Tesla. Livestream has broadcast major events including the European Space Agency's Rosetta comet landing and the Times Square New Year's Eve celebration.[18]

Livestream also broadcast a panel discussion between renowned hip-hop and reggae artists.[19] Rapper Nas and reggae star Damian Marley discussed Distant Relatives, their album and documentary about the shared African roots of hip-hop and reggae.[19] DJs Kool Herc and Red Alert and dancehall legend U-Roy and dub-producer King Jammy were also on-hand to discuss the historical and cultural connections between the two genres of music.