So what happened to Jalopnik's Live Streams?

Kinja'd!!! "Flavien Vidal" (flyingfrenchy)
07/11/2016 at 08:45 • Filed to: None

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It seems like Gawker Media and Facebook’s contract is over now (no more live stream anywhere on Gawker Media). So why not continue the whole thing with something that streams in proper quality instead??

I liked the idea, I just thought it was freaking unwatchable and in a format that sucked ass (who the fuck owns a square monitor??). But the whole idea behind, if well orchestrated was good...

I gave it a quick try myself a few weeks ago through youtube and quality was A LOT better than what assbook has to offer. I think Jalopnik should keep on pushing it (and get a cheap steadycam). It was a good idea that was just terribly done.

That was my quick attempt with a $1.50 suction cup shipping from China included, that vibrated quite a bit. I spent an extra $1.50 since then to get a second one and that fixed the vibrations lol.

Anyway, I liked it, now that they can ditch this crappy facebook thing, they should keep on doing it, making it watchable now :)


DISCUSSION (3)


Kinja'd!!! Urambo Tauro > Flavien Vidal
07/11/2016 at 10:53

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I didn’t realize there was a contract; the wealth of live videos makes more sense now...

I don’t have a whole lot of experience with YoutTube’s live vids for comparison, but that square video always bothered me too.

It would be nice for Jalopnik to invest in better equipment, but I’d imagine that stuff would get expensive pretty quickly with the writers spread out between New York, Michigan, Texas, California, etc...


Kinja'd!!! Probenja > Flavien Vidal
07/11/2016 at 12:10

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If they get a steadycam tripod for a phone and stream on periscope it would be so much better than their current setup. They should do more DOTS too.


Kinja'd!!! AntiSpeed > Flavien Vidal
07/11/2016 at 12:20

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My race car is getting some engine mounts fabricated, but when I get it back in early August I’ll live-stream the rest of the build on Twitch.

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Also there’s this guy who streams from his auto repair shop:

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