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July 7, 2007 10:47 AM PDT

MSN nails the Live Earth broadcast

by Harrison Hoffman
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If there was any doubt as to how MSN would pull off the live internet broadcast of the Live Earth concert series today, it has been cleared. Powered by MSN's Soapbox, the broadcast comes off really well.

As you can see above, the video is nestled nicely among a slider of all of the different concerts, information about the venue that you are watching and links on how you can help the cause. The slider on the bottom also contains live updating information on what is happening on each stage, along with what act is next. The video can also be expanded to occupy the entire area beneath the sponsors' logos. The streaming has been flawless, even on my less than blazing DSL connection.

It is huge to be able to pull off something like this at all, so I give major kudos to Microsoft for being able to do it perfectly. It's a Saturday, so relax, check out some great music, and learn a little about global warming!

Originally posted at The Web Services Report
Harrison Hoffman is a tech enthusiast and co-founder of LiveSide.net, a blog about Windows Live. He is a member of the CNET Blog Network, and is not an employee of CNET. Disclosure.
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by paulstorm July 8, 2007 6:19 AM PDT
to be one of the millions who sent the Live Earth webcast into the record books for MSN! :-)

It was a pretty awesome experience...especially for me as I was traveling and unable to watch via TV!!
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by paulstorm July 8, 2007 6:19 AM PDT
to be one of the millions who sent the Live Earth webcast into the record books for MSN! :-)

It was a pretty awesome experience...especially for me as I was traveling and unable to watch via TV!!
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Yes, if you use IE (n/t)
by OscarWeb July 8, 2007 7:04 AM PDT
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Yes, if you use IE (n/t)
by OscarWeb July 8, 2007 7:04 AM PDT
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am on www.cherrytap.com
by mrdj2007 July 8, 2007 10:28 AM PDT
am trying to make a player with my music of my computer to play on my member page there you can blog but need the codes or the player the site you can add a slide of pics and send it to myspace yahoo facebook or on cherrytap need to now how to make a music player you got any free ones that i can add example same as myspace yahoo to put on your page derek
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am on www.cherrytap.com
by mrdj2007 July 8, 2007 10:28 AM PDT
am trying to make a player with my music of my computer to play on my member page there you can blog but need the codes or the player the site you can add a slide of pics and send it to myspace yahoo facebook or on cherrytap need to now how to make a music player you got any free ones that i can add example same as myspace yahoo to put on your page derek
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