Live MWSF 2007 Coverage

[rongold]

Apple no longer broadcasts expo coverage. For those that are not attending the event this year (like me) we are forced to rely on other methods to obtain our instant gratifications and news sources.

With the sites providing live coverage that I have run scross this morning, it seems that we will not be starved for information. Having over 15 sites providing live information, we should be able to obtain a clear picture with information coming from these various sources. Some will even be providing photos (like engadget.com, smalldog.com macrumors.com and maybe Ars... any others?) in addition to their live text updates.

http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/story.php?ID=14537
Live coverage starting 6:30GMT - not during the keynote

http://live.applematters.com/
Manual refresh

http://live.macobserver.com/
Automatic refresh every 60 seconds

http://arstechnica.com/
Manual refresh

http://macworldbound.com/
Provided by Daily Tech Talk

http://uneasysilence.com/macworld/live/
Manual refresh

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/live-from-macworld-2007-steve-jobs-keynote/
Will have photos

http://blog.smalldog.com/
Live coverage but not during keynote

http://www.macrumorslive.com/
Some photos too

http://www.macuser.com/
Registration required

http://keynote.macscoop.com/
Automatic refresh every 30 seconds

http://worldofapplelive.com/text/
Temporary text-only mode providing an automatic refresh every 10 seconds

http://macteens.com/macteens/macworld07
Manual refresh

http://www.looprumors.com/keynote.php
Manual refresh

http://www.tuaw.com
Manual refresh but will now have photos - newly added photo galleries feature: http://www.tuaw.com/photos/

http://www.applegazette.com/mac/live-macworld-coverage/
Automatic refresh every 30 seconds

http://www.mac360.com/macworld/
Manual refresh

http://www.macdailynews.com/macworld_sf_2007_keynote.html
Automatic refresh every 3 minutes

http://twitter.com/macworld/all_updates
Manual refresh

http://www.macworld.com/news/2007/01/09/keynote/
Subject to change

http://techdigest.tv/2007/01/macworld_2007_l.html
Manual refresh

http://www.slashgear.com/macworld2007/
Manual refresh

http://stuff.tv/blogs/live/default.aspx
Manual refresh

http://www.macnews.de
German site


In the past, the following sites have also provided live, text-based coverage as well but currently do not have a live URL setup and active.

http://www.macnn.com

http://www.appleinsider.com



Actual keynote should be available between 4:30pm-6:00pm and can be found here:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/guide/appleevents/

Plenty of sources. I might suggest keeping all sites that require a manual browser refresh for updates in one window and all sites automatically refreshing in a different window.

[durandal]

For those of us who're talking german, of course there's also http://www.macnews.de (they're also going to have a daily podcast about the Expo during the next week)

2 days, 20 Hours, 41 minutes :)

durandal

[Patrik_L]

macrumorslive.com will have pictures as well this year.

[Banjo]

Bandwidth permitting, I read that worldofapplelive.com (http://www.worldofapplelive.com) will be streaming a live audio feed of the keynote. It doesn't quite compensate for the lack of a live video stream, but at least it's better than a text feed.
They appear to be having a few server troubles at the moment, but check it out in a few hours or see the Google cache (http://216.239.59.104/search?q=cache:7vtvL7zktNMJ:www.worldofapplelive.c om/+world+of+apple+live&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1) for more details.

[sunilraman]

This is hands-down the most *actually useful* thread in ALL of Temporary Insanity 8)
Thanks peoples.

I'm sceptical about the audio streaming though, that sever[s] will get pounded to the ground.

[rongold]

A couple more live MWSF 2007 keynote up-to-the-minute text updates.

http://macteens.com/macteens/macworld07

http://www.looprumors.com/keynote.php

[rongold]

Here's another one covering the keynote live.

http://keynote.macscoop.com/

Having 15 different feeds should give us some perspective.

[shanmugam]

thanks dudes!

[sunilraman]

Hi RonGold, can you edit your 1st post in this thread to have all the links? Even as you get more links? That would make a great reference for anyone looking... It'll be all there in the first post in this thread. Gawd knows we'll need all the info scraps from all over the place. Thanks mate.

[regan]

I live in NYC, and miss being able to watch the event live at the Apple store in Soho. It was so cool to be able to watch it live with a group of fellow mac heads. Made it even more exciting, like you were actually there.

Anyone know why they stopped doing that?

[jasenj1]

Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) usually has a good live feed, too.

- Jasen.

[gordy]

I'll stick with macrumorslive.com. It is the only site that hasn't gone down during a keynote thus far.

Engadget slows to a crawl about 15 minutes in to it.

[Bergermeister]

I usually have two or three open in tabs; they auto update, so I can just switch between them and be pretty much o top of things.

The other requirement is participation in AI's chat room. I've got a 20 inch monitor so real estate ain't a problem.

[Feynman]

I live in NYC, and miss being able to watch the event live at the Apple store in Soho. It was so cool to be able to watch it live with a group of fellow mac heads. Made it even more exciting, like you were actually there.

Anyone know why they stopped doing that?

Cost. It cost Apple an ungodly amount to stream them.

[CosmoNut]

Cost. It cost Apple an ungodly amount to stream them.
And an ungodly amount of people tried to access the live stream, bogging down the whole thing.

[SpamSandwich]

Someone needs to create the Torrent equivalent of streaming audio and video.

[gloss]

About when do you think that the Keynote will be up on the Apple site? I'd love to be able to watch the whole thing fresh, but I honestly don't think I can wait that long.

[Cubit]

I live in NYC, and miss being able to watch the event live at the Apple store in Soho. It was so cool to be able to watch it live with a group of fellow mac heads. Made it even more exciting, like you were actually there.

Anyone know why they stopped doing that?

Probably because they, or the MacWorld folks, wanted us to hop on our pogo sticks and hop on over to the Moscone Centre and plunk down our bucks for the thrill of seeing Steve Live and On Stage.

I agree with you completel regan, I loved those SoHo get togethers and really miss the fun folks had there-- never saw more laptops in use at one time! I'm sure we must have been present at the same time, since I got there as early as possible and had, then, a trusty G3 Pismo as my reliable.

Of course the SoHo store also had that all night, opening at midnight Tiger Party too...

[Cubit]

Cost. It cost Apple an ungodly amount to stream them.

That's of course a factor. I wonder, though, what the cost of streaming to their own network of stores would be vs immediate gratification and future sales to "the community." I have to be careful or I'll start sounding like Mr Bill in LostWages and wax lyrical about my bedroom walls turning into the ocean whenever I want.;) If you have infinite money, the digital age may appear like paradise. I rather think Neuromancer's NeoTokyo had it about right.

[Not Unlike Myself]

Even if they don't broadcast live.. don't they usually upload it afterwards (later in the day..)?

[CosmoNut]

Yeah, it likely will be up by the end of the afternoon Tuesday.

[willrob]

Unless no one remembers to bring a camera.

[Frank777]

Cost. It cost Apple an ungodly amount to stream them.

But not to broadcast it via satellite. They could have kept it there and let Mac users make their own arrangements.

It's cheap and counter-productive not to let people see the Keynote live.

[ai51240]

I always thought the keynote stream was just a really terrible advertisement for QuickTime streaming.

[Cubit]

I always thought the keynote stream was just a really terrible advertisement for QuickTime streaming.

These things are Events, "Happenings", places and times to celebrate the joy of being Mac!:lol:


What a thing to say in this age-- "Let's go to the Video Tape (disc)..." Might just as well say, "News at 11!"

[Frank777]

Of course, the Video store is up and running now.
Apple could be planning to charge for viewing the Keynote. :wow:

[Gilsch]

Double post

[Gilsch]

I'd probably pay to watch the keynote live on my computer.

[Frank777]

I don't think the iTMS has the capability to offer live events, but I could be wrong.

I'd pay as well.

[Not Unlike Myself]

I don't think the iTMS has the capability to offer live events, but I could be wrong.

I'd pay as well.

Maybe they should listen up. Put me down. I'd pay.

[dfiler]

Apple no longer broadcasts expo coverage. [snip]
A slight nitpick:

Apple isn't broadcasting it live this year but "no longer" is probably jumping the gun. It isn't like they have a policy against it. In fact, they probably desperately want to stream it live.

Apple simply wasn't able to handle the immense streaming load while still delivering a quality viewing experience. The stream would lag to the point of being useless for a great percentage of people. Rather than allowing a sub-par experience, they simply rebroadcast at a later time. Every person commenting on the content of the keynote would almost invariably comment on the poor viewing experience. It cast Apple in a negative light.

When Apple feels like they can finally deliver a quality viewing experience for a live stream, they'll certainly do it.

[EDIT: But I should also say... thanks rongold for posting the live coverage links. It's much appreciated!]

[willrob]

The World of Apple Live sight doesn't appear to have an audio stream planned.

[rongold]

The World of Apple Live sight doesn't appear to have an audio stream planned.

They have gone into a text-mode and the screen seems to be automatically refreshing every 10 seconds. See new URL posted above.

[Flick Justice]

So now that we've read the news.. when /were can we watch it?
flick.

[reg]

The keynote will have a link on Apple's front page, lower left side where it says Keynote. It is not there yet. You can normally get it there 5 to 6 hours after the event.

[ai51240]

These things are Events, "Happenings", places and times to celebrate the joy of being Mac!


What a thing to say in this age-- "Let's go to the Video Tape (disc)..." Might just as well say, "News at 11!"

It was a really horrible advertisment because the streaming server always failed so miserably due to the load.