uncategorized goodbye from spreecast to our spreecast users i recently made the difficult decision to shut down the spreecast product . we originally launched spreecast in late 2011 as a destination for people all over the world to connect and converse about shared interests current events and educational topics . many different people and companies gave spreecast a try and some became habitual users . over time we had a diverse group of users including life coaches podcasters media companies think tanks social groups religious groups and celebrities . in the end however we were not able to make spreecast a viable business . i want to thank all of you for your patronage and support . it was a great honor to serve you all . for those of you who are still using spreecast i am sorry to let you down . we will be shutting the site down on july 14 2016 . prior to this date you will see some other changes . for example in the coming days we will be removing the ability to create new spreecast events and we will be canceling all events that are scheduled to occur after july 14 . if you already have events scheduled between now and july 13 you ll still be able to use spreecast . you will be able to download all of your archived spreecast events free of charge by clicking on the download links we have provided as follows . to access your download links go to your account settings account settings can be found in the drop down menu when clicking on your profile image in the upper right hand corner of the homepage and then go to my spreecasts . when you hover over each event you ll see a button highlighted blue that says download video . if you re already on our influencer plan this will look familiar . you can also download by clicking into the event page . there will be a blue banner at the top of the page with a link . if you are a subscriber and do not have any events scheduled please log into spreecast and cancel your subscription . if you do have a spreecast event scheduled between now and july 13 feel free to stay on your current subscription until your event at which point we would encourage you to cancel your subscription . regardless of any cancellations we will be cancelling all subscriptions on july 14 and refunding pro rata payments so that all subscribers were not charged for service beyond today . i want to thank you for your support and tell you how much we ve enjoyed having you as a customer . please don t hesitate to reach out to support spreecast.com if you have any questions . goodbye for now jeff fluhr ceo tweet share on tumblr may 22 2015 news introducing spreecast donations give back to your favorite spreecasters over the last couple years spreecast s content creators have found innovative ways to use our interactive feature set to build genuine communities of viewers . whether it be imparting valuable business wisdom providing moral support or recapping last night s game there s no doubt that spreecasters have fostered unforgettable and valuable experiences for their audiences . today we re excited to announce spreecast donations a new feature that will allow viewers to show their appreciation and give back in real time to their favorite spreecast content creators . on the spreecast event page before during or after an event viewers will now see a donate button below the title . by clicking on that viewers can send a dollar amount of their choice along with a personalized thank you message to content creators . donations made during live spreecasts will be displayed prominently on the page along with the accompanying note as they occur . if a viewer makes a donation before or after the event the content creator will receive an email with the message to make sure they feel the love if you re a content creator interested in giving the donations feature a try check out our help center for some more information on how it will work or shoot us an email and we d be happy to help get you setup tweet share on tumblr 1 comment april 17 2015 news introducing spreecast highlights anyone who has been part of a live spreecast knows how vibrant the experience can be with our platform s rich genuine interactivity . as a team we ve been thinking hard about ways that we can bring some of that engagement to archived spreecasts and make it a more digestible user experience . our new highlights feature does just that allowing viewers to seamlessly jump between key moments in a spreecast . so for example if you were on camera with tony robbins you d be able to skip right to the moment where you were brought on camera and even share that with your friends for archived spreecasts you ll now notice a new area below the video player that lists the event s highlights . these moments are automatically curated based on certain actions that occur during a spreecast including people coming on camera questions being asked or external media being put on screen . event creators and producers will still have the ability to create clips which will appear as highlights . for those of you who have already created clips don t worry we re automatically porting those over into the highlight format you can read some more on the highlights feature in our help center but feel free to shoot us an email at support spreecast.com if you have any questions tweet share on tumblr march 3 2015 news product update improvements to spreecast video quality the spreecast engineering team has been hard at work over the last six months building a number of improvements aimed at optimizing the experience for both content creators and viewers . one of the largest ongoing projects has been a full revamp of our audio and video infrastructure which we recently completed . we ll try not to dive too deep into the technical details but the upgrades include resolution we ve upgraded from 320 240 to 640 480 improving the video resolution for both viewers and broadcasters . variable bit rate encoding for broadcasters we now dynamically adjust bit rate or the amount of data being sent based on your network connectivity providing the best possible reliability and audio video quality that your setup can handle . low bandwidth mode for broadcasters with very weak connections we allow the quality to auto switch to a lower resolution . improved video and image appearance viewers should notice smoother image quality due to improvements in our display algorithms . improved archive quality archived spreecasts are now optimized to display even better quality than the live experience . single stream viewer experience this decouples viewer bandwidth from broadcaster bandwidth allowing us to maximize broadcaster quality without overwhelming the network for live viewers . we are now setting our sights on optimization of the user experience and some really exciting new features . is there a feature you d like to see let us know at support spreecast.com . tweet share on tumblr december 3 2014 news introducing spreecast friends as spreecast grows it is rewarding to see genuine communities develop across a range of topics . with that in mind we re excited to announce our friends feature to help spreecast viewers better connect with each other and content creators build relationships with their audience . read more tweet share on tumblr older posts stay in the loop sign up for our newsletter to receive the latest spreecast updates and tips email address preferred format html text archives archives select month june 2016 may 2015 april 2015 march 2015 december 2014 october 2014 august 2014 july 2014 june 2014 may 2014 april 2014 march 2014 february 2014 january 2014 december 2013 november 2013 october 2013 september 2013 august 2013 july 2013 june 2013 may 2013 april 2013 march 2013 february 2013 january 2013 december 2012 november 2012 october 2012 september 2012 august 2012 july 2012 june 2012 may 2012 april 2012 february 2012 january 2012 december 2011 november 2011 october 2011 september 2011 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