LOS ANGELES, June 1, 2009 – Justin.tv, the largest online community for people to broadcast, watch and interact around live video, today announced it will partner with G4tv.com, the top web destination for the latest news and information on gaming, technology, gadgets and pop culture for today’s digital generation, to stream live coverage of press conferences and events at E3, the gaming industry’s biggest annual event. Live streams and highlights will be available at G4tv.com http://g4tv.com/e3, as well as at http://justin.tv/G4TV_E3 and http://justin.tv/G4TV_WiebeCam.
Justin.tv’s gaming section is one of the site’s largest, most engaging categories. Top broadcasters have used their channels in Justin.tv’s gaming section to launch media properties, raise thousands of dollars for charity and build individual pages with millions of page views.
“We’ve got a great community of gamers and gaming content on Justin.tv. There are millions of people watching channels in our gaming category on Justin.tv every month,” said Justin Kan. “We’re thrilled to be able to give back to them by bringing access to an event that many of them anticipate all year but would otherwise be off limits.”
As a result of the partnership, Justin.tv will carry G4tv.com’s coverage of press conferences from some of the biggest companies in the gaming industry–Microsoft, Electronic Arts, Ubisoft, Nintendo and Sony. E3 has historically been a hotbed of news and announcements from these companies. Along with G4tv.com, Justin.tv will also have rights to carry G4’s coverage of Steve Wiebe, the star of “Donkey Kong: A Fist Full of Quarters,” as he attempts to set a new record live at E3.
“We’re excited to team up with Justin.tv to stream the E3 press conferences to the web in real time as part of our extensive online coverage of this year’s show,” said Josh Krane, Senior Vice President, Interactive and New Media, G4. “Through this partnership, we’re able to bring this crucial component of our live E3 coverage to an even larger audience of gamers.”
The following events will be streamed live on Justin.tv and G4tv.com:
June 1st
June 2nd
June 3rd
June 4th
Press contacts:
Evan Solomon
Justin.tv
e@justin.tv
415-683-1179
Kristina Levsky
G4tv
klevsky@g4tv.com
323-692-5385
