We are excited to be working with Hall from the Discovery Channel Network on an upcoming global educational project. On July 1st (Wednesday), Qik will be participating in the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) National Conference in Washington D.C., to showcase how live mobile streaming could empower both teacher and student for more interactive learning.

At noon, live Qik videos will be picked up and mapped on Google Earth in a worldwide demonstration of Qik and the power of the cellphone. Here's your chance to say "Hello!" to thousands of educators from around the world and show them how Qik could enhance learning in and out of the classroom!

Simply record a Qik video greeting from now till 12:00 noon on Wednesday and email hall_davidson@discovery.com with your video permalink to be included!

From the Basement features intimate performances by A-list musicians. The first ever UK set, performed live on Monday, featured The Dead Weather, the new band from the White Stripes' Jack White. The format of From the Basement is to have no studio audience or presenter, just superstar acts playing great music live, totally uncut with its focus on the performers.

Featuring live Qik coverage of the event, From The Basement delivers live video content online, streaming the band's performance and behind the scenes event coverage with the newly released Nokia N97.

Band members include Jack White, Alison Mosshart of The Kills, Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age, and Jack Lawrence of The Raconteurs.

Performance by The Dead Weather:


Dancing to the music:


Check back for more live coverage of From the Basement on Qik!

Well, we have a very early alpha version of Qik on Android that can be downloaded from the Android Marketplace.

Minimum Device Requirement:
- Firmware 1.5
- SD Card on the device

Features in this release
- Live streaming with live chat
- Share videos to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube
- Ability to set your videos to Private / Public with a touch of a button
- Add Title / Description to the video prior

  

As usual we would love to hear from you. So, please send your feedback to android@qik.com.

Happy Qikking :)

We're excited to announce our new partnership with Brightcove, the world's number one online video platform. Brightcove's on-demand platform lets its customers publish and distribute video across websites, social networks and video portals. Brightcove also provides monetization options for customers through integration with advertising servers and networks. With today’s partnership announcement, Qik’s mobile video capabilities can now be easily integrated into Brightcove’s online video publishing and distribution workflow.

What does this mean for Qik users?

This partnership opens up new distribution and monetization opportunities for Qik users who have Brightcove accounts by enabling them to publish mobile video content through Brightcove players and integrate ads into their mobile video content via Brightcove just as they would for their other video content. It also enables them to distribute their Qik-generated content across the wide distribution opportunities available through Brightcove partners.

What does this mean for Brightcove customers?

With this partnership, Brightcove customers can now integrate mobile video uploads from more than 130 mobile phones into their Brightcove platform accounts enabling them to add a new, cost-effective source of publisher-produced and user-generated video to their mix of online content.

Key features of this integration include:

- Automatically upload your videos to your Brightcove account
- Share your or any public videos to Brightcove by clicking Share under the video on Qik.com
- Add tags to automatically organize all mobile content created by each user in the Brightcove Media Module

Coming soon: Ability to stream live mobile video through Brightcove players.

Pricing and Limited Time Offer:

To celebrate the launch of our partnership, we're offering a limited time special offer: Until July 15, Brightcove customers (existing or new) will receive three months of free Qik integration with Brightcove when signing up for an annual account. This is a savings of $450 per user, with the monthly license per user priced at $150.

Want to get started? Send an email to brightcove@qik.com and we'll get you rolling with a trial of the integration.

We have been big fans at Qik HQ of the desktop Twitter app TweetDeck for many months. It's the way we monitor Twitter to keep up with you, our users. If one of you has a problem with Qik and tweets about it, we work hard to respond directly and quickly to try to help. It's also great for picking up your (much appreciated!) praise of our own app. :)

So we're thrilled to announce that, with the major new release of TweetDeck that's just been launched, you can now watch Qik videos within TweetDeck!

Here's what it looks like (click the thumbnail for the full sized picture) in action:

Well done to Iain Dodsworth and the TweetDeck team on a fantastic new version of an already excellent app!