Ustream (historical)
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Ustream (historical) was an early live video streaming platform that enabled users and organizations to broadcast real-time video content over the internet to global audiences.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ustream (historical) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4929539 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ustream (historical) Context triple: [Decorah bald eagles nest webcam, platform, Ustream (historical)]
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A.
Justin.tv (as co-founder)
Justin.tv was an early live-streaming platform that helped popularize user-generated live video online and later evolved into the foundation for Twitch.
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B.
Xumo
Xumo is a free, ad-supported streaming television service offering a variety of live and on-demand channels and content.
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C.
Tank Stream
Tank Stream is a historic watercourse in central Sydney that once served as the colony’s primary freshwater supply and now runs mostly underground beneath the modern city.
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D.
Vimeo (historically, prior to spin-off)
Vimeo (historically, prior to its spin-off) is an online video hosting and sharing platform known for catering to filmmakers, artists, and creative professionals with high-quality, ad-free video streaming and advanced creator tools.
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E.
ET Live (entertainment streaming service)
ET Live is a digital entertainment news streaming service that provides live and on-demand coverage of celebrity news, pop culture, and Hollywood events.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ustream (historical) Target entity description: Ustream (historical) was an early live video streaming platform that enabled users and organizations to broadcast real-time video content over the internet to global audiences.
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A.
Justin.tv (as co-founder)
Justin.tv was an early live-streaming platform that helped popularize user-generated live video online and later evolved into the foundation for Twitch.
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B.
Xumo
Xumo is a free, ad-supported streaming television service offering a variety of live and on-demand channels and content.
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C.
Tank Stream
Tank Stream is a historic watercourse in central Sydney that once served as the colony’s primary freshwater supply and now runs mostly underground beneath the modern city.
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D.
Vimeo (historically, prior to spin-off)
Vimeo (historically, prior to its spin-off) is an online video hosting and sharing platform known for catering to filmmakers, artists, and creative professionals with high-quality, ad-free video streaming and advanced creator tools.
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E.
ET Live (entertainment streaming service)
ET Live is a digital entertainment news streaming service that provides live and on-demand coverage of celebrity news, pop culture, and Hollywood events.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
live video streaming platform
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online service ⓘ technology company ⓘ |
| acquiredBy | IBM ⓘ |
| acquisitionDate | 2016 ⓘ |
| acquisitionValue | 130000000 USD ⓘ |
| businessModel |
advertising-supported
ⓘ
freemium ⓘ subscription ⓘ |
| competitor |
Justin.tv
ⓘ
linked to:
Justin.tv (as co-founder)
Livestream ⓘ Twitch ⓘ YouTube Live ⓘ
linked to:
YouTube live streams
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| feature |
channel-based streaming
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embedding live video on external sites ⓘ password-protected streams ⓘ recording and archiving broadcasts ⓘ social media integration ⓘ viewer analytics ⓘ |
| foundedBy |
Brad Hunstable
ⓘ
Gyula Fehér ⓘ John Ham ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
San Francisco, California
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linked to:
San Francisco
|
| historicalSignificance | one of the earliest large-scale consumer live streaming platforms ⓘ |
| inception | 2007 ⓘ |
| industry |
live streaming
ⓘ
online video ⓘ video streaming ⓘ |
| notableUse |
corporate town halls
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live concerts and performances ⓘ live streaming of political campaigns ⓘ live streaming of protests and social movements ⓘ |
| operatingSystem | web-based ⓘ |
| providedService |
interactive live chat with video
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live video broadcasting ⓘ real-time video streaming ⓘ |
| rebrandedAs | IBM Cloud Video ⓘ |
| status | integrated into IBM Cloud Video ⓘ |
| supportedPlatform |
Android
ⓘ
iOS ⓘ web browsers ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
businesses
ⓘ
government organizations ⓘ individual content creators ⓘ media organizations ⓘ nonprofit organizations ⓘ |
| usedFor |
conferences and webinars
ⓘ
gaming streams ⓘ live events broadcasting ⓘ news coverage ⓘ town halls and political events ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Ustream (historical) Description of subject: Ustream (historical) was an early live video streaming platform that enabled users and organizations to broadcast real-time video content over the internet to global audiences.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.