Ustream refers to this feature as “the democratizing of content” and it is in fact interesting as many livestream services are trying to perfect pay per view features and there are reports that YouTube might be working on it.

While Ustream Pay Per View is currently available to select users; People who are interested can start the application process here.

In launching its second feature, Ad Free Broadcasting, Ustream also joins Justin.tv and Livestream in allowing broadcasters to cut out ads entirely from their service. Users can also pay for this directly through Paypal and eliminate Ustream’s in stream ads entirely. Ad Free Broadcasting will be rolled out to all users in November.

Ustream has $87.8 million in funding lead by Softbank. The service currently has over 45 million monthly unique visits with an average of 20 to 30 minute viewing time per stream and was most recently in the news for breaking viewing records during the Chilean miner rescue.

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Authors: Alexia Tsotsis

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