Livestream Snags A Deal With The AP To Stream Video From The Oscars Red Carpet

Live video streaming on the Web is finally going mainstream. Livestream , the NYC-based live video streaming startup, just landed a one-year partnership with the Associated Press to power all of the AP's live video streams on the Web. The first event to be streamed live under the new deal will be video from the red carpet at the Oscars this Sunday. The video will be hosted by Livestream at APLive , where viewers can log in to chat with their Twitter or Facebook IDs. It will also be available on Facebook, where viewers will have to become a fan of APLive in order to watch. (APLive only has 1,271 fans right now).