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Tainted Eclipse
July 3rd, 2014, 10:43 PM
Looks like it, maybe. Very breaking news right now. According to Meltzer (https://twitter.com/davemeltzerWON/status/484871972728213505), Ustream seems to be getting out of streaming CMLL, ROH, Dragon Gate and NJPW.

My God this either better not be real or NJPW better get another good streaming service for the G1.
Tainted Eclipse
July 3rd, 2014, 10:50 PM
Also there is supposed to be the other Kizuna Road show tomorrow morning which Ustream is no longer listing. Was it ever up on the site or slotted for an iPPV? Imagine it would have been.
DDT
July 3rd, 2014, 11:22 PM
This better be Meltzer talking out of his ass.
Defrost
July 3rd, 2014, 11:50 PM
Court Bauer was the first person to talk about it on his podcast with Pollack. ROH was told about this already. Didn't realize it would be so soon.
Tainted Eclipse
July 9th, 2014, 7:31 PM
No update on this I take it? A week and a half away :(
Defrost
July 9th, 2014, 7:38 PM
Not looking good
Tainted Eclipse
July 10th, 2014, 11:27 AM
Official statement from Ustream:


We are sad to tell you that we have decided to shut down our Pay-Per-View (PPV) feature on October 1st, 2014.

It’s always a tough decision to discontinue any feature, but we want to direct our resources to focus on other features and continue providing the best live streaming platform possible.

Here’s what you can expect:

July 9th, 2014 we will no longer allow scheduling of PPV events past September 30th.
September 14th, 2014 PPV event creation will be disabled.
October 1st, 2014 we will shut down our PPV product, remove all PPV events and make all public PPV videos private videos.
October 30th, 2014 all PayPal payments to broadcasters for ticket sales will be complete.


Well, sounds like the G1 SHOULD be okay.