LiveTrad.com have been selected as the County Sligo representative in the National Enterprise Awards Competition, in which they will compete against the representatives of the other 34 County & City Enterprise Boards across the country. The National Enterprise Awards is a County & City Enterprise Boards Competition aimed at the micro-business sector.
The LiveTrad.com website, which streams live traditional Irish music online, has just recorded it's highest ever viewing figures at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann in Cavan. The opening night trad session from the Fleadh was streamed on the LiveTrad.com platform, and attracted an estimated 40,000 online viewers, watching on 13,273 computers in 37 different countries around the world.
"We're delighted to be representing Sligo in the National Enterprise Awards. Live web streaming is to the forefront in how people the world over communicate with each other, and the live web streaming of something as uniquely Irish as traditional music allows us to provide a window to Ireland for internet users the world over," said Micheál Ó Domhnaill of LiveTrad.com. "Sligo County Enterprise Board provided us with valuable funding when we launched in March 2010, and we appreciate the ongoing support and mentoring provided by their staff," he added.
LiveTrad.com is based in Grange, Co. Sligo, and employs both full time and part time staff. The website is used as a vehicle for streaming traditional music sessions, concerts and festival events live from all over the country. Well known groups and musicians like Altan, Donal Lunny and Sligo's best known groups Dervish and Téada have all appeared on the website, which broadcasts full HD video using the most advanced cloud-based streaming technologies available.
See www.LiveTrad.com for more.