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Facebook’s live streaming for sports becoming very popular 03 July 2017
Facebook made an announcement that it would stream Premier League games through its NBC Sports Gold platform. Facebook has collaborated with Fox Sports to stream UEFA Champions League games on Facebook Live in the US. Separate deals to stream Major League Soccer matches, MLB games and World Surf League events have been signed by Facebook. …
What Live Streaming means for the future of the Streaming industry 18 May 2017
George Kiong from Standard Media has written an amazing article on what Live Streaming means for all businesses and recommended businesses to include Live Streaming being offered by various social media platforms like Periscope, Snapchat and Facebook Live as part of their content strategy to promote their products. BMW used Periscope to introduce its M2 model …
Facebook Enables Live 360 Video Streaming for All 17 April 2017
Facebook has announced that its Live 360 video streaming service is now open for all users. However, they will still require a compatible 360-degree camera with Live 360 integration in order to use this feature. This announcement from Facebook comes after Samsung’s new version launch of its 360 spherical camera. Facebook listed the range of …
Instagram Live allows Saving streams to Camera Rolls 23 March 2017
One of the unique things about Instagram Live was that the live videos were always deleted once they were completed, unlike Facebook live or Periscope. The company has now announced the saving feature for broadcasters of live videos. Users will see a save button once the stream ends in the upper-right corner and tapping it …
India to get NBA Live Streams via Facebook 11 January 2017
The NBA will stream a regular season game via Facebook Live for the first time on January 2nd across India. Facebook streamed Sunday’s game when Sacramento Kings lost against the Golden State Warriors via league’s newly released “NBA Mobile View” feed, delivering a closer shot of the action optimized for tablet and phone screens. “We are …
A lookback at 2016 in the world of Video Streaming. 29 December 2016
It’s been at eventful year of Video Streaming & Live Streaming – From LIVE Presidential Debates on Social Networks to Nat Geo’s 360° Video of Antarctica Journey everything was streaming instantly over the air. Video Streaming has been the talk of the year. We have seen many major brands entering the market space and making a push towards online …
Netflix to Stream minutes Of ‘Narcos’-Season 2 on Facebook Live 02 September 2016
The VOD platform, Netflix plans to stream first few minutes of its new show ‘Narcos’-season 2 on Facebook Live as part of the promotion strategy to be premiered on September 2. Netflix will stream first 11 minutes of the show’s first episode on Facebook Live. Netflix takes full advantage of the social networking buzz to …
One-fifth of US marketers plan to invest in Live Stream Video Ads 12 August 2016
According to an August 2016 research, about one-fifth of US media decision makers are planning to invest in live video streaming platform ads over next six months. Overall, digital video advertising will continue to grow particularly with social media channels specially Facebook Live and YouTube Live. According to another June 2016 research by Trusted Media …
Large Social Media houses to Capitalize on Live Streaming madness 12 August 2016
Live video streaming has been on the forefront of many large and small companies recently. Social media companies have also been taking big interest into capitalizing this madness. Twitter has capitalized on live streaming market by inking deals with sports names such as National Football League and National Basketball Association and Bloomberg Media this year. Facebook …
On-Demand Live Streaming could be the future 11 July 2016
Live streaming video is utterly changing media, and the world in general. Within the last three days, Facebook Live chronicled a man’s death from a police shooting during a traffic stop and a case of domestic terrorism. Most impressively, a video on Twitter revealed that a man wrongly accused of the crime was not involved in it. …
