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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 … Continue reading
LinkedIn announces 30-second video-streaming service 04 August 2016
LinkedIn, which has been recently acquired by Microsoft, takes a clue from Facebook and Periscope and is planning to roll out a video streaming service. The videos are being tested with a restricted audiences of LinkedIn ‘influencers’ for now. Jonathan … Continue reading
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says company to take video first approach 29 July 2016
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg stressed the company’s commitment to video as the company announced bumper second quarter results. Zuckerberg said “we’re particularly pleased with our progress in video as we move towards a world where video is at the heart … Continue reading
There will be around 2.4 billion unique monthly active users of OTT by 2020 30 June 2016
At WWDC 2016, Apple announced the introduction of the CallKit application programming interface (API) and the SiriKit software development kit (SDK) as well as an overhaul of iMessage. The new products will facilitate a deeper integration between third-party communications apps … Continue reading
Facebook is diving into live video game streaming 09 June 2016
People love watching other people play video games, a phenomenon which has flushed ad revenue to gamers and their streaming platforms alike, and this move shows that Facebook wants in on the action. Soon, people playing Blizzard Entertainment games like … Continue reading
Wirecast launches live streaming onto Facebook Live 14 April 2016
After Facebook announced making its Live API available for developers, Telestream’s Wirecast, a live streaming tool has now added Facebook Live as a streaming destination for it. This will allow users of Wirecast to create videos and stream them from … Continue reading
Video Streaming on Drones, GoPro and Wearables 13 April 2016
It’s raining Drones, GoPros and wearables. Video streaming from these devices is catching up to become mainstream. Recently, Periscope and GoPro partnered to launch live streaming on Periscope directly from select GoPro devices. This news comes up shortly after Periscope … Continue reading
Facebook Live now for Drones, and other Live Streaming devices 13 April 2016
Facebook is taking live streaming beyond the phone. Recently Mark Zuckerberg demonstrated a drone flying and live streaming the video in real time on Facebook Live. They are making its Live API available to the public. This is being done … Continue reading
Facebook pumps up live streaming 07 April 2016
Facebook is actively adding features to Facebook Live to make it competitive with industry leader, Periscope. Live video, after a dull start, has become a rage today, with Snapchat and Meerkat adding to the competition. Facebook is pushing publishers to … Continue reading
Periscope gets 110 years of live video watched in a day 29 March 2016
Periscope is on a roll. The biggest player in mobile live streaming has recently turned a year old. Owned by Twitter, the company revealed that it has had 200 million broadcasts made on its network. It gets a daily view … Continue reading
