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Why Scheduling Has Come To Facebook Live

Tim Mulligan

19 Oct 2016

Facebook Live

Live video streaming

Online video

Today’s rollout of live video scheduling on Facebook is both a strategic move of vision and a tantamount recognition that the current iteration now requires modification. From today verified page administrators...

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Why Facebook is commissioning video

Tim Mulligan

23 Jun 2016

Facebook Live

facebook. live video

Online video

When Facebook turned down the opportunity to buy the digital streaming rights to ten Thursday night NFL matches and instead chose to focus on rolling out its live video streaming feature through partnering...

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Why Facebook Is Tentatively Expanding Live Video Streaming

Tim Mulligan

6 Apr 2016

Facebook

Facebook Live

mobile video

Facebook announced today that it was expanding the functionality of its Live feature, enabling non-celebrities for the first time to broadcast live video to groups and respondents to events. Alongside...

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Why YouTube Is Getting Into Live Streaming

Tim Mulligan

24 Mar 2016

Facebook Live

Meerkat

Periscope

Yesterday the news broke on VentureBeat that YouTube has been secretly building a new app for live streaming video. This places the world’s largest video platform into direct competition with Facebook...

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