Twitch.tv can be hugely
entertaining and as
adrenaline-pumping as
any other live sport
The web has become alive with constant video feeds. Welook at the best sites, and show you how to start your own Livestreaming is one of the hottest buzzwords on the internet at the moment. YouTube has launched its own livestreaming channel, while apps such as Meerkat and Periscope turn smartphones into broadcast systems. But what actually is livestreaming? Simply put, a livestream is an as-ithappens feed of video and audio, much like television. However, unlike television it’s broadcast over the internet rather than the airwaves, and there are billions of streams to choose
from. If you’ve ever watched a show live on BBC iPlayer you’ve seen a livestream, and if you’ve taken part in a Skype conversation with video then you’ve created your own. Thanks to advances in broadband and mobile internet speeds, as well as improving hardware, livestreams have become more interesting over the last couple of years. Meerkat and Periscope are the most popular smartphone livestreaming apps, using devices’ cameras to create an ongoing video feed. As it happens
You normally need to download their apps to create and view, but there are web viewers available at meerkatstreams.com and onperiscope.com. They offer a new perspective on what’s going on around the world – one stream we caught came from a mobile phone as it travelled down the conveyor at an airport security check-in. Meanwhile, gamers are catered for with twitch.tv. This streaming site was bought by Amazon for $970 million last year, and it attracts 43 million viewers every month. And while it’s easy for non-gamers to dismiss twitch, it can be entertaining and as adrenaline-pumping as any other live sport. The fresh-faced gaming.youtube.com does the same thing, but it’s a little easier to set up if you want to try your hand at game streaming
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