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Drake's Fortnite live stream breaks Twitch record

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 15 March 2018

The rapper's first foray into live stream gaming proves a hit, with a Fortnite session garnering over 500 000 viewers to break the Twitch record. FULL STORY >

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Vine's creators unveil new live streaming app called Hype

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 3 November 2016

Moving swiftly along from the death of Vine, two of the app's creators have debut a new live streaming offering - Hype. FULL STORY >

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Microsoft acquires interactive live streaming service Beam

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 12 August 2016

Microsoft's Xbox Team has just penned a deal for the acquisition of Beam, a live streaming platform that allows viewers to control what happens. FULL STORY >

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Facebook Live update hides comments and increases streaming length

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 21 July 2016

Aiming to help users stream better, Facebook adds three key elements to its Live app. FULL STORY >

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Social Eating is a growing trend on Twitch as content diversifies

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 30 June 2016

With Muk Ban soaring to popularity in its native South Korea, it has begun to become a growing trend on live streaming sites like Twitch FULL STORY >

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YouTube releases mobile Live streaming to select creators

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 24 June 2016

Soon to be at the core of the YouTube app, the company states that mobile live streaming will be part and parcel of their service, with a select number of creators currently utilising it. FULL STORY >

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Periscope now lets users permanently save their videos

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 5 May 2016

Taking a play out of Facebook Live's playbook, Periscope now lets users save their videos by using #Save in the title description. FULL STORY >

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Sean Parker relaunches failed Airtime chatroom as live mobile app

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 22 April 2016

After failing to launch Airtime as a Chat Roulette-esque service, Sean Parker rebrands the chat room service as a live-sharing mobile app. FULL STORY >

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YouTube adds live streaming to its 360-degree video service

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 19 April 2016

After launching 360-degree video support in March last year, YouTube adds live streaming functionality to its platform. FULL STORY >

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Facebook providing financial incentive for partners to use live streaming

By Robin-Leigh Chetty 7 April 2016

In an effort to give its Live streaming service much needed momentum, Facebook is reportedly courting some of its media partners with financial incentives to use the service. FULL STORY >

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YouTube experimenting with live streaming

By Tom Manners 13 September 2010

Is YouTube moving towards live video functionality FULL STORY >

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