Facebook Live gets new features, including an audio-only mode, automatic closed captions, and letting logged-out users watch streams
Ashley Carman / The Verge :
Facebook Live update brings ability to crosspost live video across pages and persistent stream keys for easier setup today, live rewind coming soon
Amy Gesenhues / Marketing Land :
Facebook will allow fans of game streamers to tip creators a minimum of $3 as part of its new gaming creator pilot program
Facebook Live is launching monetization for video gameplay streamers, allowing users to tip creators a minimum of $3 via the desktop site.
Facebook confirms it will stop subsidies for Facebook Live publishers, encouraging them to use mid-roll ads, and says pre-roll ads are coming to Watch
Josh Constine / TechCrunch :
Facebook confirms it will stop subsidies for Facebook Live publishers, encouraging them to use mid-roll ads, and says pre-roll ads are coming to Watch
Everyone's least favorite ads are coming to Facebook, but pre-rolls are only coming to original Watch tab videos you purposefully view and not to the News Feed.
As Facebook Messenger's Instant Games platform turns one, the company adds ability to livestream via Facebook Live, promises new titles, and more
Stephanie Chan / VentureBeat :
Facebook Live adds screen-sharing feature via a Chrome extension, so users don't need to install 3rd-party streaming software
Facebook today added an option to share your screen directly on Facebook Live, thus eliminating the need for other software for many users.
Facebook Live now supports 4K streaming and Samsung Gear VR or Oculus Rift headsets for 360-degree video
You can also watch 4K streams in virtual reality — Today, Facebook announced quite a few updates to its 360-degree live video platform to make it more accessible to both creators and viewers.
Esports company ESL says it will bring 5.5K+ hours of live streaming to Facebook, 1.5K of which will be exclusive, starting June
Update Mark J. Burns / SportTechie : ESL To Stream 1,500 Hours Of Exclusive Esports Content On Facebook Live Sarah Perez / TechCrunch : Facebook takes on Twitch with new live-streaming deal for esport...
Dish's Sling Media debuts SlingStudio, a $999 portable TriCaster competitor that can connect with 10 cameras, optimized for Facebook Live, YouTube live streams
Dish debuts $1K SlingStudio, entry-level … Emily Price / Fast Company : SlingStudio Aims To Make Multi-Stream Video Production More Accessible Sam Rutherford / Tom's Guide : Sling Studio Lets You Broa...