Facebook allows verified Pages to stream live videos
Recently, Facebook Inc. has unveiled that it is all geared up to roll out its extremely anticipated live streaming feature. This feature has been rolled out by the company; however there is a catch where only verified Pages can take advantage of this offering. Now only famous celebrities and individuals will make use of this feature till further update to share the videos live on the go. This service so far is limited to the iOS platform only. Thus, even those celebrities that have a Android based smartphone will not be able to take advantage of the feature.
In a blog post by Facebook, the company has chalked out how the verified pages by various sports team, brands along with media agencies will take advantage of the Live feature to connect with the masses. These high profile personalities can make announcements in real time along with sharing breaking news. Fans are now expecting that their favorite celebrities will be able to see the happenings that take place behind the curtains. The finance and tech sector is also very interested in how things turn out as conferences can now be stream from the convenience of your home or workplace.
Apple Inc. the tech giant’s users will be the first ones to open their public pages on Fcaebook through the Apple iOS. It is a relatively simple mechanism where they have come up with an option of “Publish”, choose the option for “Live Video”. Then you just have to write a small description which will talk about the happenings in the video. The broadcasters belonging to the social media platform will now be able to keep a track of important stats like the number of individuals currently going through the live video along with the names of the Pages and individuals who are watching the broadcast. A comment feature is also added which will also to express themselves in real time giving the option to carry out discussions on the video.
Broadcaster will have the liberty to continue the broadcasting of live content and will not be concerned about making recording since the program will then be published directly on the designated Pages timeline. This will allow all those fans who did not get access to the broadcast to pace up. However, the Page owners have the leverage to remove the video whenever they want.
Hence, even if you don’t get access to the event even then you can still be there and enjoy it live.
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