Periscope and Meerkat

[rcjordan]

Periscope the big winner for Mayweather-Pacquiao pay-per-view dodgers

http://www.cnet.com/news/periscope-the-big-winner-for-mayweather-pacquiao-pay-per-view-dodgers/

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And another...

"Now, clearly, Periscope (and Meerkat for that matter) was not designed to be used to allow individuals to broadcast fights that cost $100 on Pay-per-view.

As a result, streams would frequently get shut down, either because Periscope put an end to the piracy or because of other intermittent connection issues.

As a result, finding a consistent way to watch the fight was a challenge. Often, a stream would be successfully active for one round, only to immediately go black.

This wasn't really a problem, however, because like a hydra, we could just go to another Periscope stream somewhere else in the world to watch the fight on someone else's TV."

http://mashable.com/2015/05/03/pacquiao-mayweather-periscope/

[rcjordan]

http://fortune.com/2015/08/12/periscope-10-million-accounts/

[rcjordan]

Meerkat the livestreaming app is no more
Periscope emerged the winner in this battle between livestreaming apps.

https://www.engadget.com/2016/10/01/rip-meerkat/