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Travoli

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Periscope and Meerkat
« on: March 26, 2015, 07:57:47 PM »
Live streaming apps.  Stream your life, anytime, live.  Link to your live stream instantly pops on Twitter.
News delivery is going to change quite a bit.

Has anyone been keeping up with the news of these?
My understanding is that Meerkat started this, and Twitter responded with Periscope.


https://www.periscope.tv/
http://meerkatapp.co/
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #1 on: March 26, 2015, 08:28:30 PM »
Lotta tech headlines on meerkat over the past 6 weeks. I don't recall seeing periscope.  Nothing interested me enough to draw the click.  ...figured it would eventually seep in if moderately interesting. Now it has. Thanks. 
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2015, 08:54:50 PM »
An L2inc video made me investigate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAJXKWO4YMA

"SXSW wins this week as it is once again a relevant conference for new digital companies to become hits. Live streaming applications Meerkat and Periscope (launched by Twitter) both stole the show at the Interactive portion. Meerkat grew from 500 users to 20,000 in a week, and has been growing 60% daily since. Scott Galloway predicts the death of newscast vans (filled with hair dryers and journalists) and the rise of live streaming apps. "
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #3 on: March 26, 2015, 09:05:37 PM »
>death of newscast

Just like Armstrong's Patch.com, eh? Go take a look at citizen journalism

http://patch.com/
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #4 on: March 27, 2015, 12:00:34 AM »
It seems like that's how it'll inevitably be, every moment recorded. There's plenty bad sentiment for selfies so what of people that broadcast their entire lot online? :)
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #5 on: March 27, 2015, 04:02:58 PM »
Decent overview here:
http://www.wral.com/meerkat-vs-periscope-live-streaming-app-battle-buzz/14541854/

"Meerkat was one of the big surprise hits of SXSW earlier this month. The app initially let users automatically tweet live streams to their followers, but that came to a halt after Twitter acquired Periscope and limited Meerkat's access to its service. While the two have many similarities, the automatic linking with Twitter followers gives Periscope a big leg up."

So you can have shared, semi-private broadcasts on Meerkat Periscope , Trav?

If so, and I'n understanding it correctly,  this is going to be the new, private NFL Network next season.
« Last Edit: March 27, 2015, 04:04:56 PM by rcjordan »
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #6 on: March 27, 2015, 06:19:29 PM »
I believe you're right about the features, RC.

Periscope will probably win on Twitter (makes sense).
I imagine Facebook is watching Meerkat closely and deciding whether to buy them, or build their own.

I just tried Periscope.
Thoughts:
Good app experience.  
(Young) people are going to be filming everything. At least initially.  They will over-share.
People are going to hit cellular data caps very quickly.  
People may quickly become annoyed at casters... There might be bans at public places like Google Glass.

Someone was filming their dinner from a restaurant.
Their friend (eating) looked annoyed.  
Someone else was filming his drink being poured at a pub.
The bartender looked annoyed.
« Last Edit: March 27, 2015, 06:21:08 PM by Travoli »
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2015, 08:46:56 PM »
What I foresee is one guy signing up for a paid sports program, then rebroadcasting it to his buddies.
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2015, 06:21:03 AM »
<curmudgeon mode>
What's the big deal? Haven't we had live video streaming apps before now? All of those iReports on CNN don't seem to have done all that much to raise the quality of their reporting...

The ephemeral Meerkat streams seem even more useless than SnapChat to me.

I'm feeling old...
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2015, 03:59:28 PM »
"I could be wrong – perhaps hours of video featuring you on the couch watching Adult Swim will be the next Citizen Kane – but I doubt it."

http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/30/schrodingers-meerkat/
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2015, 10:32:21 PM »
BGR says meerkat was packaged/hyped to sell at SXSW

http://bgr.com/2015/03/30/meerkat-vs-periscope-analysis-journalism/
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2015, 08:04:52 AM »
>What I foresee is one guy signing up for a paid sports program, then rebroadcasting it to his buddies.

Bingo. Same with concerts and events. Will be an issue for sure.

I've been following a couple of Meerkat and Periscope broadcasts and with the iPhone 6 excellent camera, the quality is impressive.
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2015, 08:00:48 PM »
http://onperiscope.com/ See everything currently streaming on Periscope

Could be some interesting data mining to be had here.
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2015, 01:06:03 AM »
To me it almost feel like chat roulette of a few years back. I could see it being good for protests and the like, but I am wondering if it is stored in the cloud at all.
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Re: Periscope and Meerkat
« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2015, 04:53:54 AM »
Here's why Meerkat's popularity is suddenly plunging
https://www.theverge.com/2015/4/1/8319043/why-is-meerkats-popularity-suddenly-plunging

Once the American "tech press" laid off their Meerkat-hype-a-thon adoption has apparently tanked.
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