Industry Updates

GoPro announces live streaming for VR 18 April 2016

GoPro unveiled GoPro VR, a 360 degree virtual reality video channel and LiveVR – a tool for wireless VR streaming. GoPro VR will be available on the web as well as on iOS and Android apps. It will have curated … Continue reading

Cancer surgery live streamed on VR 18 April 2016

In a first ever, a cancer patient’s surgery at the Royal London NHS hospital was live streamed using VR. Viewers around the world could get the view from the surgeon’s eye of what’s like to be inside an operating room … Continue reading

Digi offers video streaming service with no data charges 15 April 2016

Mobile video streaming though high on demand, is still restricted because of high data charges in many regions. In Malaysia, Digi Telecom Sdn Bhd is now offering a video streaming service called Video Freedom that will not charge for data … Continue reading

Thinkbox rubbishes Google’s TV to YouTube claims 15 April 2016

Google’s research claims that owing to the popularity of YouTube among 16-24 year olds in the UK, brands should invest around 24% of their TV budgets into YouTube. But Thinkbox, UK’s trade body for TV denies the claims. It states … Continue reading

Wirecast launches live streaming onto Facebook Live 14 April 2016

After Facebook announced making its Live API available for developers, Telestream’s Wirecast, a live streaming tool has now added Facebook Live as a streaming destination for it. This will allow users of Wirecast to create videos and stream them from … Continue reading