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  2. Periscope (service) - Wikipedia

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    Periscope was an American live video streaming app for Android and iOS developed by Kayvon Beykpour and Joe Bernstein and acquired by Twitter, Inc. before its launch in March 2015. The service was discontinued on 31 March 2021 due to declining usage, product realignment, and high maintenance costs. However, Periscope videos can still be watched ...

  3. Live streaming - Wikipedia

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    Livestreaming, live-streaming, or live streaming is the streaming of video or audio in real time or near real time. While often referred to simply as streaming, the real time nature of livestreaming differentiates it from other forms of streamed media, such as video-on-demand, vlogs, and YouTube videos. Livestreaming services encompass a wide ...

  4. Video game livestreaming - Wikipedia

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    Video game livestreaming. The live streaming of video games is an activity where people broadcast themselves playing games to a live audience online. The practice became popular in the mid-2010s on the US -based site Twitch, before growing to YouTube, Facebook, China-based sites Huya Live, DouYu, and Bilibili, and other services.

  5. Twitch (service) - Wikipedia

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    Twitch is an American video live-streaming service that focuses on video game live streaming, including broadcasts of esports competitions, in addition to offering music broadcasts, creative content, and "in real life " streams. Twitch is operated by Twitch Interactive, a subsidiary of Amazon. [4] It was introduced in June 2011 as a spin-off of ...

  6. Timeline of online video - Wikipedia

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    Crunchyroll, an American website and international online community focused on video streaming East Asian media including anime, manga, drama, music, electronic entertainment, and auto racing content, is founded. 2006 October 1 Companies Justin.tv, a live-streaming service that is the owner of Twitch, is founded by Justin Kan. [citation needed]

  7. Online streamer - Wikipedia

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    An online streamer or live streamer is a type of social media influencer who broadcasts themselves online through a live stream to an audience. History [ edit ] Streaming arose in the early 2010s, originating on sites like YouTube where users could upload videos of themselves in the form of vlogs or Let's Plays .

  8. List of online video platforms - Wikipedia

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    Online video platforms allow users to upload, share videos or live stream their own videos to the Internet. These can either be for the general public to watch, or particular users on a shared network. The most popular video hosting website is YouTube, 2 billion active until October 2020 and the most extensive catalog of online videos. [1]

  9. Timeline of Twitter - Wikipedia

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    Twitter acquires Periscope, a live video streaming startup. 2015: March 23: Product: Twitter starts rolling out a "Quality Filter" to verified iOS users so that people can more easily keep bullying and unpleasant tweets out of their stream. A number of news articles commented that it worked quite well. 2015: March 31: Product