The coming commoditization of live broadcasting will follow the same path.
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"We're changing the industry's standards for live broadcasting from mobile devices by focusing on what matters most, video quality in cellular networks, " said Max Haot, CEO and Co-Founder of Livestream.
When I am asked whether presenting the Today programme makes me nervous, I usually answer that the very worst that can happen in live broadcasting is that one is left looking like a prat - the stakes are nothing like as high for us as they are for a surgeon or even a stockbroker with a widow's pension to look after.
Features of the Android App include live video broadcasting and live blogging through posting real time text, photos and video clip.
But Kentaro boss Peter Silverstone said the deal was a "natural progression" in line with other developments in live sports broadcasting.
Adding to the frantic nature of the piece is all the modern toys thrown at it projected images, archive footage, TV sets, smoke machines, desks whizzing by, even a live camera broadcasting a TV interview. (In one, the TV cameras block the view of the screaming newspaper headlines projected onto the back wall).
The Metropolitan Opera in New York, meanwhile, has been broadcasting live performances in cinemas for some years.
During the first round, the commentators will be broadcasting live from all the stadiums being used for the World Cup.
Stephen Foster will be broadcasting live from Harvest at Jimmy's on Sunday.
Daytrotter have opened their doors and will be broadcasting live a slew of sessions including Josh Ritter, Billy Bragg and the Zombies.
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Surely the newsroom was aware that I was broadcasting live on air?
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Although it now conducts online auctions, its more striking innovation was broadcasting live events on the web and allowing off-site participants to make bids in real-time.
The Ryan Montbleau Band enlisted the help of friends to build their own website to handle streaming once the group began broadcasting live shows in January.
Converting popular podcasts into TV shows, exploration of strategy in recently released games, broadcasting live eSports events that are already drawing hundreds of thousands of viewers online.
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Shindig will be broadcasting live band meet and greets.
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Well, as I've mentioned probably one time too many now, we've been broadcasting live from the U.S. Capitol for the opening of this new Congress from the remarkably unromantic sounding room H-144 in the Senate side of the Capitol.
In February Mr Bratton asked them, publicly, not to keep broadcasting live coverage of car chases, watched by too many people hoping to see crashes and violence. (They get alerts to their pagers when a chase starts.) The police reckon that such coverage encourages show-offs to embark on wild escapades, and gives the impression of a city rife with crime.
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To mark the end of the old transmission technology and the dawn of the fully digital TV era, BBC One Northern Ireland and UTV are jointly broadcasting a live TV programme on Tuesday night.
With Fox broadcasting UFC fights live, more people are being exposed to MMA than any time before.
"It would be a great opportunity to test high-definition broadcasting from a live event, " said a BBC spokeswoman.
If crowds are not your cup of tea, any nearby pub with a television screen will be broadcasting the event live.
We grabbed a seat right up front of a small theater inside BBC Broadcasting House, watched a live 33-megapixel feed from the Aquatics Center and absorbed some very fond memories in the process.
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When I discovered that Westminster for the first time this year would be broadcasting the individual breed judging live online, I knew my mother was in for a treat because of her access to an iPad: She'd now be able to see dozens of Boston Terriers with perfect markings being put through their paces.
The company generates revenue from three sources: commercial fees from sponsorships and brand marketing and licensing, broadcasting rights, and ticket sales to its live games.
The first wearable cam that offers direct-to-Facebook live streaming, Looxcie HD lets users create their own personal broadcasting network, with the ability to start either a public broadcast for anyone to watch or a private stream for only invited friends.
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In addition to live broadcast TV from Dyle partner stations, users can access any other stations that may be broadcasting to mobile in a specific market.
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