Twitch today announced the launch of a new feature called “Squad Stream,” which offers a way for up to four creators to go live and stream together within one window. The feature will allow creators to grow their communities by teaming up with others, as it gives streamers increased exposure by playing to a wider […]
View More Twitch launches a four-person ‘Squad Stream’ feature to help creators get discoveredCategory: broadcasting
On the strength of its Mixer partnership, streaming toolkit developer Lightstream raises $8 million
Lightstream, a Chicago-based company which develops tools to augment livestreams, has raised $8 million in new funding as it looks to add monitoring, management, and monetization services to its suite of editing technologies. Last year, the company inked a partnership with Microsoft‘s live-streaming Twitch competitor, Mixer, to let streamers on the platform add professional flourishes […]
View More On the strength of its Mixer partnership, streaming toolkit developer Lightstream raises $8 millionA Chinese news agency unveiled two AI anchors, but they aren’t very good yet
Xinhua, China’s state-run news agency, has debuted two news readers that use artificial intelligence to look and sound like the broadcaster’s real anchors. They look uncanny and sound robotic, but the system is still under development. Read more…
View More A Chinese news agency unveiled two AI anchors, but they aren’t very good yetTwitter launches audio-only broadcasting feature on its iOS app and Periscope
Twitter is launching a new feature that allows users to create audio-only broadcasts directly from Twitter itself, as well as Twitter’s Periscope. The feature, which Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed in a tweet this morning, is available from the same interface where you would normally launch live video. It’s currently accessible on the Twitter for […]
View More Twitter launches audio-only broadcasting feature on its iOS app and PeriscopeQuarterback lets top esports gamers and streamers create their own fan-based leagues
In an effort to tie the top gamers and streamers more directly with their fans, a new company called Quarterback has just raised $2.5 million to create and manage fan-based leagues for the superstars of the esports and streaming world. The company raked in its seed round from investors led by Bitkraft Esports, which is […]
View More Quarterback lets top esports gamers and streamers create their own fan-based leaguesAnchor’s new app offers everything you need to podcast
Broadcasting app Anchor, which helps anyone record and share audio, is relaunching its app today with a new focus on serving the larger podcaster community. While in the past, Anchor was carving out a niche for itself in the short-form, social audio space, the new version – Anchor 3.0 – aims to be everything you need to record, edit, host, publish, and distribute a podcast of… Read More
Weather tracking tech developer ClimaCell raises $15 million
ClimaCell, a weather forecasting technology that uses wireless networks to create incredibly granular predictions, has raised $15 million to develop new products and expand beyond the U.S.
The Boston-based company’s service has broad applications across government and business, offering ways to better prepare for the increasing number of severe weather events that are occurring… Read More
Weather tracking tech developer ClimaCell raises $15 million
ClimaCell, a weather forecasting technology that uses wireless networks to create incredibly granular predictions, has raised $15 million to develop new products and expand beyond the U.S.
The Boston-based company’s service has broad applications across government and business, offering ways to better prepare for the increasing number of severe weather events that are occurring… Read More