Did you know that Facebook generates 8 billion video views per day and that people spend 3x more time watching live video than pre-recorded video? It seems that the live video such as Facebook Live is here to stay.
Nevada City, California, February 24, 2017 – Telestream®, a leading provider of digital media tools and workflow solutions, today announced that Meredith Corporation’s broadcast television group, a publicly held media and marketing services company based in Des Moines, Iowa, has chosen the Wirecast Gear appliance to enable its stations to stream breaking news and news-related content directly to Facebook Live.
Whether you’re shooting indoors or outdoors, you don’t want shaky video, bad light or poor audio. Invest in a tripod with a cellphone mount for both indoor and outdoor shoots — you can get a cellphone mount for as low as US$2. If you think you’ll have lots of moving shots, get a stabilizer so you don’t end up with shaky video. Something like the DJI Osmo is a little pricey (US$569 on Amazon) but gets the job done.
The tips below are based on my experience of creating professional Facebook Live streaming events for companies and creative agencies in the UK. These tips are really intended for organisations who are happy and prepared to invest some time and money into creating a professional production, rather than creating DIY broadcasts using mobile phones or tablets.
We spoke with 15 publishers including PBS, The YES Network, and TechCrunch to find out exactly how they’re broadcasting to Facebook Live, and the technology they’re using to do it.
Facebook Live personality Bob Doyle presents a behind-the-scenes look at how he produces his weekly live broadcast on Facebook Live using Telestream Wirecast.
This article makes the business case for using streaming Facebook Live and includes a video demo showing how to create professional-quality Facebook Live streams using Telestream Wirecast. In this article I’ll cover the what, the why, and the how of streaming to Facebook Live for online video professionals. What makes Facebook Live particularly interesting as a streaming destination compared to others? In particular, I’ll look at how to stream to Facebook using the Live API, in a quick video demo on streaming to Facebook Live using Telestream Wirecast.
In case you missed last weeks live webinar you can watch it here to see the overview of the top streaming products for Facebook Live and YouTube Live. Gary Bettan goes over the exciting products available now for your streaming needs.
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