Sling Studio is a super easy to set up and use multi-camera live production solution that lets you switch between cameras and smartphones wirelessly using an iPad or Mac.

LiveU Solo enables broadcast quality remote streaming using cellular bonded encoding for the best possible quality streams

Together they deliver a reliable, powerful, easy to use remote solution that fits into so many live production situations and environments!

Completely portable, remote multi-camera live streaming solution. All battery operated!

SOLO CLOUD GRAPHICS
Solo Cloud Graphics enable content creators to enhance online and social video productions by adding real-time content and visuals into their live streams.

BROADCAST-QUALITY GRAPHICS
Solo Cloud Graphics let you dynamically brand your online and social content by adding titles, logos, scoreboards and more to the live stream. Simply pick a template from a pre-defined library of widgets and graphic compositions or create one of your own. Graphics can be controlled and edited in real-time to allow maximum flexibility.

ACCELERATED PRODUCTION TIME
The service integrates naturally into the Solo Portal. Solo users can significantly accelerate their streaming setup time, using a single web-based interface to manage both live stream parameters (destination, delay, resolution etc.) as well as the associated graphic overlay. The produced video immediately goes live to Facebook or any other social media
platform.

It’s another great year for the live streaming world. From major events to video gaming to high school graduations and even live news from major news outlets, the widespread adoption of live content as a broadcasting form shows that it’s quickly becoming a mainstream way to deliver content.

As more consumers shift towards live video, 2018 is predictably going to be the biggest year for live streaming ever. Whether you’re doing corporate marketing, IRL streaming or anything that involves going live, now’s the time to do it!

And to give you a bit of motivation, we’ve compiled 5 reasons to grab that camera and go live:

1. Social Media is On A Roll

Who doesn’t love checking Instagram every now and then to see people travel the world while you sit in an office? Joking aside, average daily use of social media by global Internet users has risen to 135 minutes in 2017, up from 126 minutes in 2016. This has pretty much been the trend since the inception of social media, and with so many new features being developed to keep our eyes glued to our screens, who can blame us?

More people are spending more time on social media than ever before, which makes for an excellent opportunity to get views on your live content. And this doesn’t just apply to Facebook anymore – 2017 was the year of Instagram, with the company announcing that they now have 800 million active users monthly; sharing 95 million photos/videos per day. With millions of Instagrammers browsing the app every day, it’s an excellent platform to attract viewers to your live stream.

2. Viewership for Live Videos Are Up.. Again!

Ever notice that if someone’s streaming live video on Facebook or Instagram, those always pop up first on your story? It’s not a coincidence; our favorite social media platforms prioritize live video over regular posts in order to encourage more users to try it out.

And to some degree, they’ve succeeded. According to the Global Web Index, viewing of live streams has gone up 8%since 2016 on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter, totalling 28% of social media users who’ve seen live video before. In addition, we’ve seen countless organizations of all sizes opting for Facebook Live over traditional broadcasting avenues such as CNN, NASA, HBO, The Verge and much more. This is because they know live stream viewers will watch longer, comment and share videos, resulting in huge viewer turnouts….[continue reading]

From LiveU blog

Hurricane Harvey has been affecting southeastern Texas for six days. We’ve had broadcast customers and freelance videographers on the scene in and around Houston covering the devastation, relief efforts, providing updates on the situation, and reconnecting loved ones live on air. Rainfall estimates are around 48+ inches and streets are flooded making it a challenge for emergency response teams and broadcasters to move around the city.

We’ve been getting accounts of what’s been going on from our customers on the ground in Texas. We compiled them into a blog post to give you an idea of how these teams are braving the storm to update viewers on the situation…[read the full story]

“I was astounded by the performance of LiveU. We were in a category four hurricane at landfall with at least 100 MPH wind and water everywhere. There was no power and horrible cell phone service yet the unit didn’t drop once. I was working with Mike Seidel in Pota Lavaca, Texas. We were at the tip of the spear for The Weather Channel and the unit made us rock stars. Big high five to everyone at LiveU!” – Mark Weiss, Weiss Productions, LLC

In this quick tutorial I’ll introduce you to the new Solo Cam app for iDevices, which makes going live with the LiveU Solo more portable and flexible than ever.

The LiveU Solo is a great solution for portable live streaming from a handheld camera, but what about those times when you need to do a quick stream on the spot, but you don’t have a camera with you?

In this quick tutorial, I’ll introduce you to the new Solo Cam app, which makes going live with the LiveU Solo more portable and flexible than ever.

With Solo Cam and a Lightning-to-HDMI adapter, the power of the Solo can be harnessed by your humble iPhone. You can stream the entire screen of the iPhone for a product demo or use either built-in camera for broadcasting an event or vlog…[continue to full article]