SAN FRANCISCO, May 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Twitter today
announced that it is rolling out a significant update to its
Periscope live video app in the coming weeks. Periscope has become
an indispensable broadcast tool for journalists, musicians,
athletes and everyday people to share the world around them. New
features being added include the ability to save broadcasts beyond
24 hours, and a new way to search that makes it easy to find
broadcasts – both live streams and replays – across several new
categories, such as Music or Travel. The Periscope update also
gives people the ability to broadcast live directly from a DJI
drone.
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"We've seen incredible growth in our community and the number of
live broadcasts created on Periscope over the past year," said
Periscope CEO and co-founder Kayvon
Beykpour. "People are using Periscope to share what's
happening in the world around them, so we felt it was time to
evolve beyond the restraint of 24 hours and allow this content to
stay in the public record. We're excited to release this capability
along with a new way for people to search for broadcasts."
The new search button is accessible from the Global List and
will allow people to search live broadcasts and replays by topic or
title. When the search button is selected, the list auto-populates
with popular topics including Food, Travel, Music, and First Scope,
a topic to welcome new broadcasters into the community. Leveraging
the existing integration with the GoPro HERO cameras and the newly
enabled DJI Drone broadcast functionality, Periscope is also
launching a dedicated GoPro and Drones featured channel.
In the coming weeks, Periscope broadcasts will also start
permanently saving by default for everyone, both in their Periscope
profiles and on Twitter. People will be able to delete their
broadcasts at any time, and will have the option in settings to
auto-delete broadcasts after 24 hours. Periscope is putting the
control in the hands of the broadcaster, and the ability to save
broadcasts will provide viewers access to more quality live and
replay content. For more information, visit Periscope's
announcement.
Availability
The updates will be available in the
coming weeks. The ability to save Periscopes beyond 24 hours and
broadcast search will be available on iOS and Android. The ability
to broadcast from a DJI drone will only be on iOS.
About Periscope
Periscope is a Twitter-owned live
video app that lets you share and experience live video. Periscope
provides an immersive and interactive live viewing experience that
allows anyone to explore the world through someone else's eyes. The
platform can be accessed at Periscope.tv and on iOS and Android
mobile devices. Named Apple's App of the Year in 2015, Periscope
reports that more than 110 years of live video are watched via
mobile apps each day, and since launch on March 26, 2015, users have created over 200
million live broadcasts. For more information, visit
periscope.tv/about or follow @periscopeco on Twitter.
About Twitter, Inc.
Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) is a global
platform for public self-expression and conversation in real time.
By developing a fundamentally new way for people to consume,
create, distribute, and discover content, Twitter enables any voice
to echo around the world instantly and unfiltered. The service can
be accessed at Twitter.com, on a variety of mobile devices, and via
SMS. Available in more than 40 languages, Twitter reported 310
million monthly active users as of the quarter ended March 31, 2016. For more information, visit
about.twitter.com or follow @twitter.
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