Advantages and disadvantages of Periscope, the app had 10 million users in 4 months – BBC

Periscope has about two million active users per day, according to their statistics.

Four months after its launch, the application to broadcast live video Periscope and has exceeded 10 million users registered.

This was confirmed by the company, owned by Twitter, and published statistics to celebrate what he considers a “milestone”.

The app tactics market in March for Apple iPhone smart phone, and weeks later, in May, for the Android operating system.

It allows any user to broadcast live or livestreaming the images captured by smartphone Periscope for other users.

And also promote the issue in the social network Twitter to attract more viewers.

Allows any user or livestreaming broadcast live images captured with your smartphone Periscope other users.

As a result, and according to its figures, has nearly two million active users per day these shows in the period a total of 40 years in hours of video .

“Time display is what most concerns us. It is what best reflects the value we are creating for people and the world. The success for broadcasters is a longer view of emissions, “said the company.

But despite its success, this application is not alone when it comes to From pastel streaming .

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The video site YouTube has also moved in this field with Live

But his main competitor is Meerkat

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was released shortly before Periscope and in the first weeks grew to 700,000 users. By May already had two million, but since then has not published any statistics.

And these two were just added Facebook, adding the live ( Live) to your app Mentions .

Its main competitor is Meerkat.

In principle this new functionality was aimed at celebrities, so they could interact with their followers, but according to the specialized digital media Mashable , Facebook aims extend to all its users.

The broadcast is therefore very appealing to tech giants.

A Periscope for now seems to be going well, and we explain why.

Advantages of Periscope

1. Periscope transmissions can be displayed both in a web browser as Twitter . And this integration allows users of the social network also connect to your transmission , multiplying the displays.

2. Enables privacy control . You can choose to broadcast live only visible to your contacts or the public.

Periscope save the video for 24 hours.

3. Upon completion of the streaming video can be in the application for users who could not see the live do in a span of 24 hours .

4. With the button location you can put a geotag or geo tag your video . And it lets you discover this content according to the area in which it was created.

and disadvantages

1. Integration with Twitter also a disadvantage, or at least an added obligation. And it is that need a social network account to use Periscope .

2. Also Periscope only reports of transmissions in Twitter, but not in other social networks such as Facebook, or instant app WhatsApp messaging and free.

3. Start a streaming takes up to 10 seconds , depending on the internet speed that is available. And although it seems a short time, it can be vital in the live broadcast of an unrepeatable event.

4. If you frequently use without connecting to a wireless Internet network, consume a large amount of data of your cell phone contract.

In some live broadcasts a 10-second delay can be vital.

Under the 10 Hot Summer Trends for 2015 (10 trends for summer 2015) prepared by the department ConsumerLab Swedish company telecommunications Ericsson, in five years will be consumed more hours of content in streaming conventional manner.

Who knows who then lead these broadcasts.

But now that tops the list is Periscope.