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

Four months after its launch, the application broadcast live video Periscope has already passed the 10 million registered users .

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

The app was released in March for smart cellular iPhone Apple , and weeks later, in May, for the operating system Android .

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

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

As a result, and according to its figures, it has about two million active users day and they displayed in that period totaling 40 hours of video.

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

But despite its success, this application is not alone to When streaming from the cake.

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The website video YouTube has also moved in this field with Live .

But his main competitor is Meerkat .

was released shortly before Periscope and in the first few weeks have reached 700,000 users . By May already had two million, but since then has published any statistics.

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

In principle this new functionality was aimed at celebrities, so they could interact with their followers, but according especializadoMashable digital media, Facebook aims to 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 in either a web browser and Twitter. And this integration allows users of the social network also connect to your transmission, thus multiplying the displays.

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

3. Upon completion of the streaming video may be in the application for users who could not see the live do so in within 24 hours.

4. With the location button you can put a geotag or geo taga your video. And this same lets you discover content depending on the area in which it was created.

and disadvantages

1 . Integration with Twitter is also a disadvantage, or at least an added obligation. And you need an account on the social network support for 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 streamingtarda 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, it will consume a lot of data from your cell phone contract.

According to the report 10 Hot Summer Trends for 2015 (10 trends for summer 2015) prepared by the department ConsumerLab Swedish telecommunications company Ericsson, in five years will be consumed more hours of content streamingque conventionally.

Who knows who then lead these broadcasts

But now that tops the list is Periscope

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