Sony Corporation buys $400m stake in Bilibili, a Chinese platform offering mobile games, livestreaming and video/animation. Currently partially owned by Tencent and Alibaba, Sony invested 17.3 million shares in a 4.98% stake in the company,…
Instagram are looking at how they can “support creators and artists” who are using their ‘Live’ streaming feature. Last week the co-founder of mobile game HaikuJAM, Neer Sharma, shared an interesting thread on Twitter. He…
With so many artists taking to the web for home-concerts Dolby are stepping in to upgrade the sound. Coronavirus has many of us working at home including musicians who have taken to the livestream for…
If you’re like us you’re already missing getting out and seeing a gig whilst self-isolating, but Bandsintown have you covered with their new livestream channel. As we’re all well aware, Coronavirus is having a destructive…
LiveXLive finished 2019 with a leap in new users coming to stream from their live music based library of content. The live music and entertainment company have revealed an end-of-year report that shows a strong…
Roland are tapping in to the leagues of vloggers and streamers using their phones with a plug and play broadcast studio. Roland have announced the GO:LIVECAST, their first announcement for the Consumer Electronics Show –…
A multi-year agreement will see iHeartMedia and LiveXLive combine their livestreaming and online radio businesses. iHeartMedia are purveyors of one of the biggest collections of radio stations online through iHeartRadio. They have teamed up with…
Tencent Music Entertainment have just announced their IPO, but the biggest news is their ‘social entertainment’ services. WeSing karaoke and its livestreaming-video apps generated $1.18bn from 228 million users. Thus, WeSing and its livestreaming apps…
You can get extra personal with your favourite YouTube channels and sign up to a membership with exclusive access to special features and content. At last week’s VidCon YouTube unveiled a bunch of new features…
YouTube have added live streaming support for all of it’s mobile apps so that users can stream live video using their smartphones. It seems like a late move for the service that has featured live…