Why Live Stream

Posted October 17, 2016
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Live streaming is taken for granted by most people today, but the fact that pretty much anyone with an internet connection and a smartphone can broadcast live via the internet is an astonishing innovation.  Just a few years ago, to broadcast live over the air or over the internet would have cost you thousands of dollars. Now the barrier to entry is pretty much non-existent.

 

What do you think? Do you use live streaming in for your career or business? 

 


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