Twitter starts letting users live stream from more than just their phones
Twitter is expanding the ways to live stream video on Periscope with a new API announced today. Similar functionality was previously available as a part of a limited program started last October, but the new Periscope Producer API will let developers and companies create ways for everyday Twitter (and Periscope) users start live broadcasts from other apps and cameras. Interested developers can apply here.
Twitter named four partners who have already been using the beta version of the API, but there’s only one consumer camera so far: the Livestream Mevo. The other three — Telestream’s Wirecast software, Switchboard Cloud, and Teradek — are more professional video creation and management solutions.