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Wirecast 9 is Available: New Facebook Live Features (Update Ep60)

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Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Thursday, May 3rd, 2018.

The latest version of Telestream’s award-winning live video production and encoding software is available. Wirecast 9 has several new features. A few of the standouts are a brand new custom controller from X-keys, a faster and more convenient way to stream to Facebook pages, and Facebook Live comments. The pro version also includes remote control of PTZ Optics cameras.

More information on Wirecast 9 at LivestreamUniverse.com/Resources.

On today’s viewing schedule:

At 1pm ET, RJ Redden of Black Belt Bots will discuss Day 2 of the F8 Facebook Developer Conference, focusing on topics related Messenger Bots. View on the Black Belt Bots Facebook page.

At 3pm ET, it’s Live Positive with Jeff Adams on the BeLive TV Facebook page.

At 7pm ET, it’s time to Shop the Show! Join us for Livestream Deals. Guests include Tiffany Yarde, who will talk wine and your career, Julia McCoy will discuss Content Strategy, Eddie Garrison shares some Facebook Live tips and RJ Redden has a special offer to help you get started building messenger bots. That’s 7pm ET on the Livestream Universe Facebook page.

At 9pm ET, Jim Collison hosts Home Gadget Geeks. View at theaverageguy.tv/live.

Show & event links at our website. For http://LivestreamUniverse.com, I’m Ross Brand. Have a great day!

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Oculus Venues: Watch Live Events in VR (Facebook F8 Keynote) (Update Ep59)

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Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, May 2nd, 2018.

Facebook revealed plans for live streaming sports, comedy shows and concerts in virtual reality at yesterday’s F8 keynote. Oculus Venues is the name of the app and it will feature content from NextVR, which already has streaming partnerships with professional sports Leagues and Live Nation for concerts. Live social engagement will be a big part of the experience as you can watch events in VR with friends and lots of other people. The app will be available at the end of May on Oculus Go and Gear VR.

Wondering why you should go live and why live streaming is important? Chris Strub addresses these questions and more as a guest on The Marketing Buzzword Podcast hosted by Ben Roberts. Listen at MarketingBuzzword.com

On the viewing schedule:

At 12pm ET, Chris Michaels of Wowza Media Systems is the guest on The Business of Video Podcast with Owen Video and Nick Nimmin. Chris will share live streaming tactics and tools on the Owen Videox Facebook page.

At 2pm ET today, Mitch Jackson and Joey Vitale host LegalHour Live on the Legal Hour Live Facebook page. They will discuss the importance of copyright protection for your blog.

At 3pm ET, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney. Her guest is Kim Garst, who will talk about the balance between building a business and raising a family. That’s on the BeLive.tv Facebook page.

And Facebook will be live streaming Day 2 of the F8 Facebook Development Conference today. You can watch it at f8.com/watch.

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Facebook Changes Posting Access for Third-Party Apps (Update Ep54)

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Ross Brand with your Livestream Universe Update and Flash Briefing for Wednesday, April 25th, 2018.

Facebook is cutting off the ability of third-party apps to automatically post to your Facebook profile. That means many 3rd party apps won’t be able to launch a Facebook Live on your behalf. According to Business Insider, “Facebook now will only approve this functionality for a select few partners.”

On the viewing schedule:

At 3pm ET today, it’s Camera Confidence Live with Molly Mahoney on the BeLive TV Facebook page. Molly shares a strategy that will help you bring in an extra $5,000 in sales in 2 weeks time.

At 5pm ET, Express Writers CEO Julia McCoy joins Ai Addyson-Zhang to talk about Creating Content that Drives Profit and Conversion. Watch the Classroom with Walls on the Ai Addyson-Zhang Facebook page.

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