The COVID-19 outbreak has forced much of the world’s work and social interaction online, presenting a golden opportunity for businesses and individuals to take advantage of live-streaming.
Livestreaming to platforms like Facebook is pretty simple, but there are a handful of apps that can make your productions much broader and more professional.
Live-streaming is fairly simple, but there are plenty of solutions that can boost the production quality to a professional level. Whether you’re a small business owner or a content creator wanting to connect with followers, here are some recommendations for Mac- and Apple-specific live-streaming production platforms.
Built-in solutions
If you’re not overly concerned with production quality or live-streaming to multiple platforms at once, you can simply use the baked-in video tools that most social media sites offer. Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Vimeo and Twitter all offer live-streaming capabilities.
These types of streams are better suited for more personal or smaller-scale videos. If you have a “primary” social platform where most of your fans follow you, using that platform for streaming might be a natural fit.
Of course, for the most part, you won’t be able to stream video to other platforms (although Facebook and Instagram may be an exception). So while they’re free and easy to use, they won’t be the perfect solution for everyone out there.
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