How Sub-Second Latency Streaming and Live Viewer Interactivity Are Changing the Video Landscape

How Sub-Second Latency Streaming and Live Viewer Interactivity Are Changing the Video Landscape

Limelight
Published by: Research Desk Released: Aug 20, 2019

Live streaming is attracting viewers online to watch major sports events, play games, participate remotely in educational opportunities, and bid at live auctions. But today, the latency of online video stream delivery is typically too long to provide the viewing experience users expect, resulting in unhappy viewers and lost revenue. Fortunately, new live streaming technology makes it possible to deliver live streams in less than a second, enabling exciting new experiences that engage viewers in multiple ways. For organizations that need to distribute live streams, it’s about increasing audience size and revenue. For viewers, watching streams in realtime with interactive data integrated with the live video enables new possibilities for how they can interact with you and each other. Read this brief to learn how sub-second latency streaming enables new business opportunities by making live viewing a more interactive social experience.