{"id":2816,"date":"2017-01-12T16:04:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T16:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rsoftsolution.com\/blog\/facebook-pages-can-now-go-live-from-the-desktop-add-live-contributors-and-more.html"},"modified":"2017-01-12T16:04:41","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T16:04:41","slug":"facebook-pages-can-now-go-live-from-the-desktop-add-live-contributors-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/facebook-pages-can-now-go-live-from-the-desktop-add-live-contributors-and-more.html","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Pages can now \u201cgo live\u201d from the desktop, add live contributors and more"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Facebook Live, the social network\u2019s live video streaming platform, received<\/a> a series of updates this week, the most notable being the ability for broadcasters to \u201cgo live\u201d from their desktop and laptop computers. Video creators will be able to stream from their web browser directly to their Facebook Page, the company explains, which makes the system ideal for certain types of recordings in particular, such as daily vlogs, for example.<\/p>\n

Before, Live video required a tablet, smartphone or camera setups that utilized the Facebook Live API<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For now, this feature is only available to businesses and brands with Facebook Pages, not individuals, but it\u2019s the sort of feature\u00a0that will eventually make its way to the masses. It also makes Facebook Live much more competitive with YouTube, where daily vloggers often record from their PCs.<\/p>\n

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Facebook is also making it easier for Pages who have a large staff who use Facebook Live streaming. Before, only Page admins were allowed to go live, but now, admins can designate others as \u201cLive Contributors\u201d \u2013 a new role that will allow those people to stream to the Page at any time, with gaining access to other administrative functions. This makes sense for news organizations in particular, where journalists may contribute to Pages, but where admins may be those on the company\u2019s social team \u2013 not reporters in the field.<\/p>\n

Facebook profiles for celebrities, journalists, politicians and other highly followed figures with 5,000 or more subscribers will also gain access to video metrics for their public videos, both regular and live. Arriving in the coming weeks, these \u201clightweight insights,\u201d as Facebook described them, will include metrics like\u00a0total minutes viewed, total number of views, and total engagement (reactions, comments and shares).<\/p>\n

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Plus, users can see aggregated insights over different periods of time, like a week, month, two months, etc. These will include\u00a0the total number of video posts, engagement, total views and minutes viewed, and total number of Profile followers.<\/p>\n

There were a few other tweaks and additions\u00a0to the platform, as well, including the ability to pin comments to the bottom of a Live broadcast as a means of highlighting important text for viewers; permalinks to a Page\u2019s video content (e.g. \u201cfacebook.com\/pagename\/videos\u201d); and the ability to crosspost previously Live videos across multiple Pages.<\/p>\n

The updates were all based on feedback from Publishers and tie in to Facebook\u2019s broader efforts in establishing its Live platform as a competitor with larger video networks like YouTube and other social rivals, like Twitter\u2019s live streams and Periscope. The move follows another announcement this week<\/a> about a series of updates\u00a0aimed at journalists and publishers, which include different ways to package stories, new business models like subscriptions, and training courses that teach reporters how to use features like Facebook Live, among other things.<\/p>\n

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