Axios Media Trends- The Future is Live

Axios Media Trends- The Future is Live

The future is live. Find out who’s dominating the live-streaming world with insights and data from Magid.

Live boom: Facebook launched its live platform last year and now says 1 in 5 videos on its platform are live and daily time spent watching Facebook Live broadcasts has grown by more than 4x.

Why it matters: The video duopoly of Facebook and YouTube is killing it in the arms race for live-streaming dominance, which should have traditional TV companies worried. Nearly half of online users watch live-streaming every week and nearly a quarter say they watch live-streaming every day, per Magid’s latest social broadcasting study.

Facebook also announced earlier this year it’s finally matching YouTube in giving publishers a 55 percent cut of ad dollars to seed its real-time offerings.