![]() ![]() Sky News presenter Kay Burley used Periscope to show viewers behind the scenes of ITV’s Leader Debates in the build-up to the general election, and David Cameron used Periscope to broadcast his first post-election address from Number 10. But musicians are also using it, and even the Prime Minister is a fan. The app has become the talk of the technology world, attracting the attention of broadcasters and media companies, who have realised it offers a very cheap method of reaching new audiences, reports the Daily Telegraph. Periscope offers similar services to Meerkat, but also gives users the option to let anyone play back the video stream. Twitter cut off Meerkat's access to its social media site, however, when it announced the acquisition of Periscope. ![]() Many early attempts have fallen by the wayside, and another similar service called Meerkat, was also launched earlier this year. Periscope allows uses to live-stream video from their mobile phones, and can be used in conjunction with Twitter, enabling other users to see links tweeted in order to view live-streams. The app gained a million users in the first ten days after its iPhone launch, and gained many more after its release on Android in May. ![]() They wanted to be able to see what was going on in places in real time, through the eyes of people who were there. The duo first had the idea in 2013 when trying to decide whether they should visit Taksim Square in Istanbul after reports of riots. The app, developed by friends Kayvon Beykpour and Joseph Bernstein, was purchased by Twitter in March this year for $100m (£67m). Periscope, a mobile app for Android and iPhone that lets users live-broadcast video, has been hailed by the technology and entertainment industries, citizen broadcasters and even politicians, but not everyone is a fan. ![]()
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