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Key Developments:

In September 2019, Facebook Inc, launched a new video chat and streaming device called Portal TV. The device comes with a camera and microphones and allows users to make video calls from their televisions over WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger, as well as to stream video from Amazon Prime Video, Facebook Watch, Showtime, Starz and others.

In August 2019, limelight Networks, a leading provider of edge cloud services, launched Limelight Realtime Streaming, the industry’s first live video streaming solution. Limelight Realtime Streaming makes it easy for online content providers to stream live video.

In November 2018, Yahoo Inc launched on Roku. The Roku will broadcast both live and video-on-demand content from Yahoo News, Yahoo Finance, HuffPost, MAKERS, Yahoo Sports, and RYOT.

In February 2019, Amazon launched a dedicated portion of its website called Amazon Live, which delivers live-streaming videos that showcase products from various brands.

In February 2016, Wowza Media Systems, the leading software, and cloud-based services provider, launched a Wowza GoCoder™ SDK (software development kit) for end-to-end mobile live video app development. This new SDK will enable the organizations to create their own new and improved apps that incorporate high-quality live video streaming on iOS and Android platforms, enabling their users to broadcast live from mobile devices.