Periscope and the future of "broadcasting"

I was instantly captivated by the iOS app Periscope, particularly its potential as a broadcasting tool.

I see it as a game changing technology. Imagine the ability to act as video director, rebroadcasting disparate users at a live event (time bound), or a location over time (geo bound). Being able to select the best viewpoints to share with the audience. This would completely democratize content production.

One-to-one content creation (e.g. Skype) and one-to-many (e.g. YouTube) is a solved problem. But produced, multi-view social video? This would be a game changer.

With the right attitude toward partnerships and monetizing everyone in the value chain this would be nothing short of a revolution for live broadcast. Not to mention what it would do for news and important global events.

I’d love to work on that!

Props to the Periscope team for enabling the map view. Ballsy move to show how few people are broadcasting while making my experience exponentially better.

Written listening to OceanLab, chillin’ in Incline Village.