For the past couple of weeks, it’s been nearly impossible to avoid the media coverage around 2 new mobile live-streaming apps, Meerkat and Periscope (which Twitter acquired back in January). But a lot of what I’ve read has focused on ginning up a winner-take-all battle between these 2 nascent apps. As a result, the bigger story here has been missed – that we may be seeing the early days of another important new video category.
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