Free Live Streaming Services - introducing blab.im (EP 13)
Channel: PTZOptics
Date: 2016-02-12

PTZOptics Live - EP 13 - Searching for a free live streaming service can a little tricky because all of the content available is dated! But we were able to come back with 6 live streaming services that are completely free. It seems like all the top google search results for “free live streaming services” were written before YouTube Live was released. Now that YouTube Live is available (with Google Hangouts as an option) it truly has become the best multi-purpose live streaming service that is also free. 

But for this review we look at LiveBeats (Best for Musicians), Vaughnlive.TV, Vokle, Twitch (Best for Gamers) and YouTube Live / Google Hangouts on Air. It seems like the smaller free live streaming services continually shut down and another one will pop up. This is probably because live streaming services have hard costs that are not made up for in ad revenue. Not everyone can make up for the hard costs like YouTube Live which is our preferred live streaming service. 
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I came across Blab.im as I was researching for an upcoming show "PTZOptics Live - Free Live Streaming Services". After combing through Google for hours I found that most live streaming services (other than YouTube Live) require some type of payment or advertisement insertions. Most services that were rumored to be free eventually changed there business model to a paid service with a short free trial. Other notable services were either bought out entirely or consolidated into larger solutions such as Justin.TV or Blip.TV.

Then I found Blab.

If you don't know about Blab yet don't worry it's only 120 days old! Blab is totally different from everything else I could find. It reminds of the early Twitter and Facebook days where the user interface is well thought out and potential use cases are endless. It looks like the next best thing in live streaming technology if you ask me, but I'm interested in hear what everyone thinks. 

The best comparison I can make is Periscope which has taken the consumer world by storm offering free live streaming from any smartphone. Periscope is being used by professional marketing companies like HubSpot but Blab.im seems like a much better platform!
Blab.TV is a perfect solution for anyone using a Webinar or live streaming technology today who is looking for more exposure and a easy solution. Blab has that community feel that works so well for communities like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIN where they promote the live shows that are on air on the homepage. Blab has been used as the post show technology for the republican debates this year along with various well know TV shows such as Survivor and BIG BROTHER. 

You can even embed your Blab into any website! Now that is cool! Plus, it's the perfect after show compliment to the amazing YouTube Live service that is taking the industry by storm. (YouTube Live is still in BETA but I have been using it for 3 months with zero issues).

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