In the last decade, platforms streaming like Twitch they became pioneers in streaming personalized entertainment content. This by allowing viewers to choose which gamers they can follow, in real time, and according to their particular interests. Currently, the entertainment industry it is evolving to spread more and more content over the Internet.
Sports and TV in real time
For decades television was the main means of access to entertainment and extraordinary experiences live. Being sporting events, reality shows and the breaking news an example of the above. However, recently, we have been able to witness events such as the arrival of the rover «Perseverance» to the surface of Mars through platforms such as YouTube. Something that can only be equated to the television broadcast of the arrival of man on the Moon in 1969.
Nowadays, there is a tremendous facility to be able to witness events like the previous one and from practically anywhere. And even from the screen of our smartphones, being just an example of how the transmissions by streaming – and live – are replacing traditional entertainment media like TV.
Another example appears in the sports field, since at present various specialized platforms such as DAZN or ESPN Watch, and even on social networks such as Facebook and its service Watch, offer us the opportunity to follow live broadcasts of sporting events. In the same way, through platforms of sports bets we found another opportunity to follow live the scores of the main competitions that take place around the world, and participate in their predictions, such as soccer, tennis, basketball and even sports.
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Finally, the live broadcasts of reality shows What MasterChef, Big Brother The The Circle, are now also offered online, which has given new life to this type of program by facilitating access to these experiences around the world.
There are more examples like the previous ones, and in the same way, the offer of these entertainment media continues to grow, which are replacing live television as we knew it.
Music and shows
Just as sports and television are evolving digitally, the music industry and the performing arts are also taking advantage of live broadcasts over the Internet to reach new and larger audiences.
For example, the Municipal Theater of Santiago last year shared shows such as ballet “The Nutcracker” or concerts of musical Ensembles live and free of charge by streaming through its online platform. While sites like Teatrix offer online access to various theatrical works in the manner of ‘digital theater’.
The world of concerts and shows is another of those that has made the best use of the platforms of streaming, since some of them have put on sale the accesses for the events that are programmed for the rest of 2021. Thanks to the transmission through digital platforms, musicians and artists have the possibility to bring their art to many more people all over the world.
Undoubtedly, live entertainment has been reinvented thanks to technology and will continue to adapt to it to offer increasingly innovative content. Thanks to that, in the coming years we will be able to find more immersive entertainment experiences and easily accessible, no matter where we are physically.
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