article_snippet.sent: The recent explosion of live video streaming apps such as Periscope and Meerkat have raised the realistic prospect that Sky and US broadcasters Showtime and HBO could miss out on millions as viewers stream the content between The recent explosion of live video streaming apps such as Periscope and Meerkat devices without paying.
article_snippet.sent: Launched by Twitter, Periscope allows users to broadcast a live stream to The recent explosion of live video streaming apps such as Periscope and Meerkat social media followers.
article_snippet.sent: Periscope allows users to stream live video from Thrones phones to Thrones Twitter accounts with the click of a button.
article_snippet.sent: The live streams can be filmed on iPhones and iPads and watched through smartphones, desktops or laptops either through the app or on Twitter's site.
article_snippet.sent: Periscope saves the video streams once you are finished, so that they can be viewed for up to 24 hours - while rival Meerkat's live video disappears once you choose the broadcast to end.
article_snippet.sent: Existing Twitter users can download the app via the App Store for free before being offered the option of subscribing to free followers' Periscope broadcasts.
article_snippet.sent: Periscopelets you share and experience live video from your mobile phone' and is 'a perfect complement to Twitter, which is why we acquired the company in January,' Twitter's Kevin Weil said in a blog post. '
article_snippet.sent: It may sound crazy, but we wanted to build the closest thing to teleportation,' claim the Periscope team. '
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile,  Meerkat, which allows users to turn their mobile phones into a portable webcam that lets their live stream whatever their handset is pointing towards, has had their access to some Twitter services cut.
article_snippet.sent: Twitter was not impressed when the app imported all of the user's followers and details of who they were following and have limited Meerkat's access, although the company has since has found a way around this by adding a search feature that lets users find they favourite Twitter users.
article_snippet.sent: Nonetheless, Periscope and Meerkat may not immediately threaten to steal sports broadcasters profits, but Periscope and Meerkat serve as a form of 'grass roots competition,' said John Vrooman, a Vanderbilt University sports economist, told CNBC. '