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Has twitter ever streamed anything before? Are they gonna partner with some streaming provider to actually make it work?

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There actually was a pretty neat use-case for live streaming via periscope last year. I'm a pretty big hockey fan (to the point where I follow beat writers of teams I don't consider myself a fan of). Last season there started to be a trend of writers using periscope to live-stream warmups and postgame interviews. It was neat to get that level of access, despite the video quality not being great. About a month after people started doing it, the league stepped in to say that live streams constituted "broadcast without consent" and most people stopped doing it.

> About a month after people started doing it, the league stepped in to say that live streams constituted "broadcast without consent" and most people stopped doing it.

Think this is a very overlooked part of the deal. I'd imagine NFL will not give explicit permission but look the other way if people post videos on Twitter. Very powerful for increasing interaction and introducing people who are new to the service (follow _____ for ____ games)

It would be cool to have live periscope streams off of each player's helmet. :)

Twitter owns Vine and Periscope.

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