Affordable add-on lets any video camera broadcast live streams

Broadcaster Mini is an affordable device which connects to any prosumer camera, enabling users to broadcast HD footage in the moment.

Just yesterday we wrote about Meerkat, the live-streaming app which enables users to create and broadcast live video footage to Twitter. While Meerkat takes its inspiration from Snapchat, with its temporary, light-hearted nature, at the other end of the live-streaming spectrum is the Broadcaster Mini from Livestream — an affordable device which connects to any prosumer camera, enabling users to broadcast HD footage in the moment.

To begin, users connect the Broadcast Mini — or the more upscale Broadcast Pro — to their camera using an HDMI cable. They then download the free app and use their smartphone to connect to both the Broadcast Mini and the internet — setting up a 1080p live stream. The streams run through Livestream: a cloud based platform that already serves a large consumer base, streaming 300,000 events to 40 million viewers each month. The Broadcast Mini is a compact add-on which costs USD 295, making it a reasonable investment for smaller event organizers. Who could make use of this impressive tool?