Bundesliga: FC Köln use the application Meerkat to live-stream a training session on Twitter

1. FC Köln (Bundesliga) used the new application Meerkat to live-stream a training session to its fans directly on the micro-blogging website Twitter, on 12/03/2015.

The club announced and opened the live-stream event at its Geißbockheim training centre via a tweet directly to its followers on Twitter at 15:25 CET (Central European Time) on 12/03/2015. The event was watched by 30 people, according to data on Meerkat. Five Twitter followers of FC Köln tweeted about the club's event during the live-stream.

FC Köln tweet announcing its Meerkat live-stream event on 12/03/2015

Twitter blocks Meerkat, buys its competitor application Periscope

• The Meerkat application, launched on 27/02/2015, allows Twitter users to directly stream live video in Twitter from their mobile phone.
  • Meerkat events can only be accessed in real time.
  • Launched with Twitter only, the Meerkat application can potentially be used on many social networks.
• Twitter blocked the Meerkat application's ability to automatically…