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Wowza creates ClearCaster streaming appliance for Facebook Live broadcasters

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Wowza Media Systems has unveiled its Wowza ClearCaster, an appliance for professional broadcasters and streamers to stream on Facebook Live.

Colorado-based Wowza designed the appliance in collaboration with Facebook. The ClearCaster appliance is built from the ground up to broadcast conversations on Facebook Live, from any workflow. Facebook is also announcing changes to its Facebook Live streaming applications programming interface, enabling for more seamless connections to the social service.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.