Given Facebook’s push to become the leader in online video, it was probably only a matter of time till they introduced their own live-streaming functionality. In an official blog post, Facebook has introduced a new live video element for Facebook Mentions, the celebrity-only app that enables public figures to interact with their fans on The Social Network. Yes, that means only those approved for Facebook Mentions (people with verified profiles) can utilize live video on Facebook. The rich and famous get all the perks.
The functionality is all very familiar to those who’ve used other live-streaming apps, seamlessly integrated into the Mentions interface. Mentions live streams are also embeddable, so you can share your stream to other sites.
