Now, Twitter to also allow media firms to stream live videos

Micro-blogging site Twitter will soon allow media firms to post live streaming videos directly into the service, media reports said.

According to a report in the Information on Thursday, Twitter will allow media firms to plug directly into Twitter's software to go live by opening its streaming application programming interface (API) to them.

"Twitter is opening up its live API to media firms. It will also reveal partnerships with firms that provide back-end services for live-video streaming," the report said.

Though media organisations have already been hosting live streams on Twitter, it required partnerships and extensive planning between the two. With the upcoming announcement, Twitter's API will let these organisations go live without using Periscope.

Twitter in partnership with PBS NewsHour on Fenruary 28 live-streamed US President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress.

It also witnesses over 2 million viewers for Thursday Night Football last year live-streamed a boxing match for the first time in partnership with Showtime. (READ MORE)

Dr Reddy's fails one more US FDA test

Latest News - In another setback to drug major Dr Reddy’s Laboratories’ (DRL’s) remediation effort, its oncology formulations facility at Duvvada in Visakhapatnam has got a long and adverse rap from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

This particular rap is termed Form 483. The FDA issues it when an inspection of a unit reveals various objectionable deviations from its rules and standards. It was issued (“it has 13 observations, which we are addressing,” the company said, without details) after a new audit of the plant in question that was concluded on Thursday.

This is the second unit of Dr Reddy’s that has failed to clear a re-audit after the company had invited the FDA to do a fresh evaluation of all its three facilities that were issued a warning letter in November 2015, over lapses in what are termed “Current Good Manufacturing Practices”.

The company recently announced that all the commitments as part of the earlier warning letter response had been completed. The latest observations will further prolong the regulatory scrutiny at these.

Last month, the US regulator issued a (Read More)