livestream

American  

[lahyv-streem] / ˈlaɪvˌstrim /

Also stream or live stream

verb (used with object)

1. Sometimes live-stream to transmit or receive (video of an event, especially with commentary) on the internet while the event is taking place.

   Players were livestreaming walk-throughs of the video game before its official release date.

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noun

1. a video of an event, especially with commentary, distributed on the internet while the event is taking place.

   The livestream of the debate will be annotated by fact-checkers.

livestream British  

/ ˈlaɪvˌstriːm /

verb

1. to broadcast (an event) on the internet as it happens

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noun

1. a live broadcast of an event on the internet

Etymology

Origin of livestream

First recorded in 2010–15; live ² (in the sense “not taped, happening now”) + stream (in the sense “data flow”)

Example Sentences

The 84-year-old mother of “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie was reported missing on Feb. 1 after failing to show up at a friend’s house, where they had planned to livestream their church’s service.

From Salon

Though Murdaugh might see snippets of the hearing on the news in a prison common area, he doesn’t have internet access and will be unable to watch the proceeding’s livestream, a spokeswoman said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Ilett now has more than 2.3 million followers on social media and hosted a YouTube livestream of Tuesday's game, which at times had more than 100,000 people watching.

From BBC

A livestream on the group's Facebook account shows them walking past piles of snow, as the first days of above-freezing temperatures return after weeks of record cold across much of the eastern United States.

From BBC

On some nights Morgan's Arcade Bar, which can only fit around 60 people in it, has up to 5,000 viewers on its livestream at any one time.

From BBC