Caribbean Premier League (CPL), the official T20 tournament in the West Indies will live stream all of its matches on Facebook’s live streaming platform via Grabyo—Facebook’s live streaming partner. The CPL includes a number of international cricketers including AB de Villiers, Brendon McCullum, Martin Guptill, Mike Hussey, Shane Watson, among others. These players will be spread across 6 CPL teams: Barbados Tridents, Guyana Amazon Warriors, Jamaica Tallawahs, St. Kitts & Nevis Patriots, St. Lucia Zouks and Trinbago Knight Riders Countries in which CPL will be broadcasted live on Facebook: Argentina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Chile, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Fiji, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Myanmar, Netherlands, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Philippines, PNG (Papua New Guinea), Romania, Russia, Samoa, Singapore, South Africa, Slovenia, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Thailand, Turkey, Vanuatu. The live streaming space is growing: Facebook announced live streaming feature, limited to celebrity pages in August last year, and extended it to all users by February. In the same month, Twitter's live streaming app Periscope surpassed 10 million user accounts. Twitter acquired Periscope in March 2015 for an undisclosed sum. Last month, YouTube started rolling out its live streaming feature to all users though its app. Competition: With Facebook entering into live steaming partnerships with sports leagues, it is now directly competing with existing online streaming platforms like Hotstar, SonyLiv, which already has been live streaming sports events like ICC World Cup events, Copa America, and Euro 2016. These platforms are operated and owned…
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