Less than two weeks after Mixcloud introduced their Tickets feature, Zoom appears to have followed suit. The communication platform may not offer copyright-cleared streams as of yet – but they won’t take a cut of what a live streamer charges viewers on their service.
OnZoom, as Zoom has dubbed its pay-per-view live stream feature, is currently in a beta available only to streamers and viewers in the U.S. according to 5 Magazine. The “marketplace for immersive experiences,” as it’s advertised, currently offers fitness classes, acting and art workshops, and travel guides, among other things. For each interactive session, a finite number of tickets may be sold.
The marketplace for pay-per-view live streams doesn’t include any music at the time of writing, and in its present form it’s not likely a viable option for DJ live streams. Although Zoom introduced a high-fidelity audio mode last month, its terms and conditions currently require content creators to hold the copyrights for any music in their broadcasts. It remains to be seen whether the company will ink deals with major record labels (or independent ones, like Twitch did) in the months to follow.
In the meantime, the OnZoom marketplace can visited here with instructions for hosting pay-per-view streams here.
