Unlike services such as Joost which offer video-on-demand channels, Livestation streams live broadcasts.

Social networking features were later added that include the ability to chat with other viewers and also find out what others are watching through a user-generated rating system.

[6] Between mid-June and mid-July 2013, Livestation suffered a prolonged series of technical issues and was unavailable to some users.

In early 2015, Livestation re-branded their entire site changing what channels were offered and bringing in an interactive feature.

Stations available until closure and former live TV news channels in the global offering (which comes with a default installation) included,[7] as of 2016: As of 2016, the Livestation site is closed.