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We’ve assembled a number of powerful resources for organizations looking to create video subscription websites and online video experiences. From video hosting, video subscriptions, complete out of the box video businesses, OTT, mobile app creation, its covered here.
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Video Commerce Guide: What is Livestream Shopping?
Livestream shopping is real-time live shopping experiences that give shoppers the ability to engage and buy products and services in real-time while watching a live video broadcast. Most livestream shopping experiences mimimic shows that you would find on the popular home shopping network TV channel QVC. Livestream shopping is rapidly increasing in popularity and is one of the easiest ways for buyers to purchase at home, on the go, in real-time. For brands, livestream shopping is a great platfor...[Read More]
The Detailed Evolution of OTT Platforms Which Spans a Decade
Over the Top (OTT) media is a type of media service that allows users to access content directly using the internet. It bypasses all mediators in the process to serve the content directly to the viewers. What makes OTT a popular and better alternative over the traditional mediums is its flexibility across gadgets, convenience, and great value for money. How OTT Differs from Traditional TV? Did you know that the pay-tv penetration rate in the US has fallen to 74% from 88% since 2010? As per...[Read More]
When Do You Need Paid Video Distribution & How To Use It?
Marketing to expand and reach the right audience for your business or brand requires a lot of upfront work and effort put into creating posts and blogs across social media platforms, websites, and of course, video channels. Therefore, video distribution is one of the more vital aspects of marketing for your business and should play an integral part in your strategy. Videos can present more content in a shorter amount of time than words, and the content is much easier to remember than...[Read More]
5 Top Rated Video Apps For Shopify Stores in 2021
Online video has proven to increase conversion on the web, especially when paired with ecommerce and web store experiences. This article focuses on web stores built on Shopify. If you’ve chosen Shopify to manage your store, it is now easier than ever to add video to your commerce experiences From product video creation, video galleries, video player presentation, live streaming and more, there are hundreds of free and premium video apps for Shopify. Weather you want to create videos for al...[Read More]
4 Great Video Monetization Apps and Software To Consider in 2021
If you are looking to build a business around video, then the vendors featured in this article are just for you! These software apps provide platforms and tools for monetizing video content on the web, mobile and across connected TVs. From subscriptions, pay-per-view and rentals — these vendors help you print money from your videos. As always, you can find these software tools and over 500 other online video software apps in our directory at 50Wheel.com. Uscreen Let’s get started with Uscr...[Read More]
OTT App Localization: Expanding Internationally
Over-the-top (OTT) streaming services are on the rise in the United States and internationally. The global expansion of the OTT streaming service providers proves that the need for OTT app development is also expanding. To incorporate a positive global user experience – also known as global UX – into your OTT app build, you need a basic understanding of the specific culture you are building for. What is Global UX? Global UX is the use of localization principles within the platform to meet specif...[Read More]
Is Your Video Software Compatible with the Common Streaming Protocols?
Mobile video streaming traffic is on the rise, and as recent studies suggest, overall internet video traffic will account for 82% of internet traffic in 2022. It is for this reason it is vital to understand common streaming protocols and how to use those to create high-quality streaming experiences. Below, you will learn what they are and how each one can benefit your stream. Why Streaming Protocols Are Important for High-Quality Streaming The demands placed on internet service provi...[Read More]
Video Monetization: SSAI & DAI Explained
As an app developer looking to design OTT streaming platforms that easily monetize content, you have come to loathe ad-blocking software. Ad-blockers are the gatekeepers that dismiss ads that might disrupt the viewer’s experience. However, as personalized advertising replaces general-audience campaigns, avoiding these ad-blockers becomes a necessity. The solution to circumvent this software? Ad-stitching. Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) and Dynamic Ad Insertion (DAI) Explained Researchers have d...[Read More]
The State of Online Video Distribution in 2020
50Wheel recently ran a survey across our web properties asking users about how they currently distribute video in 2020. What we wanted to find out is what distribution channels are businesses utilizing, what content are they sharing across those channels and where and how are they finding success? Those questions were answered by thousands 50Wheel users in the months of May and June 2020 via our interactive survey. The results speak for themselves, social video is massive and more and more busin...[Read More]
The Best OTT Video Platforms To Create Connected TV Apps in 2020
This year it is more important than ever to deliver video content where your audience is. With the outbreak of COVID-19 and the global population at home, brands and educators alike are rushing to create meaningful content on social media, YouTube among other channels. Content creators that once relied on websites to deliver premium video are now looking to bring that same experience to the living room, where their audience nows spends their time. Bringing video into the living room means publis...[Read More]
Top Software Tools To Make Your Own Video Streaming Service in 2020
Get started building your own video streaming service. Software to create AppleTV, Roku, Amazon Fire and Samsung video apps without spending a lot of money.
How to Build an Online Video Streaming Business From Scratch
Video subscription offerings are growing tremendously. Subject matter experts and organizations are creating new revenue streams by sharing expertise, skill development, training and other high value information via online video. Over the last few years, we’ve seen organizations of all sizes create new offerings or transition a DVD-based video business to an online version. Online video technology has matured to the point where it’s now not only feasible, but easy for a non-technical team to lau...[Read More]
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Cleeng
Cleeng is a payment gating solution for online that integrates seamlessly with any top video-hosting platforms such as Brightcove, Kaltura, Livestream, Dailymotion, and many more. Cleeng is a great way to set up a video subscription offering and for free.
Drizzle
Drizzle provides easy to use pay-per-content, paid subscription designed for both web pages and videos. The platform designed for content creators, empowers individuals to gate and charge for access to a single video or collection of videos.
Inplayer
Inplayer provides a solution for video content publishers to make their online presence financially lucrative with in-video payment and subscription tools. inplayer offers solutions for paywall, donations, and ecommerce.
Muvi
Muvi provides a platform that makes it easy launch and manage multi-screen OTT Video On Demand (VOD) experiences without extensive development. Muvi Studio includes video hosting, CDN, content management, transcoding, DRM, a video player, website and apps for mobile and TV.
StreamHash
StreamHash provides a complete video website and subscription platform for creating a Netflix or Hulu like web experience. StreamHash comes in the form of a file download and needs to be self-hosted.
Vidmeup
Vidmeup is the only online video platform that gives you the ability to create your own videosite for free! vidmeup.com makes building branded video sites a simple exciting experience and its start level is free. Businesses can easily incorporate video in their online marketing without third party branding or competing advertisements on their videos.
Zype
Zype is video distribution software as a service that enables professional video content owners to launch and manage direct-to-consumer streaming video products and services.
They offer cloud-based subscription software, infrastructure, and APIs.
Wistia
Wistia gives marketers the power to track and analyze web video viewers including the ability to measure each individual’s video viewing session, their location, organization and IP address.