Streaming has the power to connect diverse audiences, but making video content accessible for all remains a challenge. Accessibility must be a priority, especially for deaf and hard-of-hearing viewers who face unique barriers. While helpful for some, traditional subtitles (both audio and visual) lack the richness and expressiveness of sign language, limiting access to…
As streaming services continue to look for new ways to generate revenue, platforms face the ongoing challenge of integrating ads without disrupting the viewer experience. The usual ad methods can fall short as they can cause buffering, interruptions, or leaving ads vulnerable to blockers. Viewers today expect a seamless experience, and if the ads aren’t well-timed or personalized, it can lead to frustration and abandonment of content…
Many streaming providers are looking for ways to offer a more premium and high quality experience to their users. One often overlooked component in streaming quality is audio – and more specifically which audio bitrates, channel layouts, and even audio languages are available and how these options can be delivered to the viewers…
When choosing between a commercial player and building out an open-source option, there are many factors to consider. Cost is always the major driving factor, but it doesn’t always reflect the resources required for development. In this blog, we will discuss some recent findings from the Bitmovin engineering and integrations teams on what it takes…
Building video into products and services is tough. Businesses need robust streaming infrastructure to store, encode, manage, deliver, and analyze video content. Plus, most dev teams have expertise in their company’s core competency rather than back-end video technology.
That’s where online video platforms (OVPs), video streaming application programming interfaces (APIs), and software development kits (SDKs) come into play.
In this guide we take a look at each solution in turn to help identify the right approach for you and your team.
With the rise of open-source technologies and cloud platforms, launching your own FAST channel is more accessible than ever. The Open Source Cloud, with its array of tools and services, offers a comprehensive environment to deploy a FAST Channel Engine. This guest post from Eyevinn Technology guides you through the process of setting up a FAST channel using the FAST Channel Engine within the Open Source Cloud with content preparation using Bitmovin Streams.
Streaming video over the web or on connected TV devices are two main ways viewers watch their favorite content. To engage those audiences and provide them with the best experience, development teams typically choose to deploy an HTML5-based video player (see our latest blog on top HTML5 video players) that can be tailored to…
Whether you’re calling it Virtual Reality (VR) or 360 video or Metaverse content, there are a lot of details that should be taken into consideration in order to guarantee a good immersive experience. Things like video resolution, bitrates and codec settings all need to be set in a way that creates a high quality of experience for the viewers, while being conscious of storage and delivery costs that can come with these huge files. Although all this stuff has been widely discussed for 2D displays…
As the demand for video streaming escalates, so does the cost associated with maintaining and delivering high-quality content to viewers. Broadcasters, OTT Platforms, and any industry streaming video over the Internet are actively seeking robust monetization strategies to sustain and expand their businesses. While Subscription Video On Demand (SVOD) and Transactional Video On Demand…
Developing an application built to stream video can take a lot of work, especially for smaller development teams or those with minimal video technical expertise. Normally, to build on platforms such as iOS and Android, an experienced developer for each would be needed, but with frameworks such as React Native and Flutter, it’s gotten much…
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