Individuals and businesses have different needs for video hosting. Based on whether the content is paid or free, the technologies and tools required for video hosting are further different. In the following article, we take a list of the most popular options for video hosting. We have tried to address the industry segment which these tools suit the most, Pros and Cons associated with them. A summary table is included at start with more details on each company following up after the table. Company Industries Advantages Disadvantages Youtube All segments Free and good streaming experience without buffering. Poor monetisation &…
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Washington Post – Video in Content Marketing
The Washington Post was acquired in 2013 by Amazon's Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos, at a time when the news industry had been seeing considerable decline in their revenues from print subscription. This trend is largely due to an increasing number of people getting their news from the internet. The key challenge for WaPo in the Jeff Bezos era ahead is to execute a content strategy that maximizes their digital presence. Part of their strategy is using video in content marketing efforts. The Washington Post since 2013 has started to aims towards expanding readership and subscription to their digital content. This is expected…
Why Not to Host Your Own Videos? Challenges in Self-hosting videos
At VdoCipher we have worked with thousands of online businesses for their secure video hosting. In this period we have developed a broad understanding of the video hosting requirements that businesses have. A number of our customers had previously tried to self host video content. Here we share our learnings from working with our customers. We see that in many cases, the first idea that comes to the video creator is to self host videos. This means having an in-house team to handle the video streaming & hosting technology. However, handling the video hosting on their own end is often not technically and economically feasible.…
Video Management details on VdoCipher dashboard
Detailed tutorial videos are included below - Upload/Import + Embed overview Dashboard features & video setting details Multi-User addition to account & permission levels Adding more accounts/projects to same dashboard Get all videos data in csv (title, id, status, time added) Generating video page url to share directly to user (not embedding) Video settings overview (Thumbnail, title, tags, subtitles, replace video) Thumbnail & title change: Tutorial Subtitle addition (Multiple Language supported) Replace/Swap/Update Videos Video Files & Thumbnails Generated data & total storage for a video Api key generation (Client Secret key for your account) Webhooks to fetch video status via…
