{"id":8967,"date":"2016-05-26T08:33:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T13:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.contus.com\/?p=8967"},"modified":"2023-07-20T05:36:19","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T10:36:19","slug":"tips-to-choose-the-right-video-streaming-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/tips-to-choose-the-right-video-streaming-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Essential Tips to Choose the Right Video Streaming Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>It costs nothing to make an informed decision. Here are 5 tips nobody will tell you to help pick a superb video streaming platform worth every penny.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9031\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.contus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tip-1.png\" alt=\"tip-1\" width=\"723\" height=\"93\" \/><\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of live video streaming platforms available in the market today. But, not everything will fit your purposes like hand in a glove. Nor can you waste precious hours taking trials. The right foot forward will be to narrow down your needs.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What video do you want to stream?<\/li>\n<li>How often will you be streaming it?<\/li>\n<li>Is it for publicizing, for reaching maximum viewership or for conversions?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Find out what you want well before the search begins.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9033\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.contus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tip-2.png\" alt=\"tip-2\" width=\"723\" height=\"93\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Online Video streaming platforms do not cost a bomb anymore. Still, they do not come with a light price tag either. How much can you spend? Your answer will determine how extensive a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/create-video-subscription-platform\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">video subscription platform<\/span><\/a> solution you will get to buy. Thankfully, there are plenty of customizable solutions, which helps you mix and match video streaming features just like an ala carte order.<\/p>\n<p>The cost of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.contus.com\/video-on-demand-solution.php?utm_source=Tips%20to%20choose%20video%20streaming%20platform&amp;utm_medium=IncontentLink&amp;utm_campaign=Blog\">video streaming solution<\/a> is largely dependent on 3 major factors including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Image quality usually expressed in kilobits per second (Kbps)<\/li>\n<li>Viewing time measures in units of time<\/li>\n<li>Number of viewing minutes; basically your viewership at any given point in time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>Based on the above three variables, the cost of your online video streaming solution will swell or shrink.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9034\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.contus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tip-3.png\" alt=\"tip-3\" width=\"723\" height=\"93\" \/><br \/>\nMark Zuckerberg feels that in a matter of 5 years, Facebook will be mostly video. As a matter of fact, even today we have our newsfeed scrolling down endlessly with self-starting videos of short duration.<\/p>\n<p>Wondering how it can impact your choice of an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vplayed.com\/online-video-platform.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">online video streaming platform<\/a>? Live streaming, any device streaming, HD streaming, mobile live streaming are the future of video streaming.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Your live video streaming platform must be able to cope up with the needs of the future if it has to face heat of the competition.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9035\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.contus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tip-4.png\" alt=\"tip-4\" width=\"728\" height=\"93\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We advised you against taking trials, that is, when you have no clear idea of what kind of<a href=\"https:\/\/www.onthefly.stream\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"> streaming solution<\/a> you need. Now that you have a definite idea of what kind of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vplayed.com\/blog\/what-is-vod-streaming\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">vod streaming services<\/span><\/a> you need, it is time to sign up for trials.<\/p>\n<p>Trials are usually free and give you access to the basic features for a limited period of time. Trial periods are more than sufficient enough to decide whether the given solution fits your purpose or not.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>So Get, Set, Take the trial. Make the buy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9036\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.contus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/tip-5.png\" alt=\"tip-5\" width=\"728\" height=\"93\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Any solution that makes you work harder is a total no-no. Your choice of solution must help you do what you want to do easily and effortlessly. The interface must be a breeze through. The reports should be insightful. The video clarity should be stellar. Overall, it must get the job done than making you do it with twofold effort.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>That must be sufficient enough to help you pick a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vplayed.com\/live-streaming-solution.php\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">live streaming video solution<\/a> that can put your videos on the radar or worldwide viewers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.contus.com\/video-on-demand-solution.php?utm_source=Tips to choose video streaming platform&amp;utm_medium=CTA&amp;utm_campaign=Blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9076\" src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAQAAAC1HAwCAAAAC0lEQVR42mNkYAAAAAYAAjCB0C8AAAAASUVORK5CYII=\" data-src=\"http:\/\/blog.contus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Video-Streaming.jpg\" alt=\"online-video-streaming-platform\" width=\"654\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It costs nothing to make an informed decision. Here are 5 tips nobody will tell you to help pick a superb video streaming platform worth every penny. There are plenty of live video streaming platforms available in the market today. But, not everything will fit your purposes like hand in a glove. Nor can you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":9065,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_stopmodifiedupdate":false,"_modified_date":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1898],"tags":[1114,1113,1115],"class_list":["post-8967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ott","tag-online-video-streaming","tag-video-streaming-platform","tag-video-streaming-solution"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8967","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8967"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27874,"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8967\/revisions\/27874"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.contus.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}