StreamingVideoProvider has just released Live WebTV Scheduler.  Create your own Web TV Programme. 

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StreamingVideoProvider has just released the ability for pay-per-view users to take monthly and recurring payments for their ppv videos from their users.

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StreamingVideoProvider has just released IP Restrictions for your Videos.

By using IP restrictions you can restrict the access to your videos and video applications and allow viewers only from trusted IPs.

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StreamingVideoProvider has just released Geo-Blocking Video Restrictions

By using Geo blocking video filtering you can restrict access to your content for viewers in specific countries or regions.

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StreamingVideoProvider has just released integration with Google Analytics.

By integrating your Google Analytics account you will be able to track the total number of plays across all your videos during a chosen time frame and you also have the ability to see individual play counts, technology information, traffic sources and visitor information. 

To find out more click on the image below:

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StreamingVideoProvider makes it easy for you to enable a Download Video button that will be displayed around your new or already embedded video players or applications without the need to replace the embed codes.

If you are offering your videos on Pay-Per-View or Password Protected basis, the Download Video button will be available only for those viewers that have purchased or are authorised to see your videos.

How to Enable Viewer Downloads and Enable the Download Button for Your Viewers

1.) First go to the video that you would like to download and click on the Settings under the video options.

2.) Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and click on the ‘Download Now’ button to start downloading the video

When enabled, you will be presented with a few options:

- Here you can change the download button title, which will be displayed to the viewers.

- You can also choose the position of the button such as bottom right or top let.

- You also get the choice of positioning the button inside or outside of the single video player.

3.) Click on the save changes button to save your settings

Download Video button in Playlists and Video Applications

The difference between the single videos and the video playlist download button position is that in a Video application the offsets are based on the entire application and not just the player. Meaning that if we choose the position to be top left. The button will be placed in the top left corner of the video application.

Offset Control

We also have an offset control that allows us to position the button pixel perfect to our requirements.cOffsets are controlled with the X and Y axis. X is the horizontal axis and Y is the vertical axis. You can input positive or negative pixel numbers to control the positioning of the download button.

For example if we wanted to move the button 100px to the left we would type -100 in the X preference box.

FAQs

Q: Can I use the Download Button to download my own videos?
A: Yes. 

Q: How to Download Your Videos from your StreamingVideoProvider Panel
A:
1.) First go to the video that you would like to download and click on the Settings under the video options.
2.) Scroll all the way down to the bottom of the page and click on the ‘Download Now’ button to start downloading the video

Q: How much does it cost when the Download Button is used?
A: Since it’s the same as the steaming when it comes to bandwidth, we’ll deduct 1 stream per 10 minutes. So if your video is 60 minutes and the Download Video button is used by you or your viewer, we’ll deduct 6 streams from your account.

If you are looking to integrate your country specific payment solution with our PPV, all you need is a bit of a help from a developer who can use our PPV API. The documentation can be found here.

Once set up our Pay-Per-View API will allow you to use one or even multiple payment processors giving you the freedom of how and where you would like to receive your payments.

When it comes to managing the pay-per-view tickets or passwords, you can now use the following PPV API services:

33 . svp_set_free_video_mode

34 . svp_assign_video_tickets

35 . svp_list_advanced_packages

36 . svp_set_video_protection_mode

33 . svp_set_free_video_mode 

Read more about the PPV API and explore the examples provided at the bottom of the artcile

StreamingVideoProvider makes it easy to restrict your playlists so they can only work on allowed domains in just a few steps. Most of the providers do not offer this feature to their customers.

Why should you use the Domain Restriction feature?

Let’s say you have a protected area on your website which is password protected or has a pay wall and you embed the video or video playlists inside this space. Unless you are able to lock down your videos to your domain, everyone can easily see your source code, copy your embed code and paste it one their own website so that others can watch the content for free. This is why we have developed this neat feature that will prevent this from happening.

How to enable Domain Restrictions

1.) First go to the playlist that you would like to restrict and click on the edit button next to the playlist name.

2.) Now click on the show advanced options button

3.) Then type in the trusted domain names which will be allowed to display your video apps & playlists.

4) Please note the default option is blank, meaning that the video app embed codes can be placed on any website without any restrictions.

5.) Domain names should be entered without any pre code such ass http or www. example: streamingvideoprovider.com

6.) if you would like to add any further allowed domains you will be able to do so by comma ( , ) separating the domains. For example: streamingvideoprovider.com, abc.com, bbc.com

7.) Once completed just click on the 'Save and Return to my panel' button. This will save your chosen domain restrictions and your playlists won’t be able to be viewed on any other website.

Tip: For more video Protection and Privacy features read here

The new feature that many of you have asked for now enables you to set up Pay-Per-View tickets for your single video players including Live Broadcasts.

Before it was only possible to publish your PPV videos as part of a video playlist but that wasn't ideal for some specific scenarios.  We listen to your feedback and we're now delighted to announce this great new way to monetize or password protect your content as single video objects.

Watch Live Demo >  

To try it out go to My Panel > Single Videos and click on PPV button.   Then watch the video tutorials or follow the on-screen instructions.

Start creating super cool looking VideoApps & Playlists with the help the VideoApps Studio

The VideoApps Studio is now the main designing tool for your Video Playlists. That includes Pay-Per-View / Password Protected videos too.

See Live Demo Here >

Read more about VideoApps Studio >

Video Playlists & Pay-Per-View Playlists are now merged into "Video Playlists"

Since the VideoApps Studio supports Pay-Per-View / Password Protected Videos now, we've decided to merge all the playlists into one single place called "Video Playlists". Making it easier than ever for you to manage them.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Are any of my playlists or videos lost? 
A. No. We were able to merge them without any service interruption. 

Q. I am a Soho user. Can I use the Single PPV Videos.
A. Yes, but you are limited to 1 PPV video only. You can upgrade to unlimited for only £9.99/mo. by going to Account > Add-On Store.

Q.  I am a new customer. What should I do?
A.  Create your free trial account here and follow the e-mail instructions that will be sent to you upon registration.

Facebook and Twitter Video Publishing Made Easy

Facebook & Twitter publishing feature allows you to publish your video content (live broadcasts and video on demand) straight from your StreamingVideoProvider user panel onto your Facebook Wall or Twitter status page. - read more

"VideoApp Direct Url" removes the need for embedding the video apps onto a page. Simply send direct urls for your apps to your users.

For those StreamingVideoProvider users who are using the VideoApps Studio as a publishing tool to create their video applications, we are delighted to announce a "VideoApp Direct Url"  feature available under the Publish section of the VideoApps Studio.   

You are now able to generate a link that can be sent via email, tweet, added in Facebook, word, pdf files etc…, virtually anywhere that enables you to add a url link.  This gives you  huge flexibility when it comes to making it easy for your viewers to access your video applications from any device, anywhere, any time. - read more

New Search & Filter Bar In Your PPV Orders & Passwords Section

Use the new search & filter bar within your PPV Orders & Passwords section to find easily any information related to your ppv orders and passwords. 

To use the new feature login and go to Pay-Per-View Playlists > PPV Orders and Passwords - read more

Advanced Pay-Per-View/Password Protected Packages & Default PPV Playlist Options

More flexibility when it comes to setting up your video access restriction. Create your own custom PPV packages and add custom tickets to them - read more

VideoApps Are Now IPhone/IPad Compatible

We have now completed the first stage of our VideoApps HTML5 auto fallback procedure so your video apps, designed using the VideoApps Studio, can now be  accessed by iPhone & iPad devices.  

Note – all video apps are currently using only one HTML5 template called Obsidian.  By Oct 2012 we hope to finish the second and final stage pf the development so any video apps including the custom designed ones will look almost the same when viewed by iOS devices. 

Note – all video apps are currently using only one HTML5 template called Obsidian.  By Oct 2012 we hope to finish the second and final stage pf the development so any video apps including the custom designed ones will look almost the same when viewed by iOS devices. 

Giving you the option to integrate your videos with Facebook and Twitter we believe you can reach out to wider audiences, gaining coverage where it matters. Whether you’re a video marketer, digital advertising company or media agency the ability to tap into social networks enhances your global reach while targeting individuals or fans without any extra investment.

Live events can also be fully integrated and is ideal for performance artists, musician’s, lecturers or anyone else wishing to broadcast their live events or presentations making it easy for fans and followers to tune in!

We have included a new Facebook/Twitter publishing tab within Single Videos > Publish where you can instantly enter your Facebook status updates, video titles and video link. This can be achieved for both live and pre-recorded videos. 

You can also customize the look and feel of the player you are about to publish changing background colours, video and player sizes, player skins, branding and much more!
 

Ready To Start Using The Facebook/Twitter Publishing? 
Let's go then … Just watch the following two video tutorials:

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Do I have to pay any extra for this feature?
A.  No – the new FB/Twitter publishing is free for all StreamingVideoProvider accounts. 

Q. Do I need to configure anything on Facebook and Twitter for this feature to work?
A. No – all you need to do is use the StreamingVideoProvider user control panel as shown in the videos above and simply authorise the access to your FB and Twitter accounts when prompted. We'll do the rest. 
 

Q. What about my Video Playlists and Pay-Per-View Playlists? Can they be published to my Facebook Wall too?

A. No – they can only be published in a separate tab (just like we've done it  here ) by using free 3rd party FB app called "Static HTML: iframe tabs". For more information on this please watch this video tutorial  

Q.  I am a new customer. What should I do?
A.  Create your free trial account here and follow the e-mail instructions that will be sent to you upon registration.

You are now able to generate a link that can be sent via email, tweet, added in Facebook, word, pdf files etc…, virtually anywhere that enables you to add a url link.  This gives you  huge flexibility when it comes to making it easy for your viewers to access your video applications from any device, anywhere, any time.
 

How it works?

Once the viewer clicks on the url, a stand alone browser comes up with the video application.  
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Frequently Asked Questions

Q. I cannot see the VideoApp Direct Url in my VideoApps Studio > Publish section. What shall I do? 
A. Please clean your browser cache and try again. 

Q.  Can I generate and send a "VideoApp  Direct Link" to my users and have them pay to watch my PPV videos?
A.   Absolutely. The video apps and the ppv videos within them are functioning exactly the same way regardless if the apps are embedded within a webpage or accessed via the direct url link.  You can mix and match both publishing solutions.

Q.  Are there any concurrent viewers restrictions with the VideoApp Direct Links?
A.   No.

To use the new feature login and go to Pay-Per-View Playlists > PPV Orders and Passwords

The new feature allows you to create your own custom PPV packages and add custom tickets to them.  Read more below..
 

How the new Advanced PPV Packages work?

Under My Panel > Pay-Per-View Playlists > PPV > Paid / Password Protected you now have two options:  Default Packages and Advanced Packages.  

Advanced Packages allows you to create your own custom packages and add custom tickets to them. Each ticket can have different price, ticket expiration period and total and per video number of allowed views. 

Adding multiple tickets to a specific advanced package provides your viewers with a choice.  

For example you can setup Time Restrictions or Access Restrictions.

You can then link the advanced packages to any number of videos regardless of the playlists there are in. See videos below.

A viewer who has purchased a tickets from a specific advanced package can watch all the videos that are linked to that specific advanced package. 

Available Video Tutorials – watch to learn more about the the new feature

New Default Pay-Per-View Playlist Options

You can now set up your PPV playlists so that newly added videos inherit the playlists package settings. This'll save you time by applying the same package settings to each individual video in the playlist.

Of course you can still change the settings for any video by simply navigating the playlists video options and selecting 'PPV' for any of your videos. 

For more information on this please watch this video tutorial 

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Do I have to pay any extra for this feature?
A.  This is a free update to the pay-per-view playlists. As long as you have access to them the new feature is free.

Q. Can I use it with my Single Videos?
A. At present the PPV options are only available to the Pay-Per-View Playlists. However we are working on them to the Single Videos too. ETA – June 2012.

Q.  I am a new customer. What should I do?
A.  Create your free trial account here and follow the e-mail instructions that will be sent to you upon registration.

Quick Overview

We are super excited to launch our 3rd generation highly customisable flash video player that offers high-performance video playback across multiple platforms, including TVs.

With its Stage Video feature it helps you deliver best-in-class video across screens and browsers by enabling access to hardware acceleration throughout the entire video pipeline. It delivers improved playback quality while reducing processor usage by up to 85%. This enhanced performance builds on the benefits produced by H.264 hardware accelerated decoding introduced in Flash Player 10.1. 

Style & Brand Your Player To Match Your Website

We added a wide range of ready-to-go colour templates enabling you to pick the right style player that best fits your website. If you wish to design your unique look & feel players, we made sure to provide all the options so you can do so.

Feature at a Glance

• Stunning HD Video Playback – thanks to the hardware acceleration that Adobe Stage Video technology offers
• Fully Customizable – you can customize player branding, colors, size and behaviour
• HD Live & VoD Delivery – HLS, RTMP and Progressive Download are the supported methods
• Secured Streaming – token handshake authentication plus domain name restrictions that help preventing unauthorized viewers from downloading your video content
• Auto reconnect – automatically resume after loss of connectivity when it comes to live streaming

Ready To Start Using The New Player?  Let's Go Then … Just watch the video below

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Is the new player free?
A. Yes – the new player is available to all StreamingVideoProvider accounts.  

Q.  Why should I change my old players to the new one?
A.   Two reasons.   1) It provides smoother streaming and better quality playback experience, especially on the lower end processors by using the graphics card GPU instead of CPU.  2) It's much better looking player with ability to customise the play button and the timeline colours. 

Q.  I've got previously embedded videos using the old player. How should I replace / upgrade them to the new player?
A.  You'll have to generate new embed codes and replace the old ones with. Unfortunately there is no central point where you can flip a button and replace the old players with the new ones.  

Q.  Will the new player be added to the VideoApps Studio and the PPV?
A.  Yes. We are planning to add the new player as a default player option in the VideoApps Studio and also add the access restrictions ( Pay-Per-View, Password Protection, Fill-In Form ….) to it. The VideoApps Studio will become a primary publishing tool for your video playlists. ETA: 15 May 2012

Q.  I am a new customer. What should I do?
A.  Create your free account here.  The new player is the default option so you don't have to worry about any previously embedded videos. Just watch the above video tutorial.

1) The Flash Player will automatically resume should you lose connectivity - during live broadcasts some viewers may lose connectivity as a result of a poor internet connection. Your viewers can now enjoy the auto-resume feature without the need to refresh their browser.

2) Default offline splash image and overlay text – the Flash player can now display a default offline image if the broadcast has yet to be started or the uplink from the RTMP encoder is missing.  

You can control the image and text from Live Broadcast Player > Settings > "Select Startup Video Image" or "Display offline text message to viewers" 
 

22 Sep 2011 – StreamingVideoProvider is proud to announce its new features recently added to the SVP video platform.

iOS Support – Live and VoD Streaming to Iphones / Ipads and other iOS devices

Dead-simple solution – Everything is provided within the embed code so you don't have to do anything special to have your videos available to iOS devices. We have added the new functionality and provided seamless and hassle free integration of this new feature.

HD Support - We will deliver your videos in excellent HD quality with no restrictions to Flash & iOS devices, worldwide.

One Stream / One File - Save storage space and bandwidth by using the same live stream and VoD files to deliver your content. Other providers encode and require separate video sources – we don't!

Affordable  – VoD iOS streaming is available for Soho+ and above; live iOS streaming for Business and above users.

If you have an iOS device you'll have to see it to believe it

See Live iOS Streaming Demo	Visit Live FAQs and How-to guides
See VoD iOS Streaming Demo	Visit VoD FAQs and How-to guides

Secured Streaming over RTMP

Strong security – we have introduced a new delivery method called Secured Streaming over RTMP which protects your video content from being easily downloadable by your viewers using software such RealPlayer, Replay Media Catcher or other sniffing tools that can detect and download the video source. This solution is ideal for Pay-Per-View publishers.

VoD and Live Streaming Support - the new security scheme supports both live and VoD streaming.

Player Seek Capability – viewers can jump forward and backward to any part of the video timeline without the need for waiting for the video to pre-buffer.

Read More About This Feature >>

SVP Video Encoder & Uploader App

Batch SD & HD video encoding.

Batch uploading straight into your SVP Panel.

Full state resuming feature on internet failure or program crash during uploads.

Large file size support ( over 2GB +)

Read More About This Feature >>

Wirecast Support

Plug-in your cameras. Prepare your shots. Broadcast live.
Wirecast software lets you produce professional-looking live events with just a camera, an internet connection and a computer. Stream or record live internet shows, broadcast breaking news or sporting events…

Read More About This Feature >>

Pay-Per-View Direct Links

You can now send viewers to specific videos that are part of the PPV iframe playlists.
This is a great feature since it allows you to drive targeted traffic straight to the specific videos rather than the entire playlist, and therefore increase conversion rate and sales.

See live demo >>

More improvements and bug fixes

• Thumbnail images are now being generated for all uploads with much higher success rate.
• New payment methods – you can pay by credit/debit cards online, PayPal, bank transfers and UK cheques.
• Annual packages with 15% discount - you can now purchase 1 year packages and save money.
• PPV Thumb Images resizing – we have changed dimensions to improve the quality of the PPV thumb images.
• Video encoders improvements – any uploads different from flv files as of the 1st of June 2011 are encoded with iOS support. (Other improvements are also beeing made that have resolved different encoding issues.)

We are constantly working on new features. See what is coming soon here

Since the video files become much smaller after being encoded to the right streaming format (.flv flash format), this will dramatically speed up the uploading processes and provide immediate video publishing service after the successful uploads.

The SVP Encoder & Uploader App is available to all SVP users.  Find out more about SVP Encoder & Uploader App

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Newly added services to our API  v. 1.12  

17 . svp_set_video_image
18 . svp_set_primary_video_image
19 . svp_cancel_user
20 . svp_start_broadcast
21 . svp_stop_broadcast
22 . svp_start_live_encoder
23 . svp_stop_live_encoder
24 . svp_list_live_encoders

Newly added notifications – appendix 2:

6. notice

See full API Documentation

VideoApps Studio – The VideoApps Studio is a new cutting edge video publishing tool that allows you to design interactively your own custom video applications and embed them in any web site.

• Flexible & Easy To Use – Build your video applications in minutes
• Affordable for Everyone – Available for Soho+ users and above
• Comprehensive Toolbox – Video Players, Playlists, Webcast Slides, Video Info, Horizontal & Vertical Tabs, Build-In Search Engine, Interactive Buttons, Input Fields, Direct Urls to each video, Social Media Plugins and more…
• Project Management – Full access to our Template Library allows you to quickly create & publish your projects
• Remote Control – Any project /app requires ONLY one time simple copy – paste embed code integration
• Nothing to Install – The VideoApps Studio is a SaaS (Software as Service) web based Flash application that can be accessed anytime, anywhere from any pc or mac
• Plugins & Scripting – Advanced users can use the VideoApps scripting engine to build custom plugins for their video apps in order to meet any needs
• Seamless Integration – VideoApps Studio seamlessly integrates with the rest of the SVP features and functionality. New and existing publishers can immediately take advantage of the new tool and start building their video apps

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Pay-Per-View (PPV) playlists – This is a one-stop-solution that helps you charge your users/clients for watching videos from a playlist, embedded in your own website.

• Different types of PPV tickets to match every situation – single / playlist / global. The validity of the tickets can be limited by time and/or number of views
• Full payment transparency – all payments are forwarded directly to your account
• Currencies and messages are completely customisable
• Built-in and CSS customisation – there are additional layout playlists available as well as a new skin suitable for dark backgrounds
• PayPal domain selection – destination URL can be changed to match the region of the purchaser
• Excellent protection for your videos

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Password Protection - Using passwords to restrict the access to your video content can be a valuable tool for your marketing campaign (e.g. to offer free or discounted videos to subscribers) or simply to protect certain videos (e.g. videos for internal use).

• Password generator – allowing publisher to generate separate or multiple passwords giving access to protected videos
• Time and/or number of views can be limited
• Customisable tags to help you find the right password entry
• Accept alternative payments and use the passwords instead of PPV tickets

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Live Streaming – Show your new product, event or presentation in real time and with excellent quality

• Easy to setup up with step-by-step guide
• Broadcast instantly – simple but effective broadcast now interface
• Scheduling – make sure the player will be available just when it is needed
• White label the live streaming session to give it extra sense of exclusivity

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Reseller/Partner Program – Start your own streaming video business today without the complications of product development and millions invested in the process

• Up to 30% discount on our service plans and add-on features
• No monthly overheads! No setup fees !
• No need to purchase any hardware or invest in any development.
• No restrictions! Choose your own profit margins and initial setup fees.
• Generate a steady monthly income from your clients.

Read More >>

Affiliate Program – Earn 15% Recurring Commission On Every Sale

• Your Earning Potential Is Virtually Limitless
• 15% Recurring Commission On Every Sale
• Straightforward and crystal clear processing of the payments – you will receive commission payouts directly in your PayPal account
• Constant overview of your current referrals and their previous purchases
• Good conversion rate – dedicated sales team in place to convert the enquiries

 Read More >>

We are not only constantly improving our platform but also want to offer better value to everyone. This is why we have recently increased the number of TV Channel & PPV Playlists licences included in the different plans and also reduced their Add-on pricing. 

• Daily & Weekly Scheduling – users can now schedule their VoD and Live videos to appear in the TV Channels and PPV Playlists at specific date and time, on a daily or weekly basis. 

Take the example of how websites have evolved over the last few years.  A few years ago, a plain vanilla website was enough for customers as it provided them with an online presence.  Basic html, maybe a few pictures and they were all set to roll out. But that phase quickly disappeared with websites becoming powerhouses whose potential, unlike offline media, had the capability to get global visibility easily.  This set of the  `mad SEO’ phase with everyone rushing to rewrite content to ensure that they have a good page rank, as though their very lives depended on it.  Multimedia quickly followed with Flash banners following suit. 

What has, however, been a bit slow in following is video enabled websites.  The reasons are rather obvious.  No one doubts the power of videos in engaging users or holding the attention of visitors. Having said that, video enabling is a completely different ball game! First of all, to have video enabledwebsites which demonstrate accelerated performance at peak times, the network needs to be powerful.  To ensure this, service providers have to factor in server cost investment or hefty expenses related to hiring a CDN provider.Technical knowhow and cost factorsare additional challenges.

Overcoming the mindset and the barriers, video streaming platforms, offer these service providers the opportunity to actually match their end customer expectations by offering video enabled web presences and that too without needing to invest in their own technology and infrastructure. Though these partnerships can be called third party relationships, some platforms, like StreamingVideoProvider offer a white label video solution which means that service providers can offer video capabilities to their end customers as their own solutions. StreamingVideoProvider’s affiliate program offers a hefty 15% commission for referral conversions!

Affiliate relationships are all about partnerships where the skill of one becomes the advantage of another.  Akin to a team sport where different skilled people join together to win a match, affiliate relationships break barriers and provide `no catch’ earning opportunities.

Two popular affiliate programs are:

1.    Reseller program, where the service provider offers self-publishing services to their clients via their own whitelabel online video platform.

2. Affiliate program where the service provider earns a referral monthly commission.

Partnering in such ways and combining resources, intelligence and skills makes smart business sense where everyone gets to work, share and earn in a collaborative manner.

To know more about StreamingVideoProvider's Partner Programs and to sign up as an an Affiliate, visit: http://www.streamingvideoprovider.com./partners.html. 

Why would you bother with VaaS?

It appears that what Jason says holds true not only for enterprises but also for individuals and smaller businesses. Most of us with great websites which disseminate knowledge or information end up waiting for users to click on advertisements to earn some revenue from our websites.  But as we realise, Google Adwords the most promising of all monetizing opportunities on the Internet does not hold a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow for most. 

What is the best way to monetize your content especially if you attract a fairly decent amount of traffic?

Let’s take the example of a website with recipes.  Would it not be great if one could monetize recipe views discretionarily?  What I mean is, the website owner could offer some for free, for some he could charge for a one time view and so on and so forth?

I am now talking about actually embarking on a `for real’ monetizing effort.  Recipe websites is only one example. There are myriad other offerings which for want of information on monetization, remain free websites.  Online learning, tutorials, live music classes.. the list is endless. 

The big question is how complex is the technology? Do you need encoders and payment gateways to monetize video content? 

`Walk the talk’  is what makes StreamingVideoProvider an ideal partner to help build a value centre by enabling online videos which can be monetized if required. As the world’s leading fully automated all-in-one platform that provides on-demand and live streaming video services StreamingVideoProvider’s  Pay-Per-View feature module enables content owners to monetize their video content.

Offering four different ticket options including single view, playlist, global and free, producers can now take full control of their content by deciding the price as well as creating the rules. This essentially means that content producers can start generating revenue for their content within minutes of its creation using StreamingVideoProvider’s out-of-the-box solution. 

The PPV playlist requires one-time embed code integration and once published on a website, can be controlled remotely from the StreamingVideoProvider control panel without the need of modifying the embedded code any further. In the launching phase, Streaming VideoProvider has made this feature available to Business and above service plans. Business licenses are automatically entitled to two PPV playlists with the option to buy additional licenses.

Main features:

1. Instant video playback after purchase = Excellent viewers´ experience
2. Anti-theft feature that prevents any direct link exchange – Only legitimate ticket owners can watch
3. Easy to customise and embed in any website – it can take less than 15 minutes
4. No technical skills are required. No special hosting or hardware requirements
5. Mix and match ticket options – Free, PPV Single, Playlist & Global Tickets
6. Ticket price types – tickets are sold on one-off payment or monthly recurring payments basis*
7. Ticket expiry period – unlimited or limited to expiry in days | months | years
8. Total allowed views – unlimited or limited to number of times a ticket can be used by the viewer
9. Automatic emails are sent to the viewer confirming each order and the access code to the video
10. PayPal & currency setup included
11. PPV orders manager – track your sales, video ticket access codes etc.
12. PPV playlist iframe generator enabling seamless embedding of the PPV playlist in any website.

To know more about StreamingVideoProvider’s Pay-Per-View Module, please visit: http://www.streamingvideoprovider.co.uk/pay_per_view_solution.html

For example, in YouTube, when you search for a video, you will see the `Embed’ button in the bottom right-hand corner. On clicking the button, a string of code is generated.  All that you need to do is copy and paste the code in your website and you have the video playing.

This is, of course, great, if you don’t mind having the original video site’s logo flashing in your site and if you prefer not to broadcast your own videos. More importantly, this is fine if you have really short videos as YouTube has file and length size restrictions.

If you are in the serious business of monetizing video content, you may not advertisements in your content or absolutely random video suggestions which appear at the end of your video.

The fact of the matter is, a lot of people resort to using borrowed videos because of the `fear of the unknown’.  They believe that broadcasting videos is extremely complicated and requires technical knowhow.  However, the process to add videos to one’s site is extremely simple, requiring no technical expertise whatsoever! Following the same process as above, it is possible to add one’s own videos and that too as white labelled content today.

StreamingVideoProvider’s streaming video platform comes with everything you need to upload, encode, host, embed stream & sell your videos on your website.
It is so simple, that you are actually only three steps away from enabling online video streaming on your website!

Create a free & instant Account - no credit card, no long-term contracts, hidden charges or cancellation fees. To summarise – no strings attached.

Upload your videos – All major video formats are accepted. Free flash FLV encoding/transcoding. No video file size restrictions. No video length restrictions.

Publish & Stream Your Videos – Create White-label Video Players, TV Channels & PPV Playlists within seconds. No knowledge of HTML or programming skills is required to publish your videos.

To summarise, it is not necessary to borrow content to enhance a website. All that is needed is access to the StreamingVideoProvider platform!

This, in a world of Limelight!

Doesn’t this go to disprove once and for all the theory that `people won’t pay for anything they can get for free’?

Fast forward from the world of music to online videos and the name which comes to one’s mind is obviously YouTube! YouTube has taken the online video world, literally by storm, with individuals and companies uploading videos by the second onto its platform.

But, any serious content owner who has taken the trouble to record a high quality, great content video would secretly wish that the content could be monetized, wouldn’t he? Monetized not through complex advertising options (which is not easy, in any case) but based on the strength of the video content or quality itself!

However, in my understanding, what puts off people from even attempting it (and instead feeling gratified watching their own videos on YouTube) is the fear of the complexities involved in monetizing video content.

For these individuals and for that matter, even companies, getting paid for online videos has been simplified by StreamingVideoProvider. Technology advancements have made the incredible possible and StreamingVideoProvider’ fully automated on-demand & live streaming video platform is not only letting users worldwide to stream their content online on their own websites, but is now enabling these users to actually monetize their content!

However, some natural questions which crop up in the mind are:

• How does one upload video content onto one’s site? What are the technical requirements?
• Do I need to seek technical or third party help?
• Even if I can upload videos, where and how would I get paid for it?

To take each question, one by one:

How do you upload video content? What are the technical requirements?First things first! To get down to basics, action speaks louder than words: Sign up here for a free trial and experience the ease with which you can enable online videos on your website.
http://www.streamingvideoprovider.co.uk/index.php?l=reg&a=registration.

Do you need technical or third party help?

No! Absolutely not! StreamingVideoProvider’s platform is fully automated and it hand-holds you through the process. Being an end-to-end solution, you need not go to any third party vendors for anything to enable online videos on your site.

How would you get paid?

By using the Pay-Per-View feature, you can have on-demand or live videos in a playlist; you can set up the desired ticket and can mix and match ticketing options. All that is required is a PayPal Account (which is extremely simple to get! All that is required is a valid email ID!) and viewers can start paying you directly to play the videos.

Offering four different ticket options including single view, playlist, global and free, you can now take full control of your content by deciding the price as well as creating the rules.

So what are these ticket options?

Global is for websites which have many different categories of videos (like for example if you are showing movies you could have different genres, i.e. Action, Thriller, Comedy etc.) You can create a box office from where you can sell subscriptions for all videos across the entire site. Buying a global ticket will allow the purchaser to play all the videos that accept the global ticket. All tickets can be restricted by time and number of views, which empowers you to decide what you want to sell to your viewers. You can give them unlimited viewing options or time bind a ticket for say 30 days. If however, you want to sell playlist or category tickets, then the playlist tickets become valid and the viewer using the ticket can view the playlist he or she paid for.

Does it stop there?

Another important facet of the Pay-Per-View feature is, you can even embed external uploaders within your website and let your viewers upload their videos in the same way as one uploads videos in YouTube.

The process is very simple- by using the `Uploader’ function, viewers can actually add video content to your website. You can decide to make the Uploader function manual or automatic. Manual would mean that the video will be reviewed by you prior to publishing and automatic would mean that the video would automatically be uploaded.

Thus, to summarise, using StreamingVideoProvider’s Pay-Per-View feature, you can monetize your content and even generate content by encouraging viewers to add their own content to your website.

This blog is the first of an educative series on Online Video Streaming which will explain the simple genius behind uploading and monetizing videos.