Finding the best video streaming software online can be extremely difficult. Everywhere you turn you see streaming providers claiming that their solution is the best and that no matter how popular your content becomes you will not run into issues with buffering or latency.
Can this all be true?
We’re here to tell you flat out that video streaming can be quite complicated and many of the other providers on the market are simply trying to entice you to move your content to their services and the truth may be a bit different than what they are describing.
Is Free Really Free?
Many providers offer free video streaming, which on paper looks like a great idea for a growing organization or business. The problem comes when you begin to look at what you have to give up in order to use these free video streaming providers.
•Advertising: Free streaming providers have to make money somehow so they will often insert advertisements prior to and during your videos. This immediately creates a scenario where your potential customers are being pushed away from your content and towards products offered by other advertisers. This can be extremely frustrating – especially for businesses looking to expand their brand online.
•Buffering and Latency: With free video streaming providers you’re often sharing server space with hundreds, if not thousands of other users. Let’s just say that one of your videos becomes extremely popular in a short amount of time. The problem is that depending on how popular videos are from other users you may have a situation where your customers or fans experience severe latency and buffering at the worst possible time. When your videos become popular you need to ensure that they can be delivered efficiently to prevent users from going somewhere else.
•Lack of Branding: Another downside to free video providers is the lack of branding opportunities that are given to users. While you may be able to add logos within your videos, your users will quickly understand that they are on a free video streaming site when they are watching your content. This may be fine for the novice video producer, but if you are looking to build your brand you may want something a bit more professional.
Turn To TikiLIVE – The Best Video Streaming Software Available
TikiLIVE has been in the live streaming business for quite some time and understands the need for a premium streaming provider focused on delivering high quality content for your end users. Below we’ve listed just a few of the many features that you get with a TikiLIVE account.
•High Quality User Friendly Streaming Software: Each of our customers has access to HD WAVE, our popular and extremely easy to use video streaming software. With HD Wave, you can easily stream your video content to your TikiLIVE channel with no prior video experience. In fact, if you are using your computer’s onboard video camera and microphone, recording video is as easy as opening HD Wave and clicking START BROADCAST. How’s that for streaming content to your users? Of course, if you have higher quality video cameras you can easy use those with HD WAVE as well.
•Social Media Integration: When you are creating video content it is up to you to market it to the masses. One of the best ways that you can quickly get the word out about your video content is through various social media networks. TikiLIVE allows you to easily and automatically post your videos to your social media profiles to help grow your user base. Think about how many videos you watch on social media and realize that with very little effort your content can be instantly shared to your social media profiles for others to enjoy.
•IPTV Capabilities: With TikiLIVE you are not just limited to Internet users. You can create an IPTV channel that can be viewed by users with Roku devices as well as other set top boxes. No longer do your users have to sit in front of their computers to enjoy your content – they can sit back and relax on the couch and still catch up on all of your video content on their TV.
•Mobile Support: According to market research, more than half of all Internet users are now accessing the web from their mobile phones or tablets. This is a huge number and if you are not reaching out to this segment of your user base then you are undoubtedly missing out. TikiLIVE offers full HTML5 mobile support, which allows your users to access your content from their iOS or Android phones and tablets. This functionality is available to all of our customers for no additional cost.
•High Level Infrastructure: TikiLIVE has put a large amount of time and effort into developing a high level content delivery network that allows our users to experience content that is not riddled with the latency and buffering issues seen from so many other video streaming providers. Our network is setup so that it is able to grow as your user base grows. We understand that the more popular your content becomes, the more resources you need and the more important it is for your content to stream reliably for all of your users.
•High Quality Customer Support: A website and email cannot replace live customer support. We offer a variety of support options including phone, email, and live chat so you can get help right when and exactly how you need it.
Ready to Try the Best Software for Video Streaming?
Then it’s time for you to take a look at the different plans we offer and see which one best meets your needs. If you have any questions along the way, feel free to contact our support team!
