By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated August 2026 Pay-per-view, or transactional video on demand, is an effective way to broadcast and monetize your content. With pay-per-view (PPV), your viewers get the option to sample your content without commitment. This alone is a powerful and enticing method to […]
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By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated August 2026 Selecting the right video CDN in 2026 is one of the fastest ways to improve startup time, buffering, reliability, and global reach, without changing your cameras or production workflow. A modern live streaming stack usually looks like this: Ingest […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated August 2026 Are you using video as an online educator? If not, you should be. As The Journal put it, “Video is becoming as ubiquitous in classrooms as laminated periodic tables and whiteboards.” This article aims to support educators getting started […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated August 2026 Live streaming for education means broadcasting a class, lecture, or training session in real time to remote students, using a streaming platform for education instead of an in-person-only setting. It lets students participate, ask questions, and interact with peers […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated August 2026 Live streaming for auctions reaches bidders who can’t be in the room: remote collectors, out-of-state donors, and buyers who simply prefer bidding from a laptop. But an auction stream has different requirements than a typical live event: bidders need […]