By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated June 2026 HLS streaming (HTTP Live Streaming) is a video delivery protocol developed by Apple that breaks a stream into small segments and delivers them over standard HTTP using an M3U8 playlist file. It is the dominant standard for reaching the […]
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By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 Streaming video in 2026 is about more than just uploading content, it’s about delivering high-quality experiences in real time, across devices and global networks. As live and on-demand video become essential for businesses, broadcasters, and media organizations, the need […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 The influence, use and growth of video-on-demand have been explosive. With billions of people hooked up to the internet, video streaming is booming. In light of this, many businesses are taking advantage. Smart businesses in 2026-whether they be in […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 An OTT platform is a technology solution that lets businesses deliver video directly over the internet, without cable, satellite, or traditional broadcast infrastructure. If you are building a subscription streaming service, a pay-per-view sports channel, a corporate video portal, […]
By Dacast Editorial Team | Reviewed by Jon Whitehead, COO at Dacast | Updated May 2026 OBS Studio is an encoder. Its job is to produce a stream that an ingest server can receive, transcode, and deliver at scale. The settings that matter : CBR, keyframe interval, bitrate, are not arbitrary platform requirements. They are […]