Category Archives: The video experts blog

Lecture Capture: The Complete Guide to E-Learning Software

lecture capture

Online education is experiencing an unprecedented boom, from early childhood education all the way through post-graduate programs. Whether students are studying online to progress toward graduation, or if they’re just casual consumers of educational material, every online student deserves a seamless online lecture viewing experience. To give students high-quality recorded educational content, you need professional […]

How to Live Stream Sports: Making Your Virtual Sporting Event a Success

live stream sports

Live sport streaming is an incredibly popular form of live video broadcasting. One study shows how live-streaming sports increased from 48% to 86% in the US within just 6 years. With the increased accessibility of broadband and mobile phones, it’s easier than ever to stream and host videos and view them. With sports live streaming […]

Server-Side Ad Insertion: Avoiding Ad Blockers for Video Monetization

Server-Side Ad Insertion

In the video streaming industry, video monetization is an important tool. There are three main monetization methods but due to the increasing use of ad-blockers, revenue from ad-based monetization is taking a hit. A server-side ad insertion is a tool that professional broadcasters use to work around ad-blockers to keep their ad-revenue at its maximum […]

5 misconceptions about live-streaming (and how to improve your own use)

5 misconceptions about live-streamed virtual meetings

  With more people logging in through digital mediums while working from home, streaming video and virtual meetings are more widely viewed. To make your live streaming platform decision easier and demystify what is and isn’t critical in the streaming video space, our COO talked with Fast Company to give you some video performance tips. Take a look […]

Dacast Makes the “Streaming Media Top 50 Companies” List for the 3rd Year in a Row

Streaming Media Top 50 Companies

  Dacast, video hosting, and live streaming solutions, has been selected by Streaming Media as one of the top 50 companies that matter most in online video in 2020. The list highlights the companies providing OTT solutions that are “that is both groundbreaking and rock-solid reliable“. Dacast is listed alongside other honorees in the August issue […]