Category Archives: Dacast News

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Dacast Launches SRT Ingest for Reliable Live Streaming, Joins the SRT Alliance

Dacast adds SRT Support

– February 3, 2026 – Dacast, a global online video platform, today announced full support for SRT ingest — a protocol for low-latency, packet-loss-resistant live streaming — giving video streamers a more reliable alternative to RTMP for contribution over unpredictable networks. Dacast also announced that it has joined the SRT Alliance, a collaborative community of […]

A Major Evolution for your Dacast Live Streaming Channels in 2022

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Dacast would like to notify our customers that on May 1st, 2022, Akamai will be deprecating their RTMP ingest service. To avoid any inconvenience, Dacast has partnered with Limelight Networks to allow you to continue to use your current RTMP encoders while also providing dramatically reduced live streaming latency. This means that Dacast customers using […]

[Product News] Get Even Deeper Insights From Your Audience With Dacast New Analytics

Get Even Deeper Insights From Your Audience With Dacast New Analytics image

  Good news! We just released some amazing improvements to Dacast Analytics. Here is a snapshot of the latest and greatest changes for you: Google Analytics: connect your Google Analytics to your Dacast account and get even more insights from your video content. Per content Analytics: understand better how your viewers consume specific live streams […]

New Advanced Video Analytics for VOD & Live Streaming

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  Here at Dacast, we’re constantly innovating in online video. In the last year, we’ve added a bunch of new features to our online video platform. Most recently, we released our HLS Direct low latency streaming solution, in conjunction with a new, more powerful video player. Our latest feature is a new, advanced video analytics […]

Dacast, a finalist in the 2020 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards

Dacast, a finalist in the 2020 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards Image

This post is in celebration of all of you Dacast broadcasters and supporters. This year, we’re celebrating all broadcasters and businesses who voted for us at Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards–and made us a finalist! “The Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards are the only awards in the industry that are decided by the people who […]