For an overall tutorial of the new analytics, read this article. The viewership section will help you to understand your viewers’ engagement and will provide you with the following information: Data consumption per time per content per city per device per domain Average time watch per content per city per device Average number of concurrent […]
WHAT’S AUTOPLAY? Autoplay means that the video will start to play automatically whenever someone visits a website that has the player embedded on it. You can activate Auto play on the publish settings section of you back office. NEW AUTOPLAY POLICY With the release of Chrome 66 in April, both Chrome and Safari have now […]
Protect your live stream by setting a threshold email alert. The DaCast account monitor will send you an email alert when you reach a certain amount of Bandwidth (GB) left on your account. 1/ How to set up an email alert ? Step 1 – Go to “Upgrade my plan” and click on “email me […]
A Better User Experience, and more data 3 THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT YOUR ANALYTICS DASHBOARD 1/ Timezone of the analytics section Please note that your analytics data of “dashboard” and “viewership” are provided in your local time (for example: if you are in NYC, it will provide data in EST). 2/ Start […]
analytics dashboardFor an overall tutorial of the new analytics, read this article. The dashboard gives you an analyze of your overall content and provides you with the following information: Consumption per time Plays and viewers per time Consumption per device Top content Consumption per location How to read the graphs Select a specific date or […]
Yes, they will be kept private. DaCast does not market to your viewers. That said, if the viewer signs up for a broadcaster account on their own, confused by the process, they will receive marketing emails from that sign up. However, DaCast will never market to your viewers if they are just registered as a […]
What are Thumbnails? Thumbnails are small images, either icons or a still picture from the movie, which represent the video to viewers before they begin to watch. Where do Thumbnails Appear? The primary location for thumbnails is within the Channel Package. In the channel selection, there is a list of channels or files inside the […]
Please note that any content published on Facebook including video and live stream will be opened on a new tab and won’t directly play in your Facebook feed. If you have published a live channel or a VOD with a paywall and you cannot play on the new tab, please: Verify that your video content has […]
This will guide you through setting up your account 1. Login to your DaCast account at my.dacast.com 2. Click on the ACCOUNT icon on the left side of the New Back Office. You will find 8 different tabs. Let’s go through the first three: Personal Profile: Fill in necessary details about your basic personal preferences. […]
This will guide you through setting up your security preferences for all of your content. 1. Login to your DaCast account at my.dacast.com 2. Click on the VIDEO SECURITY icon under PREFERENCES on the left side of the New Back Office 3. Iframe Security: Please note that by default, iframe security is ON. You can turn […]