Simulcasting: FIFA Interactive World Cup 2017

Posted by Clevercast
On 19/08/2017

The past week we were in London at the request of ASP group to collaborate with FIFA‘s media division in order to broadcast the FIFA Interactive World Cup 2017. The event lasted three days, with first the quarter finals and semifinals being competed, and finally the grand finale which took place on Friday. During those […]

4 nominations for Streaming Media Awards 2017

Posted by Clevercast
On 20/07/2017

For the second year in a row, Clevercast has scored nominations in four major categories for the 2017 Streaming Media European Readers’ Choice Awards. Streaming Media is the leading trade journal for the streaming industry. Their annual Readers’ Choice Awards allow readers to nominate and vote for the online video products and services they find […]

Simulcasting explained

Posted by Clevercast
On 29/03/2017

Almost two years after its launch, Facebook Live has taken the marketing world by storm. Brands and publishers have quickly understood the almost limitless possibilities to connect with their followers and customers. One of the most important advantages of Facebook Live is easy to grasp: it’s where (most of) your audience already is. This saves you […]

Demo: video playlist

Posted by Clevercast
On 16/12/2016

A playlist is a set of selectable video items, played in a certain order. Clevercast lets you determine the playlist filter and order criteria, maximum number of items, continuous play… Clevercast also lets you create smart playlists based on one or more tags. They will get updated automatically whenever you upload or record a new […]

Viewer analytics with video heatmaps

Posted by Clevercast
On 11/11/2016

Video heatmaps are a powerful visual representation of the viewing behaviour of your website visitors. By dragging your mouse pointer over the video you see exactly which parts of the video are watched more than others, which parts do not seem to engage viewers, and which parts are watched more than once, indicating particular customer interest. Heatmaps […]

Simulcasting with the event manager

Posted by Clevercast
On 11/11/2016

Simulcasting is short for simultaneous broadcasting, which means that your live video signal can be distributed to two, three or even more internet channels at the same time, typically a combination of corporate websites, partner platforms and social media such as Facebook, YouTube and Twitter. Until recently, this kind of setup required loads of bandwidth at the event venue, […]

Adding interactive elements to your video with Clevercast

Posted by Clevercast
On 15/10/2016

This tutorial shows you how easy you can add interactive layers to your video using Clevercast’s interactive editor. The interactive editor shows your video on a timeline that lets you add elements like links, buttons, images, lower thirds or a second canvas video. These elements can simply be dragged on the video timeline and styled […]

Secure video sharing

Posted by Clevercast
On 02/09/2016

If you want your video’s to be shared securely, you can enable Clevercast’s temporary URL functionality. This ensures that all your private videos are only accessible using a secure streaming URL. These URLs can be dynamically generated by your website, CMS application or mobile app using a secret passphrase. They expire after a certain period of time, […]

Managing live events

Posted by Clevercast
On 09/05/2016

The live event manager is a full featured dashboard that lets you control every aspect of your live broadcasts. This includes configuring broadcast quality, customizing player look and feel, setting geographical restrictions, scheduling start time, and adding pancartes or messages that show up in the player. It also lets you preview the live stream and determine when […]

White & blacklisting viewers

Posted by Clevercast
On 05/05/2016

Sometimes video is not intended for everyone. Clevercast allows you to stay firmly in control of your video content by defining viewing permissions based on IP address, country or website domain. You can decide whether to whitelist or blacklist certain countries, domains and/or IP addresses. This can be done for one or more videos, playlists, webinars […]