Lightcast Features & Services Overview

Media Cloud - Your Award-Winning All-Media/All-Apps/All-Sites Management System

  • Industry-leading Media Management System with Most Comprehensive Real-Time Control
  • Real-time App Builder for OTT TV Apps, Mobile Apps, WebApps
  • Real-time Control over Social Media Publishing and Podcasts
  • Control all contents in real-time across all your TV Apps, Mobile Apps, WebApps and Websites
  • Create, manage, control navigation structures in real-time
  • Add, edit, remove, manage all your Metadata in real-time
  • Add, remove, manage custom Movie Posters and Gallery Images
  • Auto-generation and auto-seleciton of Gallery Images
  • Manual Gallery Image selection
  • A.I. algorithm to detect movements, colors, scene changes to opimize Gallery Images
  • Program and manage Trailers & Previews
  • Auto-Publish Live Streams to YouTube & Facebook
  • Auto-Publish VOD to YouTube & Facebook
  • Auto-Publish to iTunes, Google Podcast, Spotify, TuneIn, iHeartRadio, Alexa
  • Control Alexa Skills
  • Auto-Publish Video-to-Audio Podcasts
  • Workflow Automation: create custom Workflow Presets for your most frequent workflows
  • Scheduled Publishing
  • Video on Demand
  • Live Streaming
  • LIVE-to-VOD CDN-side Stream Recording
  • VOD-to-LIVE Continuous Looping Linear Streams
  • 24/7 Scheduler & Cloud Playout: drag & drop VOD into a Schedule & Auto-Generate Linear Streams
  • Retrieve real-time Schedule via API for your custom EPGs
  • Bulk Uploading
  • FTP Uploading
  • Sync with your Media Storage Servers

Native Apps

  • Proprietary, Affordable and Future-Proof App Framework
  • Deepest Platform-Knowledge & Experience: Most Apps Launched in the Industry
  • Over 3,000 OTT Apps launched across all leading App-Stores
  • Most comprehensive App line-up for iOS, Android Mobile, Roku, FireTV, AppleTV, AndroidTV, Browser WebApps
  • Chromecast & AirPlay Screencasting
  • App Builder with real-time control
  • Instant-setup by customer
  • TV OTT Apps
  • Mobile OTT Apps
  • Deep Search and Social Sharing Integration
  • Viewer Watchlist & Interactive Tools
  • Viewer Participation Functionalities for Live Events
  • Multifunctional WebApp for Desktops, Tablets & Smartphones
  • Electronic Program Guide (EPG) for 24/7 Streams on WebApps
  • Live-Event Stream Ingestion into 24/7 Schedules
  • PPV Event WebApp optimized for large Live-PPV Events
  • Live-Chat & Viewer Feedback and Instant Social Media Posting
  • VOD & Live streaming on apps
  • Update security within the Lightcast App Framework
  • Secure offline viewing
  • Auto play in the background
  • We publish your apps
  • Fastest Launch in the Industry: 15 Business-Days to App Submission
  • 5 Business-Day Rush-Order Available

Video Player

  • Largest player platform in the industry
  • 100% Whitelabel
  • Custom Branding of the Web Player available
  • Customer Watermarks & Player Backlinks
  • Bitrate-sensitive & adaptive (adjusts to viewer's internet connection)
  • Low-to-no buffering due to bitrate-adaptiveness
  • High-quality - from Audio-only to HD, 4K and beyond
  • Built-In Chromecast & AirPlay Screencasting
  • On-player authentication & registration for your Subscribers and PPV customers
  • High-security playback with native token security
  • Auto play next video
  • Channels, categories, sub-categories, series
  • Captions & Subtitles
  • Multi-language Subtitles Management
  • Trailers & Previews Management
  • Video Quality Selector

Security

  • Full Data Ownership
  • Integrated Player-to-CDN token security and encryption
  • Integrated DRM Protection
  • Social Media Sharing Control
  • Simultanous Login Sharing Protection
  • SSL Certificate
  • PCI Compliant
  • Malicious Bot Detection & Rejection

Integrated Monetization & Diversified Revenue Models

  • Built in Monetization & Billing
  • All-App/Multi-Screen Authentication for your Subscribers & PPV Customers
  • Save on 20-30% of fees and revenue shares
  • No charge for subscribers or PPV customers
  • Subscriber & customer import
  • Payouts anytime at your discretion
  • Accept All Credit & Debit Cards
  • Accept Multiple Currencies
  • Accept International Payments
  • Sell Subscriptions with simple fee structure
  • Let Lightcast take on your risk for charge-back, transaction fees, credit card % and unforeseen charges
  • Never pay Gateway & Credit Card Fees again!
  • Sell Live-PPV Tickets
  • Monetize Live-Events and Simulated Live Events
  • Provide optional On-Demand Event Versions to PPV Ticket Holders
  • Sell On-Demand Event Versions to new PPV Customers
  • Multi-Tier Subscriptions: allow subscribers to upgrade to larger Subscription Products
  • Multi-Tier PPV Sales: sell multiple ticket options at different prices for your Live Events
  • Multi-Platform/Multi-Source Ad-Server Setup
  • Auto-serve and manage your own pre/mid/postroll video-ads
  • Serve ads for your sponsors and direct advertisers without middle-men cutting away your revenue
  • Integrate ad-feeds from any Ad Networks of your choice
  • Serve ads from numerous Ad Networks and Market Places to maximize fill-rate and CPM

CDN Delivery, Storage and Transcoding

  • Global, Bitrate-Adaptive, Tier-1 CDN Delivery
  • Upload, manage and render multiple Watermarks onto your video files
  • Automated and integrated video transcoding & optimization, generating 12 optimized bitrate- and format-renditions from each upload
  • Unlimited Simultaneous Viewers
  • Limitless Scalability: no bottlenecks CDN capacity
  • Unlimited Subscribers
  • Unlimited PPV Customers
  • Unlimited Number of PPV Events
  • Unlimited Bulk-Uploading
  • Video, Audio, Image, Metadata Uploading via Media Cloud
  • Large bulk Video and Audio File Uploading via FTP optional
  • High-Performance CDN Storage with Edge-Caching
  • CDN Origin-Shield

Analytics

  • Report Creator
  • Report Export
  • Metrics Filters
  • Video Views
  • Viewing Time
  • Top Videos
  • Device Analytics
  • Worldmap View
  • Detailed Viewership Intel: by Country, State, City, Device Type, Content Type, Channel/Category
  • Monitor Bandwidth Consumption
  • Never worry about overage charges in obscure and un-controllable Gigabytes & Terrabytes

Developer Tools

  • Comprehensive LightcastAPI: retrieve all your contents, files, metadata, playlists, live-events, schedules for integration into any website or app
  • Ingest API: connect your MAM or local content and metadata storage servers
  • Bring your own or build your own: connect the Media Cloud CMS and all of its contents to your websites and apps
  • Sync with your Database or Mailinglist Service
  • Player Builder & Embed Tool
  • EPG API Feed
  • Embeddable Live-Event Count-Down
  • Embeddable Playing Now / Up-Next Widget

Support

  • Setup Guides
  • Personalized, face-to-face, Media Cloud Account Training for your Team
  • Video Tutorials
  • Extensive Help Article Library
  • Responsive Ticket System
  • Uptime SLA
  • Email Support
  • End User Support available for premium Subscriber and Live-Event PPV Products
  • Success Account Manager for Signature Service Packages
  • Training Resources and Webinars

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