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Stream Live Everywhere
Get award-winning, broadcast-quality streaming services, and publish your live events and streams to any platform with a single click!
Your Live Stream on Every Screen
Bring your events to life with Lightcast’s powerful live streaming solution. Whether you're broadcasting a special event or running a 24/7 linear feed, Lightcast ensures a smooth, professional streaming experience that’s easy to set up and delivers to any device or platform. Reach your audience on their terms—anytime, anywhere—with a solution that scales with your needs.
And deliver your live streams to TVs, mobile devices, cars, and streaming platforms like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Google TV, Samsung Smart TV, LG TV, Vizio, iOS, Android, Spotify, TuneIn, and more—ensuring your audience can access your content anywhere, anytime.
Stream Smarter with Media Cloud
What sets Lightcast apart is that all of this happens within Media Cloud—our award-winning media management platform. Not only can you live stream and record, but you can also manage all your video and audio files in one place. From Media Cloud, you can easily publish and stream your content to multiple platforms, including custom-branded mobile and TV apps. Plus, you can monetize your streams and gain deep analytics to track viewer engagement and optimize your content strategy—all with a seamless, integrated workflow.
Award Winning Media Cloud
The Lightcast Media Cloud is a comprehensive media management tool designed to streamline content management and distribution across various devices and platforms.
Intuitive Media Management System
Upload, organize, and manage video and audio assets with ease. The system supports metadata management, enhancing content searchability and organization.
Multi-Platform Distribution
Distribute content seamlessly to websites, mobile devices, and TV platforms like Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV, Google TV, Samsung Smart TV, LG TV, Vizio, iOS, Android, Spotify, and more.
Live Streaming and Recording
Stream live events and 24/7 linear broadcasts in multiple bitrates. The platform also offers recording, transcoding, and archiving, ensuring high-quality delivery to viewers on all devices.
Monetization Options
Generate revenue through sponsorships, donation, advertising (AVOD), subscriptions (SVOD), and pay-per-view (TVOD) models. The integrated monetization services help build new revenue streams by leveraging your digital media.
Advanced Analytics
Utilize the Media Cloud Statistics Center to track viewership metrics such as who is watching, from where, duration, device type, and more. These insights are crucial for refining products, offers, and marketing strategies.
Your Live Streaming Solution
Whether you're hosting live events, managing 24/7 linear feeds, or building your own branded streaming apps, Lightcast’s innovative platform empowers you to engage your audience like never before. Get started today and experience seamless, high-performance streaming across every device, platform, and screen.
Trusted Live Streaming
Stream to Any Device, Anytime
Lightcast ensures your content reaches every viewer, no matter the device. From smartphones to smart TVs, our platform adapts to deliver a high-quality viewing experience across all screens and resolutions. Whether you're hosting a live event or broadcasting a 24/7 channel, Lightcast guarantees seamless performance on any device.
Stream Across Major Platforms
Broadcast your content to the world, effortlessly. Lightcast supports all major streaming platforms, including social media channels like Facebook and YouTube, as well as OTT apps, websites, and mobile apps. Reach your audience on any platform they prefer, all at once, without extra hassle.
Quick and Easy Setup
With Lightcast, setting up your stream is simple and fast. Our platform integrates seamlessly with your existing systems, allowing you to go live in just a few steps. No technical expertise needed—just an intuitive interface that gets your content streaming smoothly and efficiently.
Live Streaming Encoder Coaching
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Maximize your live streaming quality with Lightcast's Live Streaming Encoder Coaching. Whether you’re using an old encoder, a new one, or a self-built setup, our 30-minute session with a Lightcast SysAdmin and Live-Encoder Specialist covers:
- Encoder settings, software, and hardware optimization
- ISP environment and multi-bitrate live streaming setup
- Device compatibility, connection stability, and player settings
- Multi-device live-streaming tests for peak performance
Unlock the Power of Linear Live Streaming with Lightcast
Ingested Linear Stream:
Just point your live-encoder to a CDN SuperPOP (Access Point) and have your linear stream delivered everywhere: all platforms, websites, devices, mobile apps, TV apps, social apps.
Non-scheduled "VOD-to-LIVE" linear loop:
Define one of your Lightcast VOD Channels as the source for a linear stream which is auto-populated on our MEDIA CLOUD and loops endlessly. Create, update and change your playlist of VOD assets any give time. Read More.
Lightcast 24/7 Cloud-Scheduler & Playout:
Use our cloud-based 24/7 scheduler to drag and drop your VOD assets into a schedule grid and create a scheduled linear 24/7 feed through our MEDIA CLOUD's playout system and integrate your linear stream on all your websites, mobile apps and TV apps. Create ad-breaks with your own commercials, or your sponsors, or have the engine auto-fill your ad-breaks gaps between scheduled TV Shows automatically with your defined filler videos.
Live Streaming Support
Live-Encoder Coaching
Using an old live-encoder? Recently acquired a new one? Want to set up your own self-built live-encoder, running an encoding software on a PC or Mac? Want to have your live-streams professionally tested, evaluated and fine-tuned? Want to optimize the quality, reach, device compatibility and connection stability? Want to learn how to add redundancies through backup streams or how to create a multi-bitrate stream with bitrate-adaptive live-player?
Take advantage of Lightcast's Live-Encoder Configuration & Optimization Coaching: it includes a 30 minute session with a Lightcast.com SysAdmin and Live-Encoder Specialist to walk through your encoder settings, codecs, hardware and software setup, ISP environment, player settings, multi-bitrate setup, including multi-device live-stream tests by Lightcast.com while you are running test-streams.
Interested? Contact us via lightcast.com/contact or call our 24/7 desk at +1-800-310-0413 to schedule a session.
Live Streaming on Facebook, YouTube, and Other Social Media Platforms
With Lightcast, the possibilities of live streaming are endless. Seamlessly connect with your audience by broadcasting your content not only to popular platforms like YouTube and Facebook, but also to X (Twitter) and other social media platforms. What sets Lightcast apart is its ability to simultaneously stream to your own branded TV and mobile apps. Imagine the power of reaching your viewers wherever they are, whether they prefer watching on their television screens or mobile devices. Lightcast enables you to engage with your audience in a way that is convenient and tailored to their preferences. Expand your reach and make a lasting impact with Lightcast's comprehensive live streaming solu
Every Device, Every Platform
Seamlessly broadcast your scheduled channels with live streaming on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and more, providing an engaging and real-time viewing experience across all devices.
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Unlock the Power of Live Streaming
Join over 2,000 organizations that trust Lightcast to take their live streaming to the next level.
Ready to expand your reach, engage your audience, and streamline your live streaming experience? Lightcast makes it easy to deliver content to any device, anywhere.
Request a demo today and discover how Lightcast can enhance your live streaming capabilities and help you achieve your organizational goals.
