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Maximize Revenue with Flexible Monetization Solutions
Turn your content into a revenue-generating powerhouse with Lightcast’s powerful monetization solutions. Whether you're a nonprofit looking for donation-based funding, a content creator building a subscription model, or a media company seeking ad revenue, Lightcast has the tools to help you maximize your earnings.
Reach Every Platform, Monetize Every Viewer
Your content has value, and Lightcast helps you capture that value through multiple revenue strategies. Whether you choose to integrate advertising, offer pay-per-view content, or create a subscription-based model, Lightcast ensures your audience can access and support your content on their terms.
And deliver your content seamlessly 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.
Seamless Monetization Inside Lightcast Media Cloud
Lightcast’s monetization features are fully integrated within Media Cloud, allowing you to manage, distribute, and monetize your content all from one centralized platform. Whether you're leveraging ad revenue, subscriptions, or pay-per-view transactions, Lightcast Media Cloud streamlines the process so you can focus on growing your audience and increasing engagement.
- Advertising (AVOD):Run pre-roll, mid-roll, and post-roll video ads on your content to generate revenue from every view. Use the Lightcast AdServer to manage your own ad inventory or connect with top-tier ad networks.
- Subscriptions (SVOD): Create a steady revenue stream by offering premium content to subscribers at a monthly fee. Perfect for exclusive shows, educational content, and niche programming.
- Transactional (TVOD): Offer pay-per-view access to live events or premium on-demand content, allowing viewers to purchase only what they want.
By managing your content and monetization strategy within Media Cloud, you not only simplify operations but also gain access to deep analytics, automated publishing, and seamless platform integration
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.
Unlock Revenue With Your Live Stream
Lightcast's powerful platform lets you monetize your content and captivate audiences across all platforms. From live events to branded apps and 24/7 channels, deliver a seamless, high-quality streaming experience on any device. Start building your streaming empire with Lightcast today.
MONETIZE with Lightcast
Advertising (AVOD)
With Lightcast's live streaming software, you can instantly publish live stream events and linear live streams to all platforms!
Transactions (TVOD)
AVOD, ALIVE - pre/mid/post-roll video advertising. Get paid for your viewership!
Subscriptions (SVOD)
Charge viewers for access to on-demand assets or live-streams on a pay-per-view (PPV) basis.
Sponsorships & Donations
Strategically drive brand sponsorships and/or donations.
A Monetization Strategy That Works for You
Not sure which monetization model is right for you? Lightcast’s team of Streaming Media Specialists will help you craft a revenue strategy tailored to your goals. Whether you're looking to:
- Spread a message and ask for donations,
- Build an educational platform,
- Promote your company’s services through media,
- Monetize your content through advertising, subscriptions, or transactions,
Lightcast has the expertise and technology to support your vision.
Unlock the Power of Monetization with Lightcast
AVOD - Advertising Revenue
Serve video ads of your own direct advertisers and sponsors. Set your own prices and collect revenue from them directly. The Lightcast.com AdServer will allow you to upload, manage and serve your own video ads across all of your media publishing properties: websites, mobile apps, OTT / ConnectedTV Apps and social apps.
Become an approved publisher with the first ConnectedTV AdNetwork and get paid!
Integrate ad-feeds from leading video ad networks on your web players, mobile apps and TV apps.
SVOD - Subscription Revenue
Build residual revenue streams through subscription services for your live-events, linear live-streams (24/7), or on-demand archives.
Charge a monthly fee of your choice from subscribers for accessing your premium content accross all your media publishing properties: your websites, mobile apps, TV Apps (OTT / ConnectedTV) and even social apps.
Building reliable revenue streams you can count on will provide you with the freedom to grow and accelerate your media business. Learn how.
TVOD - Transactional Revenue
There are plenty of website templates and store systems / eCommerce tools which offer the backend for pay-per-view transactions.
Using Lightcast.com Dev Tools & APIs, you will be able to integrate all your media, your archives, channels, streams into any of your existing, or future, websites or apps with pay-per-view store system integrated.
Every Device, Every Platform
Easily monetize your scheduled broadcasts across platforms like Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV, ensuring seamless delivery while maximizing revenue potential.
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Unlock the Power of Monetization with Lightcast
Join thousands of content creators, broadcasters, and media companies that trust Lightcast to grow their revenue. Whether you’re building a donation-based model, running ads, or launching a subscription service, Lightcast gives you the tools to scale your business and maximize engagement.
Ready to get started? Request a demo today and discover how Lightcast can transform your media business.
