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We’re thrilled to unveil the latest enhancement to your Lightcast Media Cloud experience – the Media URL Uploader!

We’re excited to announce two powerful new metadata options in the Lightcast Media Cloud that give you more control over your video content!

Lightcast.com has been honored by Enterprise Wired as The Most Reliable OTT Solutions Provider in 2024

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Here is another great opportunity to take the navigation structure of your Mobile Apps, TV Apps, and Web Apps to the next level. The VOD (Video On-Demand)

You may have already seen or used Poster Image uploads and management in the Media Cloud. Now it is possible to use them across all of your TV Mobile, and

Reflecting on 2023, we're buzzing with gratitude! It's been a powerhouse year of fresh features and major enhancements.

Lightcast.com has once again been recognized as one of the "Top 100 Companies That Matter Most In Online Video" for 2023 by Streaming Media. We are ...

Don't we all love flexibility? Here is another tool which gives the freedom to pay invoices with different credit cards and payment methods.

Twitch Live Streaming is now integrated in the Media Cloud and available for Publishers with POWER and larger packages.

Twitter / X Video now integrated into the Media Cloud for instant publishing!

Come see us at NRB (Booth #919), tell us about your media distribution, OTT projects and goals and check out the MEDIA CLOUD, the award-winning Media Management

Similar to your company’s website, your mobile apps, web apps and TV apps are a place for your followers to find your contents, learn more about you ...

We are glad to announce another extension for Sub Channels: Adding a Background Image for your Sub Channels Player!

The Player Configurator under "Tools" in your Media Cloud account is getting richer and richer. The latest features we added to the Player Configurator and...

Similar to the Schedule Publishing tool, the Schedule Unpublish tool allows Publishers to automate the unpublishing of media items from their Channels.

Publishers who are using Amazon S3 storage services, can now connect their S3 storage with their Media Cloud for easy file transfers and synchronization.

With the Sub User feature, Account Owners can add additional users with predefined permissions to share access to certain areas of the Media Cloud account.

Cross Media Corporation, the parent company of Lightcast.com, has again made it into the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the United...

Tired of staying on top of when you need to publish your content to Facebook and Youtube? Here is another time-saving feature which puts your content...

Lightcast.com was again voted one of the "Top 50 Companies That Matter Most In Online Video” for 2022 by Streaming Media. We are blown away by the trust and ..

Another great productivity tool which provides you with even more flexibility and information right at your fingertips! With the new Podcast Details page...

We at Lightcast love to bring you closer together with your audience. One of the ways Lightcast offers further interaction is the Email Capture feature...

We at Lightcast love to bring you closer together with your audience. One of the ways Lightcast offers further interaction is the Email Capture feature, which..

Watch our CEO explain Lightcast and the Media Cloud to a film crew at NAB 2022 in a few minutes. Here is what you will learn...

Dear Denisa, We are excited to see you at this year's Streaming Media East from May 24th to 25th in Boston. Visit us at our booth #209 and meet our CEO...

We have some exciting news for you! You can now access your App Publication Certificates inside your Media Cloud account via the ‘Platforms’ page as well...

Come see us at NAB (Booth W9714 - West Hall, Future of Delivery), tell us about your media distribution, OTT projects and goals, and check...

Managing your Streaming business can be a very busy task. Regular reporting on viewership performance would certainly make this a lot easier! That’s why we...

From the release of new Media Cloud features, to many new App Framework features, to the continuous expansion of our global server and datacenter infrastructure

The Silicon Review - one of the world’s most trusted online and print magazine for business & technology professionals - named...

Want more control over your customizable embeddable Lightcast player? Then the topic of this week’s Newsletter is for you! At Lightcast we...

New in the Media Cloud: Online viewer for custom reports

Evaluating hundreds of streaming media companies and their achievements in 2021, we are proud to be named one of the...

An illustration about the purpose and nature of TV Apps, Mobile Apps, Websites and Podcasts

Life is complicated enough. Let’s make media publishing and viewership reporting easier!

Lightcast.com’s Electronic Program Guide for 24/7 Channels is a great way to provide an additional service for your viewers. With a standard and premium...

We have so much to be thankful for. Despite the challenges we faced in 2020, it was also a year of great expansion and growth for the Media Cloud...

Merry Christmas everyone! And here is a little Christmas gift for a selected group of trusted media publishers: the release of the first stage of the...

If you have an upcoming Pay-Per-View event or you would like to set your first one up, we would love to show you the Pay-Per-View realtime management system.

Industry Era Magazine recently published an issue focusing on CDN services, evaluating and featuring the 10 Best CDN Solutions Providers from their point of...

In the midst of this year’s fluidity, Lightcast.com was again voted one of the "Top 50 Companies That Matter Most In Online Video” in 2020....

We’re always working hard to make the Media Cloud better for you and your team, and we are excited to share some updates with you! Here are ...

If you are a Lightcast client with an active service subscription you have now access to the first phase of the App Builder 1.0 - a new Media Cloud Area to...

There is a multitude of news online which shows the incredible surge in streaming services, just within the past week, as communication with supporters...

We would like to support your brand’s continuous engagement and communication with followers, customers, leads, audiences, congregations, students, over the...

Reach millions of additional viewers and listeners on platforms integrated in the Media Cloud. Auto-publish your Audio Podcasts from your uploaded audio...

If you aren’t registered yet for NRB 2020* (National Religious Broadcasters) at the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center in Nashville...

What is the trend to switch to an OVP (Online Video Platform) all about and why do even the largest media corporations switch from self-built in-house setups...

2020 will be a phenomenal year of new releases such as many new features for the award-winning Media Cloud and the advancement of the industry leading...

Christmas season is just around the corner. Its a time of giving and sharing with those around us. In the spirit of giving, Lightcast.com would like to give...

What an honor to be voted again as one of the 50 Companies That Matter Most In Online Video, now a third time in the row.

We’re always working hard to make the Media Cloud better for you and your team, and we are excited to share some updates with you! Here are a few new...

Cross Media Corporation, the parent company of Lightcast.com, is now an Inc. 5000 company, meaning, one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United

We released an Update to the new 24/7 Scheduler in the Media Cloud.

Watch the full length interview with Lightcast's CEO Andreas Kisslinger about the Media Could 2.0 - a powerful and simple end-to-end video management and...

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Come see us at Streaming Media East (Booth #220), tell us about your media distribution, OTT projects and goals, and check out the MEDIA CLOUD, the award...

Come see us at NAB (Booth SU14810), tell us about your media distribution, OTT projects and goals, and check out the MEDIA CLOUD, the award-winning Media...

If you aren’t registered yet for NRB 2019* (National Religious Broadcasters) at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, CA from March 26 - 29, get a free...

Hope the new year has started out amazing for you. As Lightcast.com we have a proposal for you: we would like to boost your revenue early on this year, by ...

Hurray! Another great announcement to celebrate: Lightcast.com has been voted a

2018 was a big year here at Lightcast.com. We released new products like the award-winning Media Cloud, brand new Netflix-style TV App SDK’s and many new and...

The success of advertising models is all about volume. It requires viewing volume (number of video views) in order to...

Over the past decade, there’s been a sea change in the way people consume video content. Today’s viewers can download and stream multimedia on their computer...

During the Award Ceremony of the American Business Awards on June 11, 2018, the Gold Stevie was presented to Lightcast.com, to accolade the new Media Cloud ...

Your payment gateway and payment provider, such as Authorize.net or Stripe, is only one small part within any eCommerce/Store system.

Come see us at SMEast, tell us about your media distribution, OTT projects and goals, and check out...

Interview by Streaming Media Magazine with Andreas Kisslinger, CEO of Cross Media / Lightcast.com about latest cutting-edge OTT & Media Distribution Systems

Come see us at NAB, tell us about your media distribution, OTT projects and goals, and check out the MEDIA CLOUD, the award-winning Media...

If you aren’t registered yet for NRB 2018* (National Religious Broadcasters) at the Opryland Convention Center in Nashville, TN, from February 27- March 2 ...

Streaming Media Award 2017 - Top 100 Company

You may already have a following on Social Media Networks like Facebook, YouTube or Cross.TV and publishing your Live-Events to these platforms...

Connected television is bringing TV and Internet access together into a single platform. Learn its language so you can begin advertising on it.

Using an OVP for multi-platform publishing allows you to have your own channel and reach people on many different platforms and devices.

We are often asked what an OVP is and how bitrate-adaptive multi-platform publishing works technically. In some way this is easier to answer than expected.

One of the great advantages of the LightcastOVP is that you can use any standard live encoder on the market to ingest your live-streams into the LightcastCDN...

With Lightcast.com being the #1 TV App Developer and awarded fastest developer for ConnectedTV Apps by our customers, we are excited to...

For the first time in the history of NRB, conference attendees will have the opportunity to launch the most cost-efficient TV Ad Campaign on leading OTT...

Publishing media to YouTube is nothing new for Lightcast.com customers. Since many years the Lightcast.com Media Cloud has been connected to the YouTube...

We released a brand new design of our public website www.lightcast.com. The first of many great releases coming up this year. We are excited to have such...

Merry Christmas from all of us here at Lightcast.com. As we celebrate Christmas and the end of an incredibly successful year, we would like to be thankful...

With Lightcast.com being #1 TV App Developer and awarded fastest developer for ConnectedTV Apps by our customers, we are excited to announce an enormous...

Publishing live-streams to Facebook is nothing new to Lightcast.com Clients.

With Lightcast.com being #1 TV App Developer and awarded fastest developer for ConnectedTV Apps by our customers, we are excited to announce an enormous...

Dear Lightcast.com friends, partners & clients, we hope you had a powerful start into the new year. Here at we certainly did! 2016 holds brand new...

So, sing and cheer and do it loud – for all to hear! Let your voice, your media, your movies, documentaries, music, message, infomercials, commercials...

If content is king, then viewers are the king’s taxpayers. It is all about maximizing viewership growth. Lightcast.com will help you get there, yes. But what...

Roku will be present at WfX, sharing the booth with Lightcast.com. Come and meet Roku and Lightcast.com executives and test out the latest 4k streaming...

Within a matter of weeks AppleTV has become one of the most sough-after ConnectedTV platforms for both publishers and viewers. Publishers are storming the...

Visit Lightcast.com at General Council!...

LIGHTCAST.COM RECEIVES STEVIE AWARD FOR ITS 2015 PRODUCT VIDEO...

Dear Lightcast.com friends & clients! We hope you had a successful start into the new year - a year of growth and new ventures! We would like to invite you...

Did you know that you don't have to record video and audio locally any longer? That you could stream a 2+ mbit HD stream, have it recorded, send it into...

We are proud and grateful to have such a wonderful base of clients who work for fantastic causes, produce exciting media and are changing the world for the...

Get your Lightcast Service Package an entire year for free. Refer only 3 new clients to Lightcast with a similar or larger plan as your own before December...

The Thanksgiving 2014 Promotion is out: free Facebook Media App with all new Lightcast.com subscriptions, or with upgrades to a larger Service Package...

Lightcast.com invites you to join us in Dallas for a major convention for media professionals: the WFX conference! WFX offers a wide range of media resources...

Amazon FireTV is here - and with it an additional broadcast opportunity for everyone who seeks to develop a growing viewership. Since the recent launch of...

Easter is all about giving our very best (after all, Heaven has shown what that means) and in this Spirit we want to offer our very best: our many years of...

Liebe Lightcast und Crosstribution Partner, ob kalt oder warm, der Februar bringt für uns alle unterschiedliche Temperaturen je nachdem wo wir uns befinden...

The NRB International Christian Media Convention is the world's largest annual trade show for the Christian media industry. It is an event that networks...

The Lightcast missions-fund has decided to sponsor every NRB* visitor with a custom Roku Channel App and a custom GoogleTV Channel App at a total value of...

EXTENDED UNTIL DECEMBER 24TH! Give yourself a Christmas gift with your own GoogleTV App and Mobile Media App! Do you already have a Roku Channel and would...

Streamline your media team's workflow and free yourself up for more content development and media production. No one can prepare your content and produce your..

Get ready to make some money with your Roku Channel and with other SmartTV Apps! Why should you be paying for your CDN and OVP costs in the first place?...

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Do you already have a Roku Channel and would like to take your media publishing and reach to the next level? Or maybe you are ready to start with OTT/SmartTV...

Der American Business Awar“ wählte LIGHTCAST zur Firma des Jahres in der Kategorie Internet/Neue Medien. LIGHTCAST wurde mit der Stevie® Award Trophäe...

Want to give your viewers the opportunity to download your mobile apps to their phones and come back to watch the latest uploads or live-streams? Want to...

The American Business Awards voted LIGHTCAST as Company of the Year in the category Internet/New Media. LIGHTCAST was awarded the Stevie®...

If you register for this promotion by sending an email to support[at]lightcast[dot]com before End of September you will have the opportunity to receive your...

The Lightcast missions-fund has decided to sponsor every Echo* visitor with a custom Roku Channel App and an AppleTV/iTunes Podcast at a total value of...

If you haven't already registered on the Lightcast Support Center - please do it today. Using the same Username and Password as for your Lightcast.com account..

There are various, amazing looking hardware- and software-encoders on the market, sold for easily $15,000 and more. These types of live-encoders in the...

We listen very closely on what Lightcast Customers say about our products and services, and we appreciate all of their suggestions and feedback very much...

In partnership with Charisma Magazine Lightcast offers Ministry Today readers a custom Roku Channel for their church or ministry totally free of charge...

Discover how Lightcast can help your business or organization develop your online presence. Register now, as spots are limited.

Your pre-paid hour contingent stays in your account until you use it and used hours are deducted from your balance as you need them. They never expire and are..

We are looking forward to the Pastors & Leaders Conference at the Dallas Convention Center, downtown Dallas, hosted by T.D. Jakes. The convention will take...

Last year’s success and growth of new set-top boxes such as Roku came to no surprise to professionals in the cutting edge media delivery and CDN industry...

How Lightcast can help your business, organization or church in developing and advancing your online presence through Social Media Marketing, SEO, SEM, Video...

Do you happen to know ministries, broadcasters, churches, friends who might be planning to attend NRB (National Religious Broadcasters Convention) in...

What is marketing actually? Well, there are plenty of definitions, but let me dare to reduce it down to the main thing: maximizing reach. Why? Because it is...

The Lightcast missions-fund has decided to sponsor every NRB* visitor with a custom Roku Channel App and an AppleTV/iTunes Podcast at a total value of...

As the new year begins we all have anticipations and hope to be able to sense and feel out what we are called to focus on this year. I believe it is a...

The new year brings you new broadcast opportunities! We've released a brand new feature for all Lightcast Complete and Video Hosting Subscriptions...

How Lightcast can help your business, organization or church in developing and advancing your online presence through Social Media Marketing, SEO, SEM, Video..

To all our valued Lightcast clients and friends

It’s a balancing act: the perfect blend between preparing, getting ready, “doing your home work” and “due diligence” – and hesitating too long, wasting...

For everyone who wasn't able to join an introductory webinar on how to use Lightcast yet: here is a recorded webinar available on demand...

Christmas is the most wonderful time of the year - especially for everyone who has the opportunity to come to your church. But what about those who aren't...

For everyone who wasn't able to join an introductory webinar yet: here is a recorded webinar available on demand...

Here is Lightcast's Christmas Gift to all existing and new Lightcast subscribers: every new client who orders a Video Hosting Subscription (Video Light...

And the story repeats itself again this Christmas: before buying a product a new customer needs to trust the product and the company behind it, which either...

This is a last call on the sponsored Custom Roku Channel and iTunes Video Podcast at a total value of $ 5,000.00. Many churches in North America and Europe...

If you register for this promotion by sending an email to support[at]lightcast[dot]com before Thanksgiving you will have the opportunity to receive your...

This is a special event promotion deal for Catalyst 2012 an is now being extended to existing Lightcast customers and to new video hosting orders made by...

This offer is exclusive to attendees of Catalyst 2012. All Catalyst 2012 attendees automatically receive a free custom Roku Channel and an iTunes Videopodcast..

We changed our Webinar Access URL to http://www.anymeeting.com/lightcast1. Please do not use the Webinar Link from previous emails as the links in previous...

Credit your video streaming account with additional

You may have already seen or used it: Lightcast’s patent-pending Video Stats Center. This best-in-class video reporting tool enables you to follow the...

Lightcast has developed some cutting-edge features which make life easier for our clients and help staying focused on their core business. The most value in...

Lightcast is eager to make everything as easy and transparent for our clients as possible. Business-Life is complicated enough, isn't it? That's why we...