Bands: How You Can Reach Millions of Potential Fans Using TikiLIVE

Besides the fact that they all make music, what do the following types of bands have in common?

A polka band with three accordion players and a drummer
A rock band with two guitarists, a keyboard player, a drummer and a bass player
A 17-piece swing band
A ukulele octet with two soprano ukes, two altos, two tenors and two baritone ukuleles

The answer? They can all play their music live, anywhere in the world, right now – before they buy a plane ticket, book an auditorium, or pile all their gear into an old van and hit the road.

By using TikiLIVE, musicians can do much more today than simply post recorded videos of their performances on the internet. Now bands can broadcast their concerts live, in real time, on their own TV channel. It has never been easier for bands – of any kind – to appear on live TV and online.

The Single Biggest Mistake a Band Can Make

Most musicians would love the chance to play their music for fans around the world. Just as every child who learns to play baseball dreams of playing in the World Series, and every child who learns to kick a soccer ball imagines playing in the World Cup, musicians have dreams, too.

Through the long hours of practice required to perfect their art, and the countless performances at local venues, musical artists imagine how wonderful it would be to play their music for people far beyond their local neighborhoods.

To achieve these dreams of global success, bands learn of a single tried and true path: start out small; play locally anywhere you can find; try to book engagements in neighboring cities and towns; extend your reach, slowly, over time. Bands typically try to reach fans farther and farther away, and hope that fan awareness grows – but expect it to take a long, long time.

The biggest mistake a band can make is to think they have to wait years. The fact is, bands can reach potential fans in distant countries around the world, and they can do it today. Now! Just as soon as they get started with TikiLIVE.

Go Beyond Posting Pre-Recorded Video on the Internet – Go Live!

Yes, there is an alternative to working slowly, over many years, to reach more fans. Many bands know the first step: they post recorded videos on the internet and hope that millions of views follow, leading to millions of new fans.

Unfortunately, most musicians who post videos think that’s the only step they need to take. It’s not – it’s the first of many steps. Use TikiLIVE’s suite of powerful tools to help you along those steps, and reach the millions of fans who are waiting to hear your music.

Seven Ways You Never Thought Possible for Reaching New Fans

As you learn more about using TikiLIVE, you’ll think of many ways to take advantage of its powerful features. Here are just a few. Read through these, then set your mind free – the sky is the limit with TikiLIVE.

Broadcast Your Next Show LIVE on the Internet – There’s nothing quite like the excitement of a live show. With TikiLIVE, you can live stream your band’s performance and capture the magic as it happens. Let fans who can’t be there experience your show the way it’s meant to be.
Broadcast Live from Behind the Scenes – Your band is original, unique, and full of interesting characters with their own personalities. With TikiLIVE, you don’t have to limit your live broadcasts to performances only. Use TikiLIVE to convert your smart phone into a broadcast camera, and show scenes of your band backstage, before the show; or after, as you come off the stage. How about those interesting moments on the road? The more your fans learn about your members, the faster they can spread the word about you through their social networks.
Start Your Own TV Channel – Yes, that’s right! With TikiLIVE, your band can start its own TV channel. Let new fans see your live shows, watch pre-recorded videos, hear interviews of band members, and anything else you choose to broadcast.
Schedule an Ongoing Webcast – As you use TikiLIVE to broadcast your band’s TV channel, try scheduling regular webcasts. Let your fans know ahead of time when you’ll be live on the air to update them on the latest news about the band. You can take phone calls or answer fan questions in live video chats. And when you’re ready, TikiLIVE even has the tools to help you produce Pay-Per-View events: you can sell tickets, collect payments, and issue refunds.
Create a Reality TV Series, Starring… Your Band – Network TV shows like Big Brother and Jersey Shore have proven the popularity of reality TV shows. With TikiLIVE, it’s so easy to broadcast video using live streaming technology, you can let fans see your band anytime, anywhere.
Live Stream to TVs in Homes Around the World – You can be there, right alongside Netflix and Hulu. TikiLIVE can live stream your video content to set top boxes like Roku. Your fans will be able to watch and listen to your band in their homes, on their own TV screens.
Analyze Viewer Statistics – Wait a minute: Statistics!?! This list was supposed to be fun! Well, think about this: once you get started with TikiLIVE and create great content in all the ways shown above, how will you know what’s working? Which live broadcasts and videos draw fans? Which drive them away, seconds after they land? It’s easy to find out: use TikiLIVE’s Advanced Analytics Module to learn which shows viewers watch, how long they stay, and how much bandwidth they use. Then fine tune your next production, keep your fans happy, and find even more new ones.

Contact TikiLIVE Today!

Do these ideas get your imagination going? Are the wheels turning in your mind? Great! Explore our website, watch the videos that explain more about TikiLIVE, and get started now. It’s easy, it’s affordable, and it’s fun. And don’t hesitate to contact us with any questions you may have. Come on, let’s make some beautiful music together!

How Live Streaming Can Let Distant Family Attend Important Events

You have an important event coming up, and you’re excited! After months of planning and hard work, everything is finally ready. Except for one last thing…

You’ve heard from several distant family members that they’d really like to attend – but they just can’t make it. One is recovering at home from knee surgery; another is stationed overseas; and the eldest is too frail to travel.

Don’t worry. With TikiLIVE, they can all still be there.

Live Stream the Important Big Events…

You want all of your family to be there for the big events, but if they can’t travel and attend in person, you can still invite them to attend remotely. They can witness the proceedings live, no matter where they are.

Weddings – At many weddings, the photographer is hired to document the festivities takes pictures during the ceremony. Many wedding photographers shoot video, too. Don’t wait until after the wedding is over to send that video to relatives – use TikiLIVE to live stream the wedding and let distant family members experience everything as it happens.

Graduations – Years of hard work are finally coming to a happy finish! Your distant family would like to see the graduate march across the stage and receive that hard-earned diploma. Now they can – with TikiLIVE, it’s easy for you to live stream the commencement exercises and let those who can’t be there share in the happy day.

Golden Wedding Anniversaries – 50 years together! Time to celebrate. Many 50th wedding anniversaries include a dinner, followed by speakers reminiscing about the married couple. You can broadcast the event to distant family members by using TikiLIVE to live stream all the happy moments shared by the speakers.

…and the Important Small Events, Too

It’s so easy to broadcast live streaming video with TikiLIVE, that once you get started, you’ll want to invite distant family members to watch the smaller events, too.

Class plays – Parents often set up video cameras to record their children acting in school plays or musicals. Now, you can live stream those plays, using equipment you already have on hand such as a video camera or even a mobile phone.

Music recitals – Let your family members see and hear the progress your child is making on their musical instrument. Broadcast their performance live!

Sporting events – Whether it’s a basketball playoff game, a cheerleading competition, Mom’s softball game or Junior’s swim meet, you can broadcast it using TikiLIVE. Invite your family members to witness the drama and action as it unfolds, even though they are far away.

Award Ceremonies, business presentations, game tournaments – you can live stream all of these, in real time, using TikiLIVE. Why wait until you get home to send the video? Broadcast it live, as it is happening. Let your distant family share in the excitement of the moment.

You Already Have the Equipment You Need

It may seem daunting to take on the task of streaming live video. “But I don’t have television network equipment!” you might say. “I’m not a TV producer!”

Don’t worry At TikiLIVE, we make it easy. All of the expensive hardware and sophisticated equipment is at our end of the network, working behind the scenes to encode your video and transmit it over our advanced content delivery network.

You don’t need any special equipment – just a computer and a camera. You can even use your webcam or smartphone as the camera.

Start by downloading the free software from TikiLIVE, connect the camera to your computer, and configure your channel. The software is intuitive and easy to use. In no time at all, you’ll be up and running.

You can also live stream video from your smart phone or tablet, using TikiLIVE’s application for mobile broadcasting. Download the app, configure your channel, and you’ll be broadcasting on the go from wherever you are.

You Can Do Even MORE with TikiLIVE

When you see how easy it is, you may want to add more of TikiLIVE’s powerful features to your broadcast.

Live Chat Rooms – Distant family members might be scattered all over the country or the world, but they don’t have to be separated from each others they watch your live broadcast. With TikiLIVE, you can set up a Live Chat Room as part of the broadcast. Your relatives can use the live chat feature to interact with each other while they watch your event.

Integration with Facebook – Chances are many of your distant family will be on Facebook. With TikiLIVE’s software, a window can be configured on their Facebook page, and they can watch the live broadcast from within Facebook.

Broadcast to Mobile Devices – When you choose TikiLIVE, you are not limited to streaming to desktop computers. Through a simple process, you can direct TikiLIVE’s sophisticated encoders to configure your video for mobile devices, too, using HTML5. (Sounds complicated? It’s not. You check off a few boxes and we do all the hard work for you!) Your live streaming video will then be broadcast to smart phones and tablets, and can be viewed by your relatives even while they’re on the move.

Live Stream to Televisions, Too – If your family would prefer to watch your live broadcast on their television, instead of a computer or smart phone, they can. Because TikiLIVE includes Internet Protocol Television(IPTV) software, your broadcast can also be sent to a television set top box, such as a Roku device.

So go ahead, get started today. Download the TikiLIVE software, and see how easy it is to create your family’s unique TV channel. Broadcast that important event live without delay. Keep distant family involved and connected to each other. And for the next event, and the one after that… TikiLIVE will be there to help.

Contact TikiLIVE Today for More Information

To learn more about how you can live stream important events, and have family members attend from anywhere in the world, call our customer service representatives at (305) 289-4557, or start an online chat. The videos on our website explain how to get started, and give details about many of the important features of TikiLIVE.

We look forward to helping you bring your distant family closer together and sharing the important events in your life!

Why You Should Stream a Live Feed of Your Next Town Hall Budget Meeting

Developing a budget can take years for governing agencies to complete. The process is long and involved, with many details to research, examine and decide upon. New programs are considered; older programs may be dropped. Decisions will be made that affect a few dozen citizens – or a few million.

A proposed budget is usually designed by a budget committee. The committee staff works hard to get things right. But even in this era of transparent government, many decisions must be made behind closed doors – not from an attitude of secrecy or a desire to keep things hidden, but simply because the public cannot be there, day after day, to look over the shoulders of the budget staff as they make thousands of decisions over the months.

By the end of the process, with all the hard work the staff has put into the project, the last thing they want is a loud outcry of protest when the budget is presented to the public. To prevent unwelcome surprises at the end, many governing agencies will hold Town Hall meetings throughout the process, to present their proposed budget to the public. The meetings are open, and the public is invited to attend.

The budget committee would be delighted if every person affected by the budget would come to the meeting. Budget staffs welcome input from the public. When citizens have a chance to get a preliminary look at a budget, they have a chance to provide feedback: they can suggest items to include on the budget; voice opinions about programs to delete; and feel like they have a say in their governing body. Final decisions may not always go their way, but they will at least have had a chance to participate in their democracy.

Where Town Hall Budget Meetings Go Wrong

Town Hall budget meetings can be a great idea – when everything goes right. But there are pitfalls that can make the process too expensive, ineffective, or derail it in other ways.

A series of meetings can be expensive – If residents in an area have to travel too far to go to the meeting, they simply won’t come. To solve this problem, the budget might be presented at a series of town hall meetings, in different locations around the area. Holding multiple meetings can be expensive, though. Feedback is also delayed, as the meetings must be scheduled one after another, with days or weeks in between.
Seasonal residents may be gone – It does no good to hold a town hall meeting, if half the population is gone for the season. They simply will not return for a town hall meeting, no matter the topic.
Nobody shows up – Even if most of the residents live nearby; and it’s the right time of year for them to be close; they still might not show up. For a Town Hall meeting to work, the town must show up! But with many competing events, people will often choose not to attend.

More and more governing agencies are addressing these problems by broadcasting their town hall budget meetings online. When you partner with TikiLIVE to live stream video of your meetings, you’ll be teaming up with an experienced company that will reliably broadcast your meeting to all of those citizens who can’t be there in person.

Advantages of Live Streaming Video with TikiLIVE

TikiLIVE is a leader in live streaming video over the internet to viewers anywhere in the world, anytime. With our years of experience, we offer many advantages.

It’s easy to get started

All of the expensive hardware and network equipment is operated and maintained by TikiLIVE. All you need is a computer and a camera. To get started, download the free software from TikiLIVE. The software is intuitive and easy to use. It will guide you through a few easy steps, during which you will connect your camera to the computer, and configure your TV channel. In no time at all, you’ll be up and running.

Broadcast live to computers, televisions, tablets – even smart phones!

Your residents are on the move, and many of them probably access the internet from their smart phones more often than they do from a computer. TikiLIVE can include HTML5 encoding in your video, which means the video can then be live streamed right to your residents’ mobile devices. They can participate in the Town Hall, even when they’re on the go.

We integrate with Facebook

Many people prefer to keep up with events through Facebook. With TikiLIVE, a window can be configured on their Facebook page, allowing them to watch the budget meeting from within Facebook.

Live Chat is available, too

When you get started with TikiLIVE, you can configure your channel to include a live chat window. During the town hall meeting, distant viewers can ask questions, and you’ll be able to answer their questions while the budget meeting is in progress.

Schedule regular webcasts

Once you’ve used TikiLIVE to set up a channel for your organization’s town hall budget meeting, you’ll be able to use the channel for other purposes, too. For example, you can schedule regular webcasts, and live stream other important meetings.

It’s never been easier to update citizens, present budget material for review and comment, and gather public input. Live streaming through TikiLIVE’s network gives you a unique opportunity to speak directly to the public, and give them information in advance about budget decisions that may affect them for years to come.

Get Started with TikiLIVE and Live Streaming – Today!

For more information about TikiLIVE, and to find out how you can set up a live feed of your next town hall budget meeting, call us today at (305) 289-4557. You can also start an online chat with one of our knowledgeable representatives. We’ve worked with other government agencies, and our customer service representatives will be happy to explain more about how we can help you reach members of your area.

New TikiLIVE V5.0 Update

TikiLIVE has done it again and this time made a big improvement to the broadcaster’s dashboard. Previous versions we’ve redesigned the site to improve streaming experiences for viewers both online and on mobile devices, but now, we’ve redone the entire backend of the site to provide a better broadcasting experience.

Brand New Design

Along with its many updates, TikiLIVE has changed its look of the user dashboard, now reflecting the new design on the front end of the site. The simplistic design makes navigation easier to edit channels, videos, and content, plus adds a fresh and modern look to your entire system.

Bootstrap Backend

Just like the rest of TikiLIVE, the backend is now built on a responsive layout that allows a user’s account dashboard to look great on all devices through the same bootstrap design used by the popular social media network, Twitter. Whether you’re a mobile phone, tablet, or internet browser, users can have optimized access to their dashboard from anywhere at any time. This increased usability is sure to benefit all users; broadcasters and viewers.

Updated Chat Room

Channels have the capability to have a chat room attached to it which can even be embedded with the player on another website as well. Now we have updated the chat room so that the broadcaster can offer guest enabled chat, and viewers can now even utilize popular emoticons in their messages, creating a brand new way of conversing on TikiLIVE.

Dashboard Easy Access

Users can access their account dashboard simply from TikiLIVE at any time at the top of the page, with all the essential information visible as soon as you’re on the page. Basic channel and account information is accessible as soon as the dashboard is opened, showing basic channel and media analytics, billing and usage information, support options, and history all on the dashboard’s main page.

Easy menu navigation to the left allows users to keep all their live and radio media organized, view channel statistics, support tickets, WordPress access, Set Top Box devices, and much more. Each category has its own sub menu to keep relative functions together and content editing simple and easy.

You can sign up for a free account today and try out TikiLIVE’s amazing features to start your own live streaming channel. If you have questions, you may contact us online or give us a call at 305.289.4557 for more information.

TikiLIVE has released TikiLIVE v5.0 IPTV for Wowza Streaming Engine

MARATHON, FLA.—TikiLIVE has released TikiLIVE v5.0 IPTV for Wowza Streaming Engine.™ TikiLIVE is the HD broadcasting platform that provides its users with a turnkey set of tools for managing live and video-on-demand HD streaming content. TikiLIVE broadcasters no longer have to purchase expensive Adobe server FMS packages to get started. The TikiLIVE combined with the Wowza Streaming Engine™ (formerly Wowza Media Server), is a customizable and scalable platform that powers reliable streaming of high-quality video and audio to any device anywhere using any video format.

“Using TikiLIVE v5.0 on Womza Streaming Engine is faster to deploy, and requires less overhead for the broadcaster,” said Tim Green, Chief Technology Officer of TikiLIVE.

With TikiLIVE, all content is mobile-ready and HTML5 compatible, and no proprietary equipment or advanced training is needed. TikiLIVE allows broadcasters to set up various channel lineups and immediately earn monthly revenues, by offering LIVE, on demand, or pay-per-view programming. Broadcasters have a complete turnkey video business where they are in control of the branding and direction of their company.

Broadcasters can also take advantage of the HD LIVE broadcaster, TikiLIVE Encoder, and discount hosting packages. Using TikiLIVE Encoder, broadcasters can transcode all popular high-quality types into other formats for easy HTML5 streaming for all devices. TikiLIVE’s server farm allows for expansion to handle unlimited number of files so streaming is seamless and reliable.

Some other benefits of and features available on TikiLIVE include the ability to:
• Easily brand connect, manage and monetize HD content
• Immediately track viewer habits and click-thru statistics from every channel
• Allow for uploading, storing and managing networks of digital video inventory
• Build an interactive broadcasting network community
• Produce LIVE or on-demand delivery services
• Upload, Transcode and deliver HD or SD video on demand

For more information or a list of channels, please CONTACT US HERE

The Difference Between Cable, Satellite and IPTV Providers

Live Video Encoding Software Internet Protocol Television, or IPTV, is the wave of the future for online business. It’s a way of streaming video onto a television via a set top box and an Internet protocol suite instead of using cable or satellite. If you create high definition video content and use it either to drive purchases of your services or monetize the actual content, you want to be in this new marketplace. By having your content streamed on IPTV, you will be reaching a brand new audience at a time when many Internet businesses aren’t.

How did IPTV come into existence? Due to innovations in high-speed broadband Internet and computer technology, it’s now possible for you to record videos on your computer, hand held recorder, smartphone, or computer and quickly upload it to a content delivery network. For the end user, it’s so much easier these days to view high quality streamed content on their computer, television, or mobile device. With more powerful and less expensive computers and now widespread availability of high speed Internet, everyone can afford to have streaming content pretty much wherever they go.

TikiLIVE is a content delivery network that delivers your high definition video content to a viewer’s doorstep. We make sure that your audience has a positive viewing experience by eliminating buffering problems, latency issues, and many other malfunctions that can cause you to miss out on growing your audience and business. We have a strong suite of Internet tools and options that make uploading and encoding content a breeze. We also offer you the ability to monetize content through our Pay Per View options and tools.

Broadcasting Your Content

IPTV is a paradigm breaking invention. Previously, to get on television, you had to try and buy time via your local cable channel or local satellite television provider. You generally had little control over airtime and could only select a few options as to how often your content was playing. Typically, you were also on a local channel that everybody ignored because the interesting content was on another channel or service. So technically you were on television, but by every real standard for you and your business, you were not. You were throwing good money away.

IPTV changes that. It turns the possible into the actual. You will reach new viewers and an entirely new audience because you will be providing content right alongside vendors such as Netflix, Hulu, HBO, and more. Not only that, because you have an internet presence, you will be able to cross promote your content thereby getting people who spot your content on their mobile devices or computers to check it out on their television. Or more importantly, to tell people who view their Internet content on IPTV all about you and your business.

IPTV Benefits vs. Cable/Satellite

You will be able to select play times for your content by creating your own personal broadcast channel. This enables you to organize your content so you can sequence various videos in whatever order you prefer. You will also be able to have this content play nonstop if you so desire. You would never be able to do that with cable or satellite.

Cable and satellite television providers would make you pay for each time that your content is aired. If you wanted it aired again, you would have to pay more. Because your high quality video content is on the Internet, you are only paying a flat rate for your Internet connection and the cost for TikiLIVE to host your content. This makes IPTV much more effective than satellite and cable.

With IPTV, you can charge for people to view your content. Should you wish to charge admission to live broadcasts or charge for prerecorded content, TikiLIVE has a number of tools that allow you to set ticket price, select ticket vendors, issues refunds, give away free tickets and much more. Unless you had a lot of clout and/or money, this just was not an option to purchase from a cable or satellite television provider.

The Benefits of TikiLIVE

TikiLIVE makes sure that your content is widely available on many platforms, not just IPTV. You will have a strong presence on smart phones, tablets, and computers, as well. We make sure that we upload and get your content on as many platforms as possible through a variety of strategies and tools, in particular Monster Encoder.

Monster Encoder is one of our most popular tools. It allows the user to take all kinds of video files such as AVI, MP4, FLV, etc. and encode it into a file that can quickly be streamed across multiple platforms. The files that are created while recording and producing video content can sometimes be difficult to play on certain devices and applications. Monster Encoder ensures that viewers are able to see your content with no technical difficulties.

Additionally, Monster Encoder embeds your videos with HTML5 capabilities so that it can be streamed onto mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. Regardless of whether the mobile devices utilize an Android or Apple operating system, your content will stream with no problem. Next to the IPTV market, the mobile market is where you can pick up viewers that may not use computers to view Internet content.

Another Big Difference

One thing we pride ourselves on is our customer service. We’ve all been on the other side of it, especially with cable companies. We believe that our customers should be treated with courtesy and respect. We make sure our customer support staff is highly trained about all our products and can answer any of your questions with little or no difficulty. Should you like some of our options, but require some customization for them to work for you, our representatives will work with you to understand your needs and advise you on how to make it happen. At TikiLIVE, customers are our priority! Please email us, call us at (305) 289-4557, or use our online contact form.

The Advantages of Embedding HTML5 Streaming with Video & Audio

TikiLIVE-Broadcasting-Software-with-Easy-Setup Owning an Internet business allows you to reach out to an untold number of people all over the world. This powerful and instantaneous transmission of your ideas to every corner of the world can help you share your high quality digital content and make your reputation and business grow at an unprecedented rate. Not only can you deliver your video content to offices and homes on laptops, PCs, and televisions, but you can also reach people in their everyday travels through their smart phones and other mobile devices.

Thanks to all the recent developments in technology, it’s now possible to have a mobile phone today that is as powerful as PCs were in the 1980s and 1990s. After making technological breakthroughs, mass production helps makes things cheaper and can also make bulky machines into smaller handheld devices like smart phones and tablets. When you factor in the relatively recent arrival of widely available high speed Internet, large video and audio files can be streamed to mobile devices in a snap.

TikiLIVE can bring your high definition video content to potential customers even when they are sitting in a restaurant checking their voicemail. Our robust infrastructure allows you to stream videos to mobile users without worrying about interruptions of any kind. Our Monster Encoder module helps make sure that your video files are encoded to seamlessly stream to whatever device your customers are using to ingest your content.

Digital Files

Video and audio files come in a variety of containers and codecs. A file container is considered to be the file extension, i.e. AVI, FLV, MP4, MP3, etc. The container typically tells the user what applications can play the files. Within the video file are specific instructions for the playback of the audio and the video. These instructions are called a codec.

When recording digital audio and video, the file is not nearly as important as playback. You may encounter difficulties getting your video presentation out to many people if the majority of media players can’t read the file due to the container.

TikiLIVE helps you with our tool called the Monster Encoder. This tool can take most audio and video files and convert them into a file that will be viewed across a variety of platforms. Additionally, there is no drop off in quality post conversion. What is streamed to viewers is just as good as what you recorded and produced. While Monster Encoder processes your files, it also embeds HTML5 coding in the file so that mobile devices can stream your content as well.

Mobile Phone

It is truly amazing how popular smart phones are today. In less than 15 years, we’ve moved from bulky cell phones that could barely hold a charge to phones with computers in them that fit into the palm of your hand. TikiLIVE’s HTML5 capabilities will make sure that your potential and existing customers will be able to view your videos wherever they take their phones. Regardless of whether your customers have a phone with an Android operating system or a phone with iOS, there will be no issues viewing content. Additionally, our HTML5 streaming functionality means that should you possess an Apple TV device, you’ll be able to feed the content from your phone onto your television as well. This makes it a perfect way to take your presentation on the road with you – all you have to do is bring your cell phone.

Tablets

An up and coming mobile device is the tablet. Previously, the only real viable one was Apple’s iPad, but a number of Android based tablets are coming into their own, particularly the Samsung Galaxy Tablet. These tablets are perfect for those that don’t care for the small screen of a cell phone, but don’t want to haul around a laptop. The tablet is an emerging market in the professional world as well. TikiLIVE gets you on the ground floor with our HTML5 coded versions of your content. You’ll be able to get to people before other companies can adjust and scoop up customers by being the first business of your kind out there.

Other Platforms

Set Top Boxes

Not only does TikiLIVE help you reach people in a mobile setting, we make sure you are highly competitive everywhere else as well. One exciting development is the set top box.

A set top box streams Internet content onto a television. A good example of this is the Roku box. Roku users can stream Netflix, Hulu, Amazon, and many other content providers on their large flat screen TV’s. TikiLIVE can help you create your own broadcast channel that viewers can place right alongside these other options. This brings you a whole new audience. You could sell training classes for companies’ continuing education of their employees without anyone having to leave their home. You could invite people to conferences and they can attend without getting up off the couch. This is a market that is only now beginning to reach its potential. By being one of the first out there, you can reach and influence a lot of potential clients.

PCs and MACs

While Windows and Apple based computers and laptops may be a reliable standby and not quite as fresh or appealing as mobile devices; they get the job done and are the standard for most businesses. TikiLIVE makes sure your video content streams onto these platforms without a hitch. Our Monster Encoder makes sure that your streaming files are coded into the highest quality files to make viewing the engaging experience you designed your content to offer. Additionally, we offer all kinds of integration into WordPress sites and social media networks that can be maximized on a laptop or desktop computer.

Supporting Your Audio and Video Delivery

At TikiLIVE, we know that how you present yourself is vitally important to your success. Our highly trained staff will work with you to select the appropriate options and tools to begin growing your business at a cost that won’t break your budget. Please email us, call us at (305) 289-4557, or use our online contact form. We’re looking forward to working with you!

TikiLIVE Now Offers New Shopping Cart Feature for Users

With the new year beginning, TikiLIVE starts it off with a brand “NEW” upgrade. TikiLIVE broadcasters may now offer products through our newest WordPress plugin!

Updated Shopping Cart

TikiLIVE has streamlined the process of setting up a shopping cart. Users now have the capability to integrate their own shopping cart into a free
TikiLIVE WordPress site to sell digital media, books, and hard goods! Now music artists can offer listeners their music using the TikiLIVE Better Than Radio, and then sell their music direct to their audience! All this from their very own personalized WordPress site with easy to use back office controls. Artists or may sell a track at a time, or offer entire albums of MP3s. This is the least costly way to jump start your business today!

Upgrade to our latest platform and you too may receive the following:

An easy to deploy shopping cart, ready in minutes
The ability to offer hard goods, music, or movies for sale
Integration with PayPal or credit card for an easy and convenient checkout experience

Any channel owner on TikiLIVE can now run a full service, media distribution business from one back office! Please contact us for more details and to arrange for an online personal demonstration.

Roku Adaptive VOD Bitrate Streaming

Being able to stream Internet content to a television is a big feature in the IPTV industry and is growing more popular each day. Roku is just one of the many ways that viewers are able to watch their favorite shows and more at home and online right through their television.

While some viewers may have the Internet capacity and more to watch extremely High Definition content, not everybody does. This is why TikiLIVE has upgraded their Video On Demand streaming to allow for adaptive bitrate capabilities on Roku. With this new adaptive streaming, the video starts out at a lower bitrate and continually adjusts to the actual speed of the viewers Internet connection, ensuring that they will have a smooth and pleasant viewing experience.
Broadcasters follow the normal uploading method for adding content to Roku; we still make it as simple as ever. Use our built-in Monster Encoder program, encode the file for Roku and HTML5 compatibilities, and you’re done! Once the videos are encoded, it will be availalbe on the TikiLIVE Roku channel for your viewers to enjoy.

Bandwidth Calculator

To make the process easier, TikiLIVE has added a bandwidth calculator to the upgrade page so users can know exactly what package they will need. Users can place their statistics in the designated area, providing their expected viewers, broadcasting and viewing bitrate, plus broadcasting time, and the calculator will provide them with the recommended package. If someone is unsure, this tool takes out all the worry, calculating the required package based on the broadcasterÔÇÖs expectations.

PPV Earnings

For users who want to host their own live Pay Per View events or VOD content, even channel subscriptions, TikiLIVE offers this capability for anyone to use. Make a profit on live sports events, premium movies, or monthly subscriptions for exclusive access. This is just another great way to create a revenue source off of content that users already have access too.
Once the event is finished and PayPal is one of the most secure e-commerce businesses used across the world. This is why we have integrated PayPal into our payment system for users purchasing content or subscriptions, and just recently for broadcasters receiving earnings for the PPV and subscription content, making instant funds transfer simple.

HD Wave for Mac

Mac computers from Apple are becoming a growing favorite among users everywhere. People are using Apple products more and more so TikiLIVE has taken the step forward and we have developed our own HD Wave for Mac broadcaster. Now Mac users won’t have to resort to third-party broadcasting programs and can stick with the same application that is built directly into the software, providing you with a seamless streaming experience.
TikiLIVE is dedicated to keeping up with the newest capabilities of technology and as long as these features keep coming, we will keep improving. For more information or any questions you may have about our services, feel free to fill out our contact us form, or call our office at 305.289.4557.

Live Streaming Software.

Live Streaming Software. Streaming live high quality digital video has never been easier than today. Amazing technological progress has been made in regards to recording equipment as well as personal computers. These increases in computing and videography power have helped to drive consumer costs down. Between these changes as well as the relative commonality of high-speed broadband connectivity, there’s no limit to what you can record and share with your internet audience, be it a business or a hobby. Live streaming allows you to communicate to a broad variety of viewers through their personal computers, mobile devices, and set top boxes like Roku. TikiLIVE can tailor a live streaming software solution to increase your audience, create new revenue streams, and grow your hobby or business.

Digital Video Formatting

With the advent of new smartphones, video cameras, and playback applications, there are a number of video formats that can be used. These formats break down to two basic components: container and codecs. A container is generally a file extension such as AVI, MP4, FLV, MKV, etc. This determines what application you would choose to play the video file on. The codec is embedded within the digital code of the video and includes instructions on how the video and audio plays on a certain application.These two variables can eliminate viewing your file in commonly used applications. TikiLIVE has invested years of knowledge to encode the digital content you load onto our site so that it can be viewed on any application just about anywhere. You can stop worrying about how your videos are formatted when recording them. Let us ensure that your viewers will have no problem seeing your streaming video.

TikiLIVE in the Business World

Live streaming video is an invaluable asset to your organization. Through the listed examples below, you can see that communicating with your customers, business networks, and employees; you’ll be able to transform your business from a Mom & Pop startup to a powerhouse with unlimited potential. Having a content host and provider with a secure and complete infrastructure will help to meet your customers viewing preferences. TikiLIVE is the streaming software solution for your business.

One Message – Many Customers

By creating streaming video content, you will be able to avoid expensive duplication of effort. One well-produced video will do the work that used to take a knowledgeable staff months to accomplish. Gone are the days where you have to pay a field staff to go to all your clients to inform them of a new product. You will save on personnel as well as travel and lodging costs that you would have to pay for without a robust solution such as TikiLIVE.Should you have to issue any corrections or modifications to your initial product rollout, TikiLIVE will enable you to handle that with minimum effort and cost.Additionally, you will want to use your growing number of informative product videos to land bigger and bigger clients. Having a TikiLIVE streaming video solution will demonstrate your track record to potential customers. You can also take preexisting video content and tailor it to pitch your services to a specific client. Having a virtual video library of your success shows you mean business and are here to stay.

The Virtual Classroom

Onboarding new employees to your organization will take time and expense. You will have to inform them of their benefits, your human resource possibilities, and specific initial position based training. Instead of sending a dedicated staff of people to educate your new employees one on one, TikiLIVE can help you stream your prepackaged video content that can educate your employees and inform them of basic practices at your firm. It will not matter if you have multiple employee sites because they will be accessing your video solution located on TikiLIVE servers. We have a robust and stable infrastructure to meet the demand of many simultaneous viewers.As your company grows, you will want to keep your employees informed of changes in training and also share good news. Studies have shown that more communication with employees is good for company morale. A happy confident staff can take your business places. Use TikiLIVE to foster community with your employees and your customers.

Knowledge is Power…and Profit

As your company grows, you will become more knowledgeable in business practices and a subject matter expert. Think of all the times you wished someone would mentor you to point out an easier path to success. Now that you have gotten somewhere, start hosting webinars sharing a few tips that have helped your business succeed and thrive. You can live stream live events that you can sell tickets to viewers. The appeal of virtual informative events for business professionals is that they can learn from the comfort of their own home. By cutting down on travel, your audience can justify training to their employers. This translates into a growing audience. As a subject matter expert, you will be able to share the knowledge of your specific field. The more webinars and live events you stream through TikiLIVE, the more of an audience you will have. Virtual training is a growing side business that can help you as you build your reputation in your industry.

TikiLIVE – The Answer to Your Live Streaming Video Needs

You have spent a lot of time, money, and effort to start your business. TikiLIVE is here to help you define and share your goals and vision with your audience. Let us work with you to provide a way to put your best foot forward. We can help create a live streaming video package for you that best meets your needs. With our in depth knowledge and expertise, our engineers can design a hosting and delivery infrastructure that will be both cost efficient and cutting edge. Not only do we pride ourselves in our ability to outshine the competition technologically, but we also believe we are #1 in customer service. Our representatives are not here to take your money and then not return your requests for help. Here at TikiLIVE, we believe in building a relationship with our customers that is based on trust and respect. We want to be in business with you for the long haul. Won’t you give us a call at(305) 289-4557? We want to help you become a success!

HD Wave Live Broadcaster for Mac

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The HD Wave for TikiLIVE has always allowed its users to broadcast in High or Standard definition through its simple to use interface. Previously the HD Wave had only been available for Windows computers, leaving Mac users to resort to third party broadcasting software to stream from Apple computers, but no more.

Just recently, TikiLIVE released their first mobile application available from the Apple App Store and AndroidÔÇÖs Google Play store. Now we’ve made the advancement into desktop applications for Mac users, available for download right from the Mac App Store.

No Proprietary Equipment Needed

The HD Wave for Mac allows TikiLIVE users to stream quality content without the need of any expensive broadcasting equipment normally required with other programs or platforms. To get started, all the broadcaster needs is a powerful Mac and a camera connected to their computer, being either an iMac, Mac Mini, or a MacBook. To get started, users can

Download the HD wave Live Broadcaster for Mac from the App Store or from our website
Plug in their video source

Select their channel
And start broadcasting LIVE!

The desktop application allows broadcasters to publish up to 1080i HD video quality, streaming events and content live right to the viewers. The HD Wave software captures video in real time via Thunderbolt input and even automatically records the stream to the usersÔÇÖ TikiLIVE account for later access.

The HD Wave and TikiLIVE

Combined with the power of the TikiLIVE platform, broadcasters can stream content from their Mac computer with the HD Wave and utilize various features from TikiLIVE to enhance viewer experiences. Streams may be viewed using Roku Set Top Boxes, web browsers, Flash-based players, and HTL5 mobile devices.

Not only does TikiLIVE have desktop broadcasters for PC and Mac users now, but we also released an application that allows broadcasters to stream video and audio live right from their mobile Apple devices. Simply download the app, configure your channel, and you’re broadcasting on the go! For more details, you can see our page here.

Whether youÔÇÖre streaming TV stations, movies, faith-based services, sports networks, game tournaments, or general IPTV content, the HD Wave deliver it all from your Mac computer for anyone in the world to watch.

For more information on how to start using the HD Wave for Mac or any of our other broadcasting tools and platforms, fill out our contact us form, or call our office at 305.289.4557.

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