TikiLIVE.com Upgrade to 6.3

The engineers at TikiLIVE have been hard at work over the past few months and are finally ready to announce the upgrade of our HD iPTV platform to version 6.3. This latest version of our online streaming software offers a whole host of features that we hope our users will enjoy. The following are some of the latest features of our updated HD iPTV platform.

New Channel Manager with Ads Insert

We’ve completely updated our Channel Manager and now allow our clients to instantly insert advertisements directly into their video playlists. If you’re just starting out in terms of creating content, this may not seem important, but as your content becomes more popular you’ll want to look for ways to monetize your content.

With our new Channel Manager, you can ingest ads directly into your playlists—similar to how ads appear on a standard TV station with regular commercial breaks. Our Channel Manager is also fully optimized for mobile devices allowing you to rearrange your channel lineup from your smartphone or tablet. No longer are you chained to your desktop if you’re looking to make changes to your lineup.

New Channel Guide

One of the biggest complaints we commonly hear from cable and satellite providers is frustration with their channel guide. Most channel guides are extremely slow and can be very frustrating to use.

TikiLIVE has attempted to design something much more user friendly than your typical channel guide. Our guide is extremely smooth and allows your viewers to easily navigate between our channel offerings.

On top of the easy-to-use user interface you’ll also be able to control your channel offerings from your mobile device to allow you to manage your content from literally anywhere.

New TV-Like Interface

We’ve also upgraded our complete interface to make it look much more like the TV experience that you may have been used to from cable providers. Our new design offers a flat interface that is easy to use and is not very resource intensive. We’re constantly upgrading the user interface of our products and feel confident that our latest iteration is a good fit, regardless of how your viewers are accessing your content.

Updated TikiLIVE Media Player

With the video streaming industry, continuing to improve is incredibly important, which is why we’re always upgrading our streaming player to meet the needs of the latest innovations in technology. We’ve recently upgraded our technology to support adaptive bitrate streaming for live broadcasts. This is something that our streaming clients have frequently requested and we’re happy to finally be able to roll out this new feature.

Interested in Learning More About Our HD iPTV Solution?

The beauty of cloud based video streaming is that these upgrades typically happen in the background without affecting any of your content or user base. We test each of our updates significantly prior to release and are confident that our latest HD iPTV platform is finally ready for prime time.

If you’re interested in learning more about the new features of TikiLIVE 6.3, don’t hesitate to reach out to our support team today at 305-289-4557.

TikiLIVE Catch UP TV is Now Available Via ” Refer a Friend” Option to Resell!

One of the fastest growing segments of TikiLIVE’s customer base is through referrals. We’re always excited when new referrals sign up for our services because we know that they’ve likely already been introduced to our services through a friend. We’ve recently added the ability to resell our Catch UP TV service, which allows clients to watch a backlog of content that they may have missed.

Steps to Become a TikiLIVE Reseller

Becoming a TikiLIVE reseller is extremely easy. Simply follow these simple steps and you’ll be well on your way to generating income simply by referring your friends or clients to TikiLIVE.

Register as a Reseller

If you’re looking to register as a reseller, you’ll want to select the Reseller Broadcaster account when registering. When registering, you’ll be asked for the following information:

Username
Email Address
Password
Re-enter your password
Your sponsor’s referral ID. If you clicked on a link from another individual, their ID will automatically be populated. If not, you can always enter your sponsor’s ID or leave this field blank.
You’ll then be asked to pay a small referral fee to use our program.
Once you’ve paid your referral fee you’ll be categorized as an “untrained reseller.”

Become a Qualified Reseller

One you’ve registered as an untrained reseller, you’ll need to complete a few additional steps to start earning money from TikiLIVE. First off, you’ll need to ensure that you subscribe to our Entry, Midrange, or Professional account. Our Free account does not offer the ability to act as a reseller.

Once you have upgraded to the proper account level, you’ll receive a Reseller ID. You can share this ID with other users to generate income. You’ll then be prompted to watch a series of training videos offering tips on how to become a successful TikiLIVE reseller.

Making Money as a TikiLIVE Reseller

Once you’ve signed up as a reseller, you’ll be able to begin generating income. TikiLIVE offers a host of ways to market our services to generate income for you. To view or create reseller campaigns, you can click on the “Banners & Links” option on your Reseller dashboard. You’ll then be sent to a search page where you can see all of the different banner and link options you have to begin earning income from TikiLIVE referrals. Each option that you select allows you to generate a banner code or dynamic link to use to draw users to TikiLIVE.

We’re Excited About This Opportunity for Our Resellers

At TikiLIVE, we’re extremely excited about our upgraded reseller program that now includes Catch UP TV. If you’ve been a long time fan of TikiLIVE, why not generate some additional income by becoming a reseller today? For more information about our reseller accounts, don’t hesitate to contact our team today at 305-289-4557 or email us through our online form.

Adaptive Bit Rate TikiLIVE Player

TikiLIVE is excited to announce that our updated TikiLIVE player now offers support for adaptive bit rate streaming. If you’re new to the world of online streaming you may not understand the benefits of this additional functionality. In this short article, we’ll go into detail about adaptive bit rate streaming and how it can improve the viewing experience of users accessing your content.

What is Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming?

Adaptive bit rate streaming is a technique where video content is streamed across computer networks or more commonly, the Internet. In the past, streaming companies used protocols such as RTSP and RTP. Today’s most popular streaming methods are based on the HTTP protocol and meant to work well across large HTTP networks like the Internet.

How Does Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming Work?

This new type of streaming works by actually detecting a user’s CPU capacity and bandwidth to alter the quality of the video stream on the fly. Adaptive bit rate streaming requires an encoder that can encode a video at varying bit rates. The player then switches between the different encoding based on a user’s available resources. This technique then results in little buffering, quick start and a positive streaming experience for both fast and slow Internet connections.

To offer more detail, adaptive bit rate streaming works by using a method of HTTP video streaming where the video is encoded at different bit rates, then each of the varying streams are broken into smaller video segments. The streaming player is aware of the different bit rates and stream segments through what is called a manifest file.

As a video first begins to play, the client will request the lowest offered stream. If the video player determines that the streaming speed is faster than the bit rate of the segment that has been downloaded it will make a request for the next highest bit rate segment. Subsequently, if the client determines that the download speed has deteriorated it will request a lower bit rate segment.

Benefits of Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming

Best Possible User Experience – Using adaptive bit rate streaming allows users to have the best possible viewing experience regardless of connection speed. This offers content creators the ability to focus on building quality content as opposed to the complications of video streaming.

Scalable – Content delivery networks like TikiLIVE utilize adaptive bit rate streaming to better deliver streaming content to users. By receiving the original video stream from our origin server we then replicate it to our additional server around the world. This then allows the content to be served to end users from the “closest” server based on location.

Less Resource Intensive – Adaptive bit rate streaming is less resource intensive for both the player as well as the content delivery network that is delivering the content.

Live Adaptive Bit Rate Streaming – While we’ve offered VOD adaptive bit rate streaming in previous versions of our media player, it wasn’t until recently that we’ve offered live adaptive bit rate streaming. This allows our users to get the same benefits of adaptive bit rate streaming that they’re used to with recorded content on live content as well.

Interested in Learning More About TikiLIVE’s Updated Player?

You can demo TikiLIVE’s adaptive bit rate streaming feature here. If you would like to learn more about new features of our new TikiLIVE player, in addition to adaptive bit rate streaming, feel free to contact our team today at 305-289-4557.

Why Delivering a Consistent Experience to Your Audience Matters

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If you’re just embarking on the journey of video streaming, you likely have a few things to learn. You’ll need to brush up on the technology surrounding video streaming and you’ll have to make sure you have the necessary software, video camera equipment and online streaming partner to effectively provide your viewers with high quality video content.

While you may only be focused on creating high quality video, there are actually many facets of an effective streaming campaign that should not be neglected. Failing to devote the necessary resources to some of these aspects of your streaming campaign can result in a lack of interest in your content. By focusing on delivering a high quality, consistent experience to your audience you will convey a more professional image to viewers.

How Can I Deliver a Consistent Streaming Experience to My Users?

Providing a consistent experience to your users may seem relatively straightforward, but in reality it can be quite complicated. You not only want to create high quality content, but you also want that content to be delivered effectively to your audience. You can do so by keeping the following in mind.

1. Your Bandwidth Matters

If you’re using a live streaming provider that hosts your content in the cloud you may not think that your Internet bandwidth matters, but this is not the case. If you’re providing a live stream to your audience you’ll want to ensure that your Internet connection is sufficient. The last thing you want is for your live stream to be extremely choppy, resulting in your audience heading for the “exits” in droves.

2. Ensure Your Content is Accessible Across Platforms

Just a few years ago, most users accessed streaming content from their personal computers. Today, the streaming landscape has changed immensely. Now content creators must ensure their content can be viewed across multiple devices. Ensure that your content provider allows you to share your videos with users on mobile devices, tablets, computers and even iPTV devices.

TikiLIVE offers full support for video streaming across mobile devices, tablets, computers and a variety of set top boxes. Through our HTML5 support, you can be confident that your content will be easily accessible across a myriad of devices.

3. Effectively Market Your Video Content

While you think that your work is complete as soon as you’re done shooting your video content, this simply is not the case. In today’s world, your work is only just beginning when you are winding down your video production. After production, you must focus on getting your content out in front of as many viewers as possible.

TikiLIVE offers a variety of ways to help you get noticed online. Not only do we offer a host of high quality streaming options to ensure your content is easily viewable by a large audience, but we also make it extremely easy to help you market your content to your target audience.

4. Get the Word Out On Social Media

One of the best ways to market your content is through social media. Using social networks like Facebook and Twitter to reach and boost your audience can quickly allow your content to become wildly popular online. Social media networks are the perfect way for your content to go viral because of the ease with which users can share your content with their friends.

TikiLIVE offers user-friendly social media sharing tools that allow you to instantly get your content in front of a massive user base. With TikiLIVE technology, you can even have your videos automatically play directly on user pages for certain social media networks.

5. Create a Website to Further Build Your User Base

Another way to provide a consistent experience for your users is by creating a website that helps build your user base and your brand. Websites can be extremely expensive and intimidating for someone without a technical background.

Thankfully, TikiLIVE understood this hurdle and has integrated a WordPress website into each users streaming account. WordPress is a versatile website platform that powers millions of websites online. The platform requires very little technical expertise and can have you up and running with a professional looking website to promote your content in minutes.

6. Partner With a Content Delivery Network With Worldwide Reach

Another huge factor when it comes to video streaming is the streaming provider that you choose to host your content. Considering the variety of free options online, you may think that you don’t need to pay to host your video content.

The reality is that free providers are often more focused on advertising dollars than on offering a reliable network to stream your content. This means that your viewing audience may experience significant lag and buffering issues, which could cause them to look elsewhere for content.

TikiLIFE offers a fully-featured content delivery network (CDN) that will ensure your content is always served efficiently to your end-users. With servers located around the world, your content will not suffer at the hands of a greedy provider. We understand that streaming content is likely the crux of your business, and therefore, we work hard to ensure our network will always hold up to the needs of your viewers.

Are You Ready to Work Your Magic?

Now that you’ve seen the benefits of a consistent video streaming experience you’re probably ready to get more information about how to start streaming your content online. At TikiLIVE we have a team of streaming experts with years of experience to help you begin as soon as possible.

Simply give our team a call today at 305-743-6722, and we’ll be happy to go over your account options to help you find a solution that meets your needs.

Why You Should Use TikiLIVE’s Mobile App

If you’re new to the world of online streaming, you may still be getting up to speed as to what is important to ensure your content becomes popular online. One of the most important aspects of your content is the ability for as many people to access it as possible.

The beauty of the Internet is that literally anyone with a connection can stream content related to any topic of interest. No longer are we confined to what’s on “TV” at the moment.

With live streaming, you simply search around the Internet until you find something that interests you. Even extremely targeted niche categories can have loyal followings online.

While the Internet opens up countless opportunities for individuals or organizations looking to stream content online, it’s important that your content is accessible across as many devices as possible. One of the fastest growing segments of the Internet audience is mobile users.

Interesting Mobile & Video Streaming Stats

• 92% of mobile video viewers often share videos with others. (Invodo)
• 65% of executives have gone to a vendor’s site after watching some form of a video. (Forbes)
• When marketers included a video in an outreach email, the click-through rate increased by 200%-300%. (Forrester)
• 64% of consumers are more likely to purchase a product after watching a video. (comScore)
• Mobile makes up around 40% of global watch time on YouTube (YouTube)
• Only 24% of brands are using online video to market to their customers (Kantar Media)
• Mobile video consumption is up 100% year over year between the first quarter of 2014 and the first quarter of 2015. (Ooyala)

More People Accessing Internet From Mobile Phones Than Ever Before

As you can see, video is becoming increasingly important online. This is especially the case when it comes to allowing your viewers access to your content from their mobile phones. With the huge surge in mobile Internet use, it’s important that your content is easily viewable across all major smartphone platforms.

With the larger screens of today’s smartphones, the viewing experience on mobile devices continues to improve. This means that you must do all that you can to cater to your viewers, no matter what type of device they’re using to access your content.

Use TikiLIVE’s Mobile App to Reach Your Viewers

Investing in the resources that it takes to create your very own mobile app can be extremely expensive. Creating your own app involves expensive developer costs as well as the need for a robust infrastructure to host all of your content. That’s why streaming provider TikiLIVE recently launched a full-featured mobile app for both iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.

This versatile app allows your viewers to access their iPTV account from their mobile phones or tablets and access the content they’ve subscribed to regardless of their location. Today’s consumer lacks patience and wants to have as much information at their fingertips as possible. With TikiLIVE, you’re able to offer the same high level iPTV experience on mobile phones that you provide on set top boxes, computers, and other devices.

Other Key Reasons to Choose TikiLIVE

While TikiLIVE’s mobile apps should be reason enough for you to utilize our high quality streaming platform, we understand that you may need a few more reasons to use our service. A few of the features that are most popular among our clients include:

• Updated EPG – Our Electronic Programming Guide is far superior to what you’re likely used to from a cable or satellite provider. We offer quick access to all of your content that is instantly searchable by your viewers. All of the information is actually stored in the cloud to improve speed and to allow your viewers to access their content from any device – including mobile phones and tablets.

• Set Top Box Support – TikiLIVE also offers full support for Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku set top boxes, as well as a growing number of Android set top boxes. While we offer full support for Android set top boxes, we do not support Linux set top boxes. This allows your viewers to easily access your content from their living room as well as their computer or mobile phone.

• Advertising Options – If your content really starts to take off, you can instantly add advertising to your videos to generate recurring revenue.

• White Label Platform – Tired of giving a streaming provider ample advertising space alongside your high quality videos? With TikiLIVE you can instantly create your own fully functional iPTV network with your own logos and branding.

Our high quality network will still be taking care of all of the particulars behind the scenes while you’re able to market yourself as a full-fledged iPTV provider.

• Multi Language Module – Do you have viewers all around the world? Keeping up with all of the different languages of your viewers can be a full-time job alone.

TikiLIVE offers instant access to our multi language module to allow your viewers from across the world to access your content in their native language. This allows you to easily create a multi-national site with the help of our language modules.

• WordPress Site – Have you ever heard of the super popular CMS platform WordPress? If not, it’s the most popular platform for bloggers as well as companies looking to create an easy to use, yet attractive online presence. WordPress requires very little technical knowledge to create an attractive website.

With a TikiLIVE account, you not only get access to all of our streaming features, but you also get your very own WordPress website that can be branded with your company logos and colors. You can even link your own domain to your WordPress site through TikiLIVE.

Ready to Give TikiLIVE a Chance?

Are you finally convinced that you’re ready to give TikiLIVE a try? If you have any questions about your streaming needs, feel free to contact our support team today at 305-743-6722. We’ll be happy to show you how you can increase your visibility online through our mobile apps as well as our other popular features.

Determining How Much Bandwidth You Will Need for HD Content

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When you’re looking around for Internet service, certain providers will likely offer a variety of plans that may meet your needs. Each of these different plans have varying bandwidth restrictions, which translate into how fast your web content will load while browsing the Internet or downloading files.

When you’re streaming content to be viewed by an audience, your Internet connection is extremely important. If your connection is too slow, it can cause your viewers to experience lag or buffering – even if you’re using a streaming provider like TikiLIVE.

To fully understand how much bandwidth plays into the quality of your audience’s viewing experience, we’re going to explain how streaming works for those that may not be as well-versed about the process.

There are two important terms to remember when it comes to bandwidth (measured in Megabits per second or Mbps): downstream and upstream. These indicate the speed of inbound and outbound traffic respectively. They are both important for different streaming tasks.

Downstream Bandwidth

Downstream bandwidth refers to the amount of data that can be transmitted to a computer via your Internet connection. Therefore, your downstream bandwidth is directly related to how fast web pages load, how quickly videos are downloaded, etc.

If you’re viewing a lot of streaming content, it’s recommended that you have at least 5 Mbps per user, if not more. If you are downloading extremely large files, watching movies or watching extremely high quality HD content online, you’ll likely want to choose a plan that offers at least 25-30 Mbps or faster in downstream bandwidth.

Upstream Bandwidth

When it comes to the average Internet user, they likely don’t use a large amount of upstream bandwidth. Upstream bandwidth determines how fast your computer can transmit data to a remote location.

For typical web surfing, the upstream pipe is only used to transmit the initial request for a webpage and the rest of the bandwidth is handled through a downstream connection. This is the reason why most Internet Service Providers (ISPs) provide a much smaller amount of upstream bandwidth compared to downstream – sometimes as little as 1/10th.

Upstream bandwidth is extremely important for HD streaming—especially live content. If you’re looking to stream live content to your viewing audience, you’ll want to ensure that your ISP offers high upstream bandwidth to ensure that you’re not waiting for ages to upload your content.

Your streaming content is exclusively tied to your upstream speed, so even if your streaming provider has a lighting fast content delivery network, if you’re live streaming content, you will be largely hamstrung by a slow upstream connection.

At TikiLIVE, we sometimes hear complaints from our users that viewers are experiencing streaming difficulties and during the majority of the time, it is due to the upstream bandwidth of an account holder’s ISP.

If you’re not looking to stream content live, then you can get around this issue. By simply uploading your content to be viewed later by your users, you can insulate them from any delay issues.

Once your content makes its way to our servers, it will then be served through our rock solid content delivery network, but this is unfortunately not the case if you’re live streaming your content.

If you’re looking to live stream content on a regular basis, you’ll want to have an upstream connection with at least 10-20 Mbps, if not more.

Other Factors to Consider When Streaming HD Content

Aside from your connection speed, there is a whole host of other factors to consider, including:

1. Streaming Provider

Regardless of your Internet speed, the streaming provider that you choose is immensely important. While there are a variety of free providers on the market, you typically sacrifice speed and quality when you go with a cheap video streaming option.

Free streaming providers make money on advertising and therefore may not be putting your best interests ahead of their advertisers. This can result in inferior video quality as well as constant advertisements appearing in and around your videos, which can detract some viewers from your content.

2. Mobile Capabilities

Another factor to consider when streaming content is that the way viewers are accessing content online is constantly changing. While just a few years ago the majority of Internet usage was done from a personal computer, this is not at all the case today.

In today’s fast-paced world, more and more people are accessing the Internet from their mobile phones and tablets. In fact, it’s thought that more than half of all Internet usage at this time comes from mobile or tablet devices.

If you’re looking to capitalize on this huge uptick in mobile Internet usage, you need to make sure that your HD streaming content is readily available on mobile devices. Choosing a provider like TikiLIVE that offers full HTML5 support ensures that all of your users, regardless of device, will be able to access your content.

3. iPTV Support

Another huge segment of growth in video streaming has occurred in the iPTV realm. iPTV offers viewers the ability to stream video content from the Internet to their standard televisions, typically through some type of set top box.

The major players in this industry such as Hulu, Netflix and Amazon have carved out a niche where millions of people have cut the cord from their cable or satellite provider and are turning to iPTV providers instead. This offers a unique opportunity for streaming providers looking to capitalize on this new market of consumers hungry for streaming content.

TikiLIVE offers full iPTV support through a series of set top boxes including Roku, Apple TV and Chromecast. With TikiLIVE, you can instantly create an iPTV network that rivals that of the large providers at a fraction of the cost.

Ready to Get Your Content Out to the World?

We hope you now understand how important bandwidth is when it comes to HD streaming. If you have any additional questions about TikiLIVE or whether your Internet connection is sufficient for HD video streaming don’t hesitate to contact us today.

DIY Affordable Streaming Setup

If you’re looking for an easy way to stream content to the world, you’re in luck! Thanks to the huge drop in technology costs coupled with affordable, high speed Internet, almost anyone can stream content online with little upfront costs or expensive equipment.

Just five or ten years ago, you would need an extremely expensive setup to easily stream your content online. Large organizations and TV stations were the only entities that could afford to invest this amount of resources to produce video content. This created a large number of mega corporations that controlled most of the traditional media space we see today.

As more people gained access to the Internet, many began to see this new platform as a vehicle for all sorts of streaming opportunities. The barriers that stopped the ability to pick up a video camera and stream content to another Internet-connected entity, had finally been broken

Now the world of video streaming is open to anyone who has a few minutes to learn the basics. If you’re relatively new to the world of Internet streaming, use this guide to learn exactly what you need to get up and running with your own DIY affordable streaming setup.

Requirements for an Affordable Streaming Setup

1. Video Camera

If you’re looking to stream content online, you’ll obviously need a video camera of some sort. You have quite a few options, including a traditional video camera—or thanks to the advancements in smartphone technology, your phone can actually allow you to stream content online.

This ability to literally start recording and streaming from anywhere has allowed the traditional news cycle to be completely upended. Today, if there is a controversial issue or hot topic, chances are there are countless people recording the event with their phones to be streamed online within minutes. You too can begin streaming content with your smartphone.

2. Captive Audience

You could have the most compelling content available, but if you don’t have an audience, you’re most likely not going to be very successful. It’s important to not only create high quality content, but to also focus on growing your user base.

If you’re operating on a shoestring budget, feel free to leverage the power of the Internet and social media in particular to get the word out about your content. First start by reaching out to friends and family, and encourage them to share your content with others. You will be surprised at how fast your grassroots marketing campaign is kicking off to pay huge dividends in terms of growing interest in your content.

3. Check Your Internet Speed

When streaming your video content online, your Internet speed is incredibly important. If you have a spotty Internet connection, your viewers will quickly know it based on the occurrence of random hiccups and streaming issues.

Today’s savvy Internet user is not very patient and will quickly tire of these types of connection problems. Ensure you have a reliable Internet connection prior to hitting the record button.

4. Beware of Lighting Issues

If you’re new to the world of video, it’s important to understand that proper lighting is key. A few tips to keep in mind include:

• Avoid dimly lit rooms
• Be aware of natural light
• Don’t position a person between a light and the camera (if possible)

5. Be Mindful of Audio Quality

Depending on the type of content that you’re creating, audio material may be an integral part of what you’re trying to convey to your viewers. If so, you may want to get a direct audio feed through a microphone. Even if you’re using a smartphone to record video, it’s possible to attach a microphone to certain smartphones.

6. Partner With a High-Quality Streaming Provider

Choosing a reliable streaming provider to host and distribute your content may be the most important step when it comes to streaming content online. While there are many options when it comes to streaming providers, few offer the wide variety of features of TikiLIVE. Some of our most popular features include:

• Distributed Content Delivery Network – At TikiLIVE we’ve developed a high quality content delivery network (CDN) that includes servers that are located all across the world. This allows us to serve content to your viewers based on their geographical location. It also improves speeds and reduces streaming issues due to connection issues.

• Mobile Ready – You may not realize it, but the majority of your audience is going to be accessing your content from a mobile device. Whether it’s a smartphone or tablet, it’s imperative that your content is easily viewable across all types of devices. TikiLIVE offers full HTML5 support to allow any viewer to access your content from any type of smartphone or tablet.

• IPTV Support – Ready to grow your audience beyond the computer and mobile realms? With TikiLIVE, you can actually create your very own IPTV network that can be broadcasted alongside big players like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu. In fact, TikiLIVE allows content to be seen on Roku via your own custom Roku app or via TikiLIVE app – upon your wish.

• Full Social Media Support – As mentioned above, creating quality content doesn’t stop when the video camera stops rolling. In fact, in the online world, this is when your job just begins! TikiLIVE directly integrates with all of the major social media networks allowing you to instantly share your videos with all of your followers.

• Rock Star Support – At TikiLIVE, we’ve been providing high quality streaming solutions to our clients for over 10 years. In these 10+ years we’ve learned an immense amount about the ins and outs of video streaming. When you partner with TikiLIVE, you have our expert team of streaming professionals at your disposal, ready and willing to help you in any way possible.

Ready to Create Your Own Streaming Setup?

If you’re ready to create your own streaming setup, or if you’re just interested in what TikiLIVE has to offer, don’t hesitate to reach out to us today by calling 305-743-6722.

TikiLIVE Local Cloud Delivery for Limited Internet Access Locations

cloud-823723_1280 As the world expands its dependence on the cloud, some Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have to face the challenge of offering competitive streaming services that do not exhaust their available bandwidth throughput. At TikiLIVE, we’ve come up with a solution called “Local Cloud Delivery,” to offer all users (regardless of the quality of their Internet connection) the ability to enjoy the many benefits of TikiLIVE’s streaming platform. This enables the ISPs to reduce the cost of data transfer into their network by utilizing a local caching service.

TikiLIVE Local Cloud Specs

CPU – OPTERON 4334 3.10 GHZ
RAM – 2 x 8GB DDR3-1600 PC3-12800 ECC
Storage – 2 X 2TB 3.5 SATA3 7200RPM 64MB Cache
Network – Dual 10/100/1000 Gigabit Network Card
Delivery – Uni-casting or Multi-casting Ready
Perfect Application for Difficult Device Installation

This solution from TikiLIVE is perfect for difficult installations such as cruise ships, remote resorts, island communities, air travel, tour buses, and other remote locations.

Ease of Management

Another benefit of the TikiLIVE Local Cloud system is that it is easily managed locally from any web browser. Administrators can control membership, indicate content access by user as well as manage all payments and credits.

Plug and Play Solution

Not only is the TikiLIVE Local Cloud Delivery solution jam packed with features, but it is also extremely easy to install. Our solution offers full plug and play installation and full support via a multi-casting or uni-casting network.

Multi Device Support

One of TikiLIVE’s greatest features is the ability for users to access content across multiple devices. With TikiLIVE’s local solution, you’re still able to distribute your content through various protocols to support a wide array of devices including Android, iOS, and standard Web browsers. Your users will simply connect to your local network and be able to access content from your iPTV application or URL.

Auto Updates From the Cloud

At TikiLIVE we’re constantly upgrading our software to ensure that our viewers experience the highest quality streaming experience. That’s why we often roll out updates to our solutions via a cloud connection. Thankfully, our local solution is intuitive enough to receive auto updates from the cloud when connected to the Internet.

Don’t Short Change Your Users

Even though you may not be able to offer consistent Internet delivery due to physical constraints, TikiLIVE has a solution that will still enable you to deliver your high quality content to your end users. Don’t listen to other providers who may claim that delivering streaming content to remote locations is impossible. TikiLIVE offers a solution that will ensure all of your users are able to access your content, regardless of location or device.

Ready to Learn More About TikiLIVE Local Solution?

Are you ready to learn more about what it will take to install a TikiLIVE local platform at your location? Simply give our sales team a call today at 305-743-6722 to learn more about how easy it is to offer high quality content to your users.

TV Everywhere – Feature NKTelco

We’re excited to announce that TikiLIVE has developed an innovation solution for NKTelco that combines TV Everywhere Premium Content with other OTT content using the same set top box.

What is TV Everywhere?

TV Everywhere is a type of video streaming where broadcasters allow their subscribers to access content from their network through the Internet, typically on set top boxes or mobile devices. This content can then be viewed either live or on-demand depending on a customer’s subscription.

What’s So Great About Our Implementation?

What sets TikiLIVE’s solution apart from other providers is the fact that our solution allows TV content to be delivered to users with limited Internet access. This way, even if your viewers are “off the grid” they’ll still be able to watch all of their favorite television shows. This new technology is perfect for areas with little to no Internet connectivity for days at a time such as cruise ships, campgrounds and remote multi-dwelling housing and facilities.

How Does This New Technology Work?

This technology is powered by TikiLIVE local cloud delivery, which utilizes a Catch Up Server to download content when an Internet connection is available. Using this technology your users will not have to feel like they’re completely cut off from the outside world. Even when Internet is not available, your viewers will be able to view content through NKTelco set top boxes and TikiLIVE mobile apps.

Other Features of TikiLIVE’s iPTV Solution

TV-Like Intuitive Program Guide – Our Electronic Program Guide (EPG) offers viewers a TV-like experience allowing them to browse through their favorite channels quickly and efficiently. We’re extremely proud of our EPG solution, which features super fast channel surfing.

Custom Branded to Your Company – Use our iPTV solution to brand your company with the ability to easily add your company name and logo to our streaming solution.

Updated Interface – We’ve recently completely redesigned our channel interface to make it easier to use for your viewers.

Easily Add Channels – We have access to hundreds of premium channels that you can easily add and deliver to your viewers with ease.

Widely Distributed Set Top Box App – Our TikiLIVE app is currently being used on over 1 million set top boxes each year and we’re continuing to add new users every day.

Sampling of Premium Channels Offered Through TV Everywhere

It’s difficult to list all of the premium channels offered, because it is dependent on a subscriber’s cable or satellite subscription, but here is a sampling of our most popular channels:

Local Over The Air Channels Including ABC, NBC, CBS and FOX)
ABC Family
A&E
Bravo
CMT
CNBC
CNN
Disney Channel
ESPN
Food Network
FOX Business
FOX News
HBO Go
HGTV
History
Lifetime
NBC
TBS
TNT
USA

Ready to Offer TV Everywhere to Your Viewers?

If you’re looking for a way to deliver high quality HD content including premium TV channels, TikiLIVE’s TV Everywhere solution using NKTelco set top boxes is just what you’re looking for. Our solution allows you to deliver content even if you have a spotty Internet connection. Using our Local Cloud Delivery, we can develop a solution that makes it easy to keep your viewers up to date with content that they actually want to watch.

For more information about this new solution from TikiLIVE, feel free to contact our sales team today at 305-743-6722.

Why an Online Streaming Channel Can Help Your Business

As a growing business, you likely have a web presence and may even generate some of your new business online. While having a website is a great starting point, leveraging the benefits of video streaming can do even more to catapult your business to the next level.

Providers like TikiLIVE, offer companies the ability to have online streaming channels and showcase anything that they would like. This offers companies huge opportunities to grow their businesses through the power of video. The following are a few of the ways an online streaming channel can help grow your business.

1. A Tool to Train Your Employees

Employee training can be a huge expense for growing companies. This is especially the case with tech heavy companies that often do not have the time to go through formal training processes for their employees.

Video streaming offers a perfect platform to build a catalog of training materials for your employees. You’ll only need to create training material once, and then you can just have new hires sit down and watch your series of training videos to learn the basics of your company.

This allows you to significantly reduce the amount of manpower that is required of your other employees to train new hires. Having a library of training resources is also a great way for existing employees to freshen up their knowledge about certain aspects of your business.

2. Build Your Brand

Branding is incredibly important when it comes to growing your business. With videos, you can help cement your brand in the minds of your target audience. Videos allow you to dictate the tone of your communication more clearly than writing does.

You can also prominently feature your corporate logo and tagline to further expose your customers to your brand. Most people retain information much better through watching videos as opposed to just reading text.

3. Provide Detailed Instructions to Clients

Depending on the complexity of your products, you may have mountains of documentation about how they are used. In today’s instant-gratification-driven society, consumers don’t want to wade through pages of documentation to learn how to use your products.

With your own streaming channel, you can easily create videos outlining exactly how to use your products. This way, you can cram a large amount of material into a short video rather than writing out detailed documentation that customers will likely not even read. Many people prefer to watch a video of how to use a product as opposed to having to read complicated instructions.

4. Better Connect with Your Customers

When growing your business, it’s important that your customers are able to relate to what your company is trying to offer. If you have a boring, text-based site with little interactivity, it’s going to be hard to intimately connect with your customers.

Using streaming video, you can allow your customers to attach a relatable face to your company. It’s important that your customers understand that there are people behind the scenes of your company. What better way to showcase your team than through using an interactive video?

5. Reach Customers Across Multiple Platforms

If most of your marketing dollars are going towards your website or to traditional advertising mediums, you could be missing out on an untold number of customers. With a video streaming channel you’re able to put your content in front of consumers utilizing all types of devices.

When working with a provider like TikiLIVE, your content will instantly be viewable across a wide variety of devices including computers, smartphones, tablets and a large number of set top boxes including Google Chromecast, Roku and Apple TV.

6. Increase Conversions

Studies have shown that a potential customer is more willing to watch a short video as opposed to reading a long piece of content. You can use these findings to your advantage by harnessing the power of your video streaming channel. Start boosting your conversions by launching your own streaming channel.

7. Save Your Employees Time with Support

If your company offers any level of support to your customers, you’re probably familiar with how many times your support representatives likely answer the same questions. While you want to be available to your customers, you also want to ensure your employees are working as efficiently as possible.

With video streaming, you can actually record certain support requests that you can then provide for customers who continue to ask the same questions. This way, your support representatives can quickly reference a video as opposed to having to explain the solution over and over again. This will not only lead to more satisfied customers because their problem will be solved, but it’ll also bring more satisfied employees who don’t have to continue to answer the same questions time and time again.

8. Increase Marketing Opportunities

Creating streaming content allows you to use this content across all types of platforms. Maybe you want to feature your videos on your website or on social media? Whatever the case may be, streaming content allows you to easily get your message across much easier than with text alone.

In the ultra competitive online marketplace, it’s important that your content stands above the competition. Video streaming is just one of the many ways in which you can differentiate yourself from other companies.

Ready to Launch Your Own Streaming Channel?

If you’re convinced that an online streaming channel could be beneficial for your business, it’s the right time to call TikiLIVE. We’ll be more than happy to walk you through our different account options and show you just how easy it is to have your streaming content available online to your customers. For more information don’t hesitate to contact us by phone at 305-743-6722 or through our online contact form.