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New TV-like, Intuitive Program Guide

New TV-like, Intuitive Program Guide

After you’ve created your streaming content, you’re now tasked with getting it in front of as many viewers as possible. The problem is that far too many content creators stop at just creating content and don’t follow through with a strategy to make it easier for the content to be searched and viewed.

 

How our Program Guide is Different

Have you ever picked up a cable or satellite remote and clicked the “Guide” button? If so, then you’re familiar with a programming guide. The interfaces from cable and satellite providers are typically extremely slow and cumbersome. A huge complaint among traditional TV subscribers is that their programming guides are not interactive and are far too slow.

At TikiLIVE, we saw this problem as an opportunity to offer a unique solution to our users. Our Program Guide is SUPER FAST and takes an entirely different approach than that of the other IPTV suppliers and traditional cable and satellite providers. At TikiLIVE, our Program Guide offers a whole host of features that simply can’t be matched by traditional TV providers.

Features of TikiLIVE’s Program Guide

  • TV-like Experience – While we may operate much differently than a traditional TV or cable provider, we wanted to offer an interactive Program Guide format that did not seem foreign to viewers. Our Guide offers a slick user interface where viewers can quickly navigate between channels regardless of their device.
  • Full HTML5 Support – One huge benefit of using a provider like TikiLIVE is the fact that our content is available across all sorts of devices, including mobile phones, tablets, set top boxes, televisions and more. That’s why it was important that our guide supported a variety of devices.
  • Device Cross-Syncing – Another benefit of TikiLIVE’s Guide is the ability to sync your programming schedule across all types of devices. Operators can easily make a change to their programming from the TikiLIVE middleware. It will then propagate to all devices, ensuring your viewers have your updated lineup, regardless of how they’re viewing your content.
  • Robust Infrastructure – With TikiLIVE, all of your content lives in the cloud on our high-powered servers while being streamed across the Level3 CDN. This eliminates any concern about latency or buffering that you may have experienced with other streaming providers worldwide.

Ready to Learn More about TikiLIVE’s Updated Program Guide?

If you’re interested in learning more about TikiLIVE’s new TV-like SUPER FAST Guide, don’t hesitate to contact our support team at 305-743-6722. If you would like to check out a live view of our EPG, click here.

 

How to Build Audiences That Keep Coming Back

Create a Private Live Streaming Channel on RokuSo you’ve started to create content and you’re trying to figure out how to grow your audience and keep them coming back for more, right? Unfortunately this is the goal of almost every content creator online.

With the widespread adoption of high-speed Internet paired with the accelerated rate at which new technology is released, a new marketplace has been created where it’s increasingly easy to create content online. This has resulted in large number of individuals and organizations creating video content online.

While some of this content is extremely compelling, much of it is not. As a content creator it’s important that you follow the steps below to set yourself apart from your competitors.

Create Compelling Content

This may sound obvious but if you want to stand out among your competitors, your content has to offer something that can’t be found elsewhere. Maybe it’s a compelling story line or professional editing—whatever the case may be, it’s important that your content is different.

Before you ever actually create your content, you must think through exactly what you are trying to accomplish. This can allow you to build an outline as to how your video content will flow, which will usually produce a much more engaging finished product. Create a script for any dialogue and practice with all of the video participants to ensure that the video looks professional.

Market Across Multiple Platforms

Creating your video content is difficult enough, but you’re likely not prepared for all of the marketing that needs to be done to grow your audience online. You’ll want to ensure you have a website to market your content as well as multiple social media accounts to keep your audience aware of any new content that you release.

With a streaming provider like TikiLIVE, marketing to multiple platforms is extremely easy. TikiLIVE offers each account holder their very own WordPress powered website where they can share all of their video content.

If you’re not familiar with WordPress it’s a platform that makes it extremely easy for anyone to quickly share content online without any technical experience. By adding this functionality to TikiLIVE you don’t have to worry about spending a large amount of money creating a website.

Just like creating a website is easy thanks to TikiLIVE, sharing your content across all of your social media platforms is also as simple as clicking a few buttons. TikiLIVE offers full support for the major social media platforms so that you can instantly share your content with your audience to help build interest.

It’s crucial to share your compelling video content on your social media outlets, as they’re the perfect platforms to share your content. Your followers will then share your content with their friends, producing a potential viral marketing effect.

Choose a Reliable Content Provider

If you only have a few viewers, you may think you can get away with hosting your content on one of the free streaming providers. The problem with this approach is that as the popularity of your content grows, your user’s viewing experience will wane.

If you want to be fully invested in creating high quality content, it’s important that you partner with a streaming provider that will be able to support your audience, regardless of size. TikiLIVE offers a robust content delivery network that will ensure all of your content is easily accessible by viewers across the world.

With servers located across the globe, you’ll never have to worry about many of the common headaches such as buffering and latency, which are often seen with free streaming providers.

Ensure Your Content is Accessible on Mobile Devices

Online content, especially videos are increasingly being accessed from mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. This can create a series of problems for streaming providers that may not have the latest technology that allows their videos to easily be streamed to mobile devices.

TikiLIVE has long understood the importance of mobile users. Our service offers support for HTML5, which is the primary method that mobile phones and tablets prefer to access video content.

This means that your viewers will easily be able to access your content from any mobile device while on the go. If you’re not catering to mobile users with your content, you could be missing out on a huge segment of your target audience.

At last, check more than 50% of all Internet traffic originated from mobile devices. Are you doing everything you can to target this huge portion of your potential viewing audience?

Join the iPTV Revolution

Another huge segment of your audience could be iPTV subscribers. More and more people are cutting their cable and satellite subscriptions and replacing them with streaming solutions from providers like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon. Would you be surprised to know that you too can have your content show up alongside these large providers?

With TikiLIVE, your content can be instantly shared with iPTV subscribers across all of the most popular devices. Whether your viewers access your content from an Apple TV device, Roku set top box or Chromecast, you’ll easily be able to share all of your content with ease.

You can even create your very own iPTV network complete with all of your own branding if you would like. TikiLIVE allows you to compete with the big players in the iPTV world, but without the huge outlays of infrastructure and technology that is normally required.

Start Building Your Audience Today!

With all of the technology available today, there should be no reason why you can’t begin creating high quality video content as soon as today. By partnering with a streaming provider like TikiLIVE, you can ensure that you have the tools necessary to not only stream your content, but also grow your audience. For more information about growing your viewing audience, feel free to contact our team today at 305-743-6722.

The Easiest Way to Build Your iPTV Network

suncadiaIf you’re looking to create content to be shared online, you have your work cut out for you. With millions of other video creators online, it’s important that your content speaks for itself.

You want to generate content that engages your users and prompts them to share it with their friends and followers to further extend your reach. While you are likely thinking about streaming your content to online users who are accessing your content from their smartphones, computers or tablets, you shouldn’t discount the segment of users accessing your content through iPTV devices.

iPTV devices are used to stream video content over the Internet to televisions across the world. Viewers simply purchase a smart TV or one of the many available set top boxes and they can then access streaming content from their TV with ease.

Streaming providers like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon have already popularized the use of set top boxes to access video content. Because of this popularity smaller independent content creators can also have their content easily accessible on these set top boxes. In fact by partnering with a streaming provider like TikiLIVE, content creators can have their very own iPTV network in a matter of minutes. TikiLIVE offers a whole host of features that make creating your own iPTV network a cinch!

Partner With a Streaming Provider With a Strong Network

As mentioned above if you’re looking to stream your content to iPTV devices, choosing a reliable streaming provider is extremely important. When your content has the potential of being streamed to millions of households, you have to ensure that the network delivering your content is up to the task.

We offer a robust content delivery network that is easily able to handle traffic spikes that are common when content goes viral. TikiLIVE offers a number of built-in features that ensure your content will be easily accessible by your iPTV users:

Monster Encoder – When creating content to be streamed online it’s important that you choose a file format that is supported across multiple devices. With TikiLIVE’s Monster Encoder all of this is handled in the background. You simply upload your content in one of several formats and TikiLIVE will encode your video content in the cloud to be viewable across all types of iPTV devices.

Worldwide Network of Servers – At TikiLIVE we have servers located across the world that can serve your content to viewers. Our network is able to detect a user’s location and serve your content from the server that is located closest to the user, which helps to reduce buffering and other streaming issues.

Target Mobile Users

While it’s important to cater to iPTV users, you don’t want to neglect other users in the process. With the number of mobile users growing by the second, it’s important that your content is also easily viewed on smartphones and tablets. With TikiLIVE we offer full HTML5 support, which allows your content to be viewable from smartphones and tablets running both Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems.

Create Killer Content

Aside from all of the high tech equipment necessary to build your own iPTV network, the actually content itself is of the utmost importance. You can have the best infrastructure in the world but if your content is not engaging enough for your users, they’ll quickly jump ship to someone else that is delivering a superior experience.

Don’t be afraid to get creative and push the envelope when it comes to your video content strategy. It’s the people that have something different to offer that typically succeed online. Don’t imitate others online, but learn from them and create a voice entirely your own.

Share Across Your Social Media Platforms

Social media is the new marketing platform that allows anyone with an idea and an audience a chance to create a sizeable audience. Video content is a great way to show your unique personality to others and sharing your content through your social media profiles will help to further grow your user base.

The beauty of social media is that you can share your content to your profile and then your users or fans become your marketing staff. As they share your content with their friends your content instantly becomes more successful. With TikiLIVE you can instantly share your content with your social media profiles to ensure that you’re getting the word out as soon as your video content is finished.

Offer Live and Prerecorded Content

While live content is great, not everyone is going to be able to “attend” your virtual streaming session. For this reason, it’s important to allow your content to be streamed long after your original event is over.

With TikiLIVE, you can stream your content live or record it to be viewed later. The beauty of prerecorded content is that you can actually charge users to view your content long after the initial airing to help generate income. Think about the potential of being able to make money days, weeks or even years after the initial broadcast of one of your videos.

Build a Website to Help With Branding

To create a successful iPTV network you’ll most likely have to develop a recognizable brand that caters to your user base. While you can do this through your videos, you’ll likely also want an online presence to further build your brand. Having your own website to show off your new videos and to give your user base a chance to connect with you can do wonders to increase your visibility online.

The problem with creating a website is that they can be expensive and hard to maintain. We’ve cut all of the confusion out of creating your own website. In fact with a TikiLIVE account you instantly have access to your very own WordPress website allowing you to create an online presence in minutes with no prior coding knowledge.

Finally Ready to Build Your iPTV Network?

Stop making excuses about why you can’t create your own iPTV network. With TikiLIVE anything is possible when it comes to streaming content. Give our team a call today at 305-743-6722 or contact us here if you’re interested in learning more about what it takes to create your own iPTV network.

Choosing the Right Kind of Camera for Your iPTV Stream

The Best Technical Setup for a Live Streaming ProductionWhen it comes to streaming your content to the world, one of the first things that you need to procure is a video camera of some sort. Since there is a wide array of camera options—from simple smartphone video cameras to professional video cameras—it can cost you thousands of dollars. In this article, we’ll briefly go into the most popular types of cameras typically used for video streaming.

Types of Video Cameras for Video Streaming

1. Smartphone Cameras

Smartphones are extremely easy to carry. Most of us have them within our reach at all times. That’s why using your smartphone for video streaming makes sense. Many streaming providers like TikiLIVE actually offer iOS and Android apps that make streaming your content to your iPTV channel extremely easy. While video quality will largely vary based on the quality of your smartphone camera, some devices can produce high image quality videos under the right conditions.

If you decide to use your smartphone for video streaming, you should invest in a few accessories to make the experience a better one. You can create high quality videos on a budget by investing in peripherals like an adapter for plugging in an external microphone, a tripod, wide angle and portrait lenses for different shooting situations, and even a video light.

Smartphones are great for well-lit video shoots where you’re able to keep your phone stable. Smartphones tend to suffer when it comes to fast moving video shoots with low light or changing lighting conditions.

2. Low-End Consumer Video Cameras

Low-end consumer video cameras have some of the shortcomings seen with smartphones. These cameras can produce usable video quality under the right lighting conditions. There are several features that you should most definitely look for if you’re investing in a consumer grade camcorder: a 3.5mm microphone jack, the ability to set white balance and exposure manually, and a headphone jack.

Many of these models are beginning to offer WiFi, allowing you to stream directly to certain streaming providers. It’s also a good idea to look for video cameras with an HDMI output so that you can connect them to a video mixer or some type of capture device that will allow for live streaming.

3. High-End Consumer Video Cameras

These camcorders are a step up from their lower priced counterparts and offer a whole host of additional features. They feature larger image chips, which help to deliver higher quality video—especially in varying light situations.

These cameras also offer control of shutter speed, aperture, and gain controls, usually located on the body of the camera as opposed to being situated behind a multi-menu LCD screen. High-end consumer video cameras typically lack XLR connectors for audio and utilize HDMI output instead of HD-SDI, which is becoming a much-preferred format for live streaming.

4. Prosumer Video Cameras

In the video camera world there is a “prosumer” classification, which indicates that a camera is a mix between a consumer and professional model. These models are obviously much more advanced than standard consumer models, but still lack a few of the features seen on more professional models.

Prosumer cameras typically utilize XLR connectors for a superior audio experience and also offer a variety of imaging chips allowing for HD-SDI output among other formats.

5. Professional Video Cameras

While all of the cameras listed above suffered in one area or another, with a professional camcorder, you truly get a high-quality experience. These cameras feature larger image sensors and other features that allow you to deliver the highest quality video possible to your viewers.

Many professional cameras offer WiFi connectivity (some even accept a 3G/4G card for mobile connectivity), high recording speeds, XLR audio inputs, HD-SDI as well as HDMI outputs, and dual-codec recording.

The only downside is that these cameras typically cost $6,000 or more, which may be more than you’re willing to spend for your video streaming needs.

Video Cameras Can Only Do So Much

While a video camera is incredibly important when it comes to producing high quality content, it’s only half of the equation of creating and streaming your content. After you’ve decided how you’re going to record your content, you have to determine which company you’re going to use for live video streaming.

Although there are loads of options when it comes to live streaming providers, we’re confident that TikiLIVE’s streaming solutions will meet your needs. A few of our most popular features enjoyed by our user base include:

• White Label iPTV Platform

Looking to create your own iPTV platform without all of the huge upfront costs? With TikiLIVE, you can create your own branded iPTV network that will allow you to stream your content without the distracting branding of a streaming provider.

• Support for Set Top Boxes

Broadcast your content to Roku Set Top Boxes, Apple TV devices, Chromecast dongles, as well as other set top boxes that support our Set Top Box APK.

• Pay Per View Options

Not only can you stream content live, but you can also charge viewers to watch or even record your content to be streamed later. This functionality gives you the same “on demand” functionality of cable and satellite providers.

• Robust Analytics

If you feel like you have no idea if your users are enjoying your content, you can use our analytics platform to analyze viewer behavior for every channel that you create. You can view statistics by day, month, or year.

• DVR

We now offer a full DVR functionality that allows users to record live programming, thanks to our cloud-based DVR.

• Deliver Ads

Using any VAST/VPaid compliant server, you can instantly deliver advertising directly into your content. This ultimately allows you to generate more income based on the success of your content.

Still Have Questions About Choosing a Video Camera or Streaming Provider?

If you’re still unclear about what you need in terms of a video camera or streaming provider, don’t hesitate to contact TikiLIVE today at 305-743-6722. We would be happy to get you started on your path to creating high quality streaming content.

Building a Set for Your Streaming Show

Best-Online-Platforms-For-Live-Streaming-Videos1When you’re first coming up with an idea for a streaming show, you’re likely focused on creating the best content possible. While the quality of your content is extremely important, the visual elements of your streaming show, including your show set, are also important in properly engaging your viewers along with conveying a professional image.

No matter what type of streaming content you’re creating, it’s critical to think about your surroundings to ensure they don’t detract from what you’re trying to accomplish. When it comes to building a set, you may think that you have to invest huge sums of money to create it, but this doesn’t have to be the case. Using a bit of creativity and hard work, you can create a set for your streaming show that is both professional and cost effective.

Steps to Building a Set for Your Streaming Show

1. Determine a Budget – Before you start constructing your set, determine your budget. This will allow you to deicide on the sophistication of your set. If you’re doing all of the work yourself, this will allow you to spend more material on props and materials, since you’ll be handling much of the labor on your own.

2. Brainstorm Ideas – If you have a simple show where you are just interviewing individuals, your set can be quite simple. However, if you’re creating more of a sitcom-based show, you’ll likely need to create multiple scenes to keep your viewers engaged.

Similarly, if your show has a script of some kind, it’s important to break it down into scenes. Once you’ve broken your script down into scenes you can start to draw out a storyboard showing each part of your show or movie. Add as much detail as possible including colors and even furniture, if possible. Make any mention of props or specific materials that are needed for each scene.

3. Purchase Materials – Now that you have your ideas sketched out for your set, it’s time to purchase materials. Keep your budget in mind and make sure that you don’t overspend since it’ll cause you to be unable to build out each scene for your show.

4. Begin Construction – Once you’ve sketched out all of your scenes and purchased your materials, it’s time to begin building your set. It’s best to start building the most complicated items first to ensure you’re able to finish them in time. Keep in mind period elements like the architecture of the time era depicted in your streaming show.

Many set builders will use “flats,” which are cheap walls built from plywood that can be used for walls, floors or ceilings. These flats can allow you to transform any room into a set with relative ease. For more information on building flats, check out this YouTube video.
5. Paint and Decorate – Now that your set is complete, it’s time to paint and decorate. If you’re not a skilled painter or designer, you can hire a professional to handle this portion of the set design.

The Set’s Done… Now What?

After your set is built, it’s time to actually stream your content. While this process may seem intimidating, it doesn’t need to be when you partner with a reliable streaming provider like TikiLIVE. We’ve been helping individuals and organizations stream content online for more than a decade. Once you setup a TikiLIVE account, you’ll have a wide variety of features available at your disposal, including:

Your Own WordPress Site – When you create an account with TikiLIVE you’ll not only have a robust platform to host all of your streaming content, but you’ll also get a free WordPress website to promote your business or brand. You can even access your WordPress site right from the TikiLIVE control panel. If you’re not familiar with WordPress it’s a very versatile content management system that allows anyone with limited experience to create and manage their website.

Mobile Support – Another benefit of TikiLIVE is the fact that our platform allows your content to be instantly viewable across all mobile devices. This means that your users will easily be able to watch your content whether they are accessing it from their computers, smartphones or tablets. With more people accessing the Internet from their mobile devices than ever before, it’s important to cater to this segment of your user base.

VOD Transcoder – Not sure which format to use for your streaming content? With TikiLIVE you don’t have to worry – with our Monster Encoder you can upload content in a variety of formats and we’ll handle all of the encoding in the cloud.

iPTV Capabilities – TikiLIVE not only allows you to stream your content to online users, but it also allows you to stream it to televisions. TikiLIVE offers support for a large number of set top boxes as well as Apple TV, Google’s Chromecast, and Roku devices. Your content can be featured alongside big names like Netflix, Amazon, and Hulu. Think about the opportunities that you’ll have by streaming your content to the millions of iPTV users around the world.

Share on Social Media – Catering to and growing your social media audience can be a great way to build interest in your brand. With TikiLIVE you can instantly share all of your content directly to your Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ profiles. Your followers can watch all of your content and even share it with others to help grow your following.

Multi Language Support – We also offer a multi language module that allows you to add unlimited languages to your TikiLIVE solution.

Ready to Build a Set and Stream Your Content?

If you’ve been thinking about creating your own streaming show, now is as good a time as ever to get started. By working with TikiLIVE, you can focus on creating your content and building your set while we focus on streaming your content efficiently and effectively. For more information about our account offerings don’t hesitate to contact us today at 305-743-6722.

Why Manufacturers Won’t Pass Up the Opportunity to Use TikiLIVE’s IPTV Software

Why Manufacturers Won't Pass Up the Opportunity to Use TikiLIVE’s IPTV SoftwareWith IPTV becoming more popular than ever, manufacturers are producing digital set top boxes at record speeds. However, the problem from a manufacturer’s perspective is that a company has to both develop top-of-the-line hardware and also create software that their user base can easily use. While some large companies may be able to accomplish this, not all manufacturers are ready and willing to take on the development of hardware and software.

For those companies that choose to focus on the hardware side of the set top box (STB) market, they need to partner with a company offering IPTV software that is compatible across a myriad of set top box devices.

The good news is that we’ve been at the forefront of the IPTV revolution for the past decade. We’ve long supported a variety of STBs — but have recently focused on improving our IPTV software and making it available to a wide variety of manufacturers.

This allows our manufacturing partners to focus on producing the highest quality set top boxes possible while we can focus on continuous improvements to our IPTV solution. Working together, we’re able to get our IPTV software in front of more “eyes” and set top box manufacturers are able to get more devices to market without any delays from issues developing software in-house.

TikiLIVE’s IPTV Software is Free to Manufacturers

Yes, you read that correctly! TikiLIVE’s IPTV software is absolutely free to STB manufacturers. Talk about a match made in heaven! To do so, set top box manufacturers simply build their devices like they’ve always done and then easily load TikiLIVE’s Android APK — which can then power their set top boxes with ease. A large number of manufacturers are already shipping their set top boxes preloaded with TikiLIVE software, including:

  • Jabil
  • Gemcolor
  • Geniatech
  • Jiangsu Yinhe Electronics Co., Ltd.
  • MyGica
  • Peer TV
  • PC DVB
  • Xinlinuo
  • Shenzhen Letine Technology Co.
  • YinHE
  • Yiyate

Want to be included among these top STB manufacturers? Now is the right time to consider TikiLIVE’s IPTV software.

Top Features of TikiLIVE’s IPTV Software

Some of the features that set top box manufacturers seem to be most excited about include:

  • Support for a Variety of Devices – One of the main benefits of TikiLIVE’s IPTV software is that it can be used on a variety of set top boxes. TikiLIVE offers full support for dual and quad core Android STBs as well as a variety of HDMI dongles. This multi-device support allows manufacturers to offer a variety of set top boxes and media dongles, all powered by the same TikiLIVE IPTV interface.
  • Fast Electronic Program Guide (EPG) – Another feature that both set top box manufacturers and their customers will love is our updated electronic program guide. This guide is extremely fast and does away with all of the frustration most cable and satellite customers deal with, caused by a slow program guide. Our IPTV software users do not have to worry about that! Manufacturers who choose to use TikiLIVE’s IPTV software can harness the power of our EPG to organize content for their users. Our EPG is also fully HTML5 compliant, which means channel managers, can update their content listings from all types of devices including mobile phone and tablets.
  • Support for Multiple Languages – We understand that many set top box manufacturers sell and ship their devices to countries around the world. For this reason we’ve made sure that our IPTV software offers full support for the following languages:
    • Arabic
    • Bengali
    • Chinese
    • Dutch
    • French
    • German
    • Hindi
    • Italian
    • Japanese
    • Korean
    • Punjabi
    • Romanian
    • Russian
    • Thai
    • Urdu
    • Vietnamese

Through our support for a wide variety of languages, we instantly increase the customer base for set top box manufacturers as well as our streaming channel owners.

  • Significant Branding Opportunities – TikiLIVE’s IPTV software is white label. Therefore, manufacturers can brand our software with their logos to gain further exposure to customers. TikiLIVE offers a robust software development kit (SDK) that makes it extremely easy for manufacturers to brand TikiLIVE’s software without having to be well versed in complex coding.
  • Preloaded Demo Content – If set top box manufacturers are looking to show off the capabilities of their set top boxes, easily preload a variety of TikiLIVE content. This will allow users to quickly see the power of a manufacturers’ STB.
  • Revenue Opportunities – Not only can manufacturers benefit from not having to develop their own IPTV software, we’ll even share some of our revenue in exchange for featuring some of our premium content on their STB devices. This allows manufacturers to earn additional passive income simply by including some pre-made content from TikiLIVE.

End Users Also Benefit from TikILIVE’s IPTV Software

While manufacturers benefit from the ease of loading TikiLIVE’s IPTV software onto their devices, end users benefit as well for a whole host of reasons, including:

  • Viewers will have the availability to access TikiLIVE’s extensive channel lineup featuring high quality HD video content for a variety of different genres.
  • TikiLIVE has provided a high quality video streaming service for over 10 years. During this decade of serving our customers, we’ve developed a robust infrastructure of rock solid servers located across the world. Users are served content based on their location to reduce lagging and buffering that is common from many other streaming providers.
  • Users will quickly realize that they may not need their expensive cable and satellite service due to the wide variety of content offered by TikiLIVE as well as the ease of use of our IPTV software.

Interested in Learning More About IPTV or TikiLIVE?

If you’re a set top box manufacturer or just looking to learn more about the whole host of features offered by TikiLIVE, don’t hesitate to contact us today by phone at 305-743-6722 or through live chat or by email. We’ll show you how you can take your video campaign to the next level.

The Benefits of Cloud-Based Video Encoding

Cloud-computing-1When it comes to streaming your content, we know that you have a whole host of options. You can go to the trouble of buying your own servers and setting them up to stream your content to the world — or you can partner with a cloud based streaming company that has all the infrastructure in place, leaving you only to create your videos and upload them to your cloud based account.

As more people consume content online from their smartphones, tablets and IPTV devices, it’s becoming increasingly important for content creators to think long and hard about the speed and quality of their videos.

Consumers are Becoming More Impatient When it Comes to Consuming Content

With the advances in Internet speed and the overall shift in our society towards instant gratification, viewers are wanting to access content without any delays.

Most marketers agree that you only have a few seconds to grab the attention of your audience, so if your videos are incredibly slow to load you can likely kiss your audience goodbye.

Thankfully, along with advances in internet speed, there have been advances in the technology surrounding video streaming.

Cloud-Based Video Encoding to the Rescue

One of the ways that companies have been able to improve the speed and reliability of their streaming content is by using cloud-based video encoding. This technology is a technique in which content creators are able to upload their content to the cloud where the videos are encoded to improve speed and performance. This technology allows even the most novice of video creators to be able to create and share high quality videos with the world for a fraction of the cost of accomplishing this setup on their own.

Cloud-based video encoding is a way of leveling the playing field in the streaming world, and we’re right at the forefront of this emerging technology. All of our account holders utilize this technology to get their content out to their viewing audiences. Many may not realize it but this process can be quite tedious and complicated if done manually.

Benefits of Cloud-Based Video Encoding

There are numerous benefits associated with cloud-based encoding, including the following:

1. No Need to Worry About File Formats

When anyone creates a video, whether it’s from a mobile phone or a professional video camera, the actually video file is saved in a certain file format. This format could be any number of formats including .MP4, .FLV, .MOV, .WMV as well as many others.

Aside from the actual file type, there are also different video codecs depending on the device that is capturing the video. All of this complexity surrounding video formatting makes it hard for a novice to know how to easily get their content in a format that is accessible online. With cloud based encoding you never have to worry about what type of file format your content is in because your videos are encoded in the cloud to a format that can be instantly viewed across all types of devices.

2. Improved Reliability

Another benefit of cloud-based video encoding is the improved reliability. Because your content is hosted on rock solid servers and encoded in formats that are easily accessible across devices, you’ll never have to worry about whether your provider can handle spikes in traffic if one of your videos suddenly goes viral.

By choosing an experienced streaming provider like TikiLIVE you can leave the complexities of video formatting and streaming to the pros so that you can just focus on creating top-notch content.

3.Device Independent

If you travel anywhere you’ll notice that almost everyone spends an incredible amount of time staring at their mobile phone or tablet. Most people now have access to the entire Internet through their mobile device 24/7. What this also means is that more people are streaming content to their mobile devices.

With cloud based encoding you can easily stream content across all types of devices without any delays because the grunt work of encoding and hosting is done completely in the cloud. If you tried to host all of your video content on your own homegrown server, you can be certain that the quality would pale in comparison to if you were to partner with a streaming provider like TikiLIVE.

4. Stream Content From Anywhere on Any Device

Just like your viewers can access content from anywhere through cloud based encoding, you can also stream content to your users from anywhere as well. Think about the power of being able to pick up your phone and start recording a breaking news story directly to your viewers. All of this is possible with cloud-based video encoding from TikiLIVE.

Robust Infrastructure

Likely the most important aspect of streaming your content from the cloud is the improved infrastructure when compared to hosting all of your content in-house. With a company like TikiLIVE, our entire company focus is on creating the most robust and easy to use content delivery network for our customers. This involves state of the art servers placed strategically around the world to better serve our customers.

We utilize ultra fast Internet connections to ensure that your content is always served to your viewers as quickly and efficiently as possible. In short, this kind of reliability and speed would be impossible to provide in-house unless you were willing to invest millions of dollars into equipment and manpower.

Data Security

Data security is fresh on the minds of most people these days. While most people know the importance of backing up all of their important data, few actually do it. With cloud-based encoding all of your video content is completely safe in the cloud. There’s no need for you to worry about your data being lost as we offer cloud backups to ensure that your data is never compromised.

It’s Time to Ride The Cloud With TikiLIVE

The time is now to move your video content to the cloud by partnering with TikiLIVE. We’ll help take the worry out of hosting and streaming your content to your viewers. For more information on our suite of products give us a call today at 305-743-6722.

Set Top Box APK: Let Your Viewers Watch Your Livestream from the Comfort of Their Own Home

 Set Top Box APK: Let Your Viewers Watch Your Livestream from the Comfort of Their Own HomeIf you’re a content producer, you no doubt understand the importance of getting your content in front of as many eyes as possible. A large part of this effort goes into producing your content so it can be viewed online through computers, smartphones and tablets.

While this makes up a large segment of streaming traffic, there is a growing segment of users that still want to access your content, but want to view it from the comforts of their own homes. The technology that allows users to view streaming content from a television is called IPTV.

What is IPTV?

IPTV or Internet Protocol Television is the act of providing streaming content to users by way of their televisions. If you’ve ever watched content on Netflix, Hulu or Amazon through your television at home, you’ve experienced IPTV. This new method of distributing video content has grown significantly as high speed Internet access has become easier and more affortable to obtain. Another factor that has helped IPTV grow is the low cost of accessing content when compared to expensive options from cable and satellite companies.

Features of TikiLIVE’s IPTV Solution

TikiLIVE offers a fully featured IPTV solution that can allow you to instantly stream your content to a variety of IPTV devices. Below, we’ll discuss a few of the features that should make TikiLIVE a great choice for all of your IPTV needs.

  1. Support for Variety of STB Manufacturers

Through TikiLIVE’s robust Set Top Box APK, we now offer support for a variety of set top box devices from a whole host of manufacturers including:

  • Comigo STB
  • Geniatech ATV 582
  • Yiyate Amlogic 4K UHD S802
  • Yiyate Amlogic S805
  • PC DVB – T2 dongle
  • Peer TV
  • YinHE OTT Box
  • Gemcolor Amlogic S805
  • Letine Amlogic S802
  • Xinlinuo Amlogic S802
  • Shenzhen HuaSun Teck MQ, MX and M8
  • Channel Master CM7500GB16 DVR+
  • IPTV SET-TOP BOX MAG254/255
  • Roku
  • Chromecast
  • Apple TV
  • Eny Technology
  • Huaren Technology Company

And the list is continuously growing.

  1. Free Set Top Box APK

We believe one way to indirectly grow our user base is through offering our Set Top Box APK to manufacturers for absolutely free. For this reason manufacturers are choosing to use our software as opposed to having to go to the expense of creating inferior software in-house. Manufacturers that use our software are able to focus on creating the highest quality set top box possible, while we focus on what we do best – creating top-notch streaming software.

  1. Support for Dongles / Streaming Sticks

As IPTV grows in popularity, manufacturers have began creating fully functional set top boxes that can fit in the palm of your hand. These STBs are often called dongles or streaming sticks and simply connect to the HDMI port on most TVs. These portable devices allow consumers to literally take their IPTV experience wherever they would like provided that they have an Internet connection. Some of the popular devices supported by TikiLIVE’s Set Top Box APK include the Chromecast and the Roku Streaming Stick.

Updated EPG

Another benefit of using TikiLIVE software to access IPTV content is our easy to use electronic program guide (EPG). Think of this guide as an upgraded version of the cable guide that you’re no doubt familiar with. Most cable and satellite programming guides are notoriously slow and cause much frustration among their users. At TikiLIVE we vowed to solve this problem by completely redesigning our EPG from the ground up. Our EPG is built for speed and ease of use.

Multiple Language Support

To make your IPTV content truly international, you need to be able to support multiple languages. If you’re a relatively small content producer this can be a daunting task. Thanks to the resources of TikiLIVE our Set Top Box APK software is fully supported across a variety of languages including:

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Chinese
  • Portuguese
  • Romanian
  • Japanese
  • Arabic
  • Urdu
  • Italian
  • Punjabi
  • Russian
  • Dutch
  • German
  • French

Mobile Support

While it’s great for your viewers to be able to access your content from the comforts of their living room, what happens when they leave the house and want to access your content from their mobile devices? Well, if you partner with TikiLIVE you’ll be covered when it comes to mobile devices, too.

Using the latest HTML5 technology, TikiLIVE offers full support for mobile phones and tablets. Your users will receive the same high level viewing experience whether they watch your content from their homes or while on the go using their mobile devices. With the huge spike in mobile Internet usage it’s important that your content is accessible from these types of devices or you could risk alienating your audience.

Powered by TikiLIVE’s Robust Content Delivery Network

The quality of your content doesn’t really matter if the infrastructure that is delivering it is subpar. With TikiLIVE’s decade of experience in the industry we’ve been able to build a content delivery network that is unmatched in the market. If you stream content online you’ve no doubt experienced issues with delays and buffering when trying to load videos.

We’ve invested significant resources into building a network that helps to limit some of these common issues seen with streaming providers. The reality is that if your content is experiencing streaming issues your audience is likely to look elsewhere. We know that you don’t want this to happen and neither do we. We have a network of rock solid servers located in various regions across the world that offer an incredibly reliable network by which to stream your content.

Are You Ready to Join the Streaming Revolution?

If you think you’re ready to begin streaming your content online to millions of users through TikiLIVE’s network, don’t hesitate to reach out to our experienced team today. We can help you with everything from setting up an account to using our updated Free Set Top Box APK. Whatever your streaming needs may be we have the knowledge to turn your dreams into reality. Pick up the phone and call us today at 305-743-6722 or fill out our online email form and we’ll be in touch shortly.

Use TikiLIVE’s OTT Middleware to Grow Your Live Stream Audience

STB_smallNever before has it been easier to stream video content to a user base of any size, thanks to recent technological advances along with the spread of high-speed internet access. At the end of 2014, roughly 3 billion people had access to the internet — which shows just how large the market is for live streaming content. If you’re thinking that you may have what it takes to create engaging video content, there is no better time than now to start your video streaming adventure.

While many people don’t mind watching video content from their computers, there is still a large segment of the population that would prefer to watch content on their televisions. If you think about the success of Netflix, Hulu and Amazon, it was not until these streaming providers offered a variety of streaming options – including from TVs, that these companies really started to take off.

As these companies grew in popularity, it opened up the opportunity for other smaller streaming providers to piggyback on their success by streaming content through a variety of set top box devices. As consumers move to “Over the Top” (OTT) TV options, new content creators should be excited that they have a huge audience ready and waiting to enjoy their content.

What is OTT?

OTT is the act of using the internet to deliver streaming content directly to TV users via a variety of devices such as PCs, streaming devices, gaming systems, smart TVs and other set top boxes. OTT is a way to completely circumvent the need for traditional cable or satellite television. As more people look to obtain their news online they actually prefer OTT to traditional cable or satellite.

Say Goodbye to the Need for Cable or Satellite

The big cable and satellite conglomerates do not want you to know about OTT – that’s for sure. As the big streaming providers like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu continue to gain market share, the cable and satellite providers are shedding customers in droves.

With the power of over the air antennas for network programming and a suite of OTT providers offering often superior content there really is little reason to pay the high fees of cable & satellite providers. As more content providers join the OTT revolution, there’s little doubt that the traditional cable & satellite model of gouging consumers while providing terrible service may be on its way out.

TikiLIVE is one of the leading OTT providers around and offers a whole host of features, which allow even the most novice of users to stream their content online through all sorts of OTT devices.

Benefits of Using TikiLIVE’s OTT Middleware

There are plenty of benefits to using our OTT Middleware, including:

Support Across Variety of Platforms

As TikiLIVE has grown over the past 10 years, we’ve learned that support across multiple platforms is extremely important. For this reason, we offer support across a whole host of set top boxes as well as mobile devices, tablets and streaming dongles.

Free Set Top Box APK

We’ve put our expertise into developing an Android based set top box APK that we offer to manufacturers and consumers for absolutely free. This allows set top box manufacturers to focus on creating high quality hardware, as opposed to having to spend countless resources developing software. Since we’ve been in the IPTV business for well over 10 years we understand what it takes to create high quality software and have put everything we know into our new set top box APK.

Growing Number of Manufacturers Utilizing TikiLIVE OTT Middleware

Because of the growing success of our set top box APK, a number of manufacturers are utilizing our new technology. The following manufacturers are already shipping set top boxes with our technology:

  • Comigo
  • Geniatech
  • Yiyate
  • PC DVB
  • Peer TV
  • Yinhe
  • Gemcolor Amlogic
  • Letine Amlogic
  • Xinlinuo
  • Shenzhen HuaSun
  • Channel Master
  • Eny Technology
  • Huaren Technology Compan

Support for Set Top Devices From Apple, Google & Roku

While we offer our own proprietary OTT software, we also offer full support for a variety of other set top box manufacturers. We want to make sure your content can be accessed from as many avenues as possible, and we’re excited to now offer full support for the following:

  • Apple TV
  • Roku set top boxes as well as the Roku Streaming Stick
  • Google Chromecast

As you can see, working with TikiLIVE allows you to stream your content to a whole host of set top boxes with ease.

Ensure Your Content is Accessible From Mobile Devices

While millions of people around the world access video content from set top boxes, many more access video content through mobile devices such as smartphones or tablets. For this reason, TikiLIVE also offers full support for all mobile devices.

Our user interface features full HTML5 support allowing your users to access your content regardless of device type. With HTML5 your video content will instantly be tailored to your user’s device, all completely on the fly.

Control Your Content Through TikiLIVE’s Content Manager

TikiLIVE’s Content Manager is really the heart of what sets our solution apart from our competitors. From the Content Manager you can instantly control all of your streaming playlists, insert advertisements and control access on a per device basis. This gives you ultimate control over your content from one centralized interface.

On top of the many features offered through our Channel Manager, we also offer full HTML5 support for this tool as well so that you can access and make changes to your content from any smartphone or tablet. We put the control over your streaming content in your hands whether you’re at a computer or on the go.

Interested in Learning More About TikiLIVE’s OTT Solution?

If you’re interested in learning more about TikiLIVE’s streaming products don’t hesitate to contact our live streaming experts at 305-743-6722 or by email through our online contact form. We look forward to showing you how our OTT Middleware can help you stream your content to your user base!

Using TikiLIVE’s IPTV Software: A Beginner’s Guide

chromecastYou’ve finally decided to take your video content creation skills to the big leagues, but you’re confused as to actually how to make it happen. With loads of options online as far as video streaming providers, how can you find a solution that meets your needs, but doesn’t break the bank?

Thankfully, TikiLIVE has been providing video streaming services for over a decade and is ready to help get your content online as quickly and easily as possible. While other providers may cater to experienced content creators, we work with both beginners and experts alike — we are always up to the challenge of helping a novice get their first big break online!

Make TikiLIVE Your Choice for Streaming Your IPTV Content

Why should you consider us? Keep in mind that TikiLIVE is both easy to use and extremely powerful, thanks to some of our favorite features:

Upload Video Content with Monster Encoder

When you’re just starting out, the technology involved in creating your own content can be quite overwhelming. First, you have to decide how you are going to record your content and then you somehow have to get that content online. This can involve a variety of complicated steps depending on the streaming provider that you choose.

Thanks to TikiLIVE and the Monster Encoder, you no longer have to worry about getting your content online. The beauty of the Monster Encoder is that it can accept video in a variety of formats. You simply upload your video and it will instantly be encoded in the cloud and be supported on set top boxes from Roku and other manufacturers as well as on all types of smartphones and tablets.

Share With the World Thanks to HTML5 Support

It’s no surprise that mobile internet usage has skyrocketed over the past few years. With this increase in usage, consumers want to access as much content from their mobile devices as possible. That means that it’s extremely important for content providers to ensure their videos are easily accessible across all types of mobile devices. Using the latest HTML5 technology, TikiLIVE allows all of your content to be instantly viewed on all types of smartphones and tablets.

Reach Scores of IPTV Users

Another industry that is growing significantly is the IPTV industry. Cable and satellite companies are seeing their subscriber numbers severely eroded by IPTV companies offering robust programming options at a fraction of the price of cable or satellite. However, we offer full IPTV support. Whether your users are accessing your content from Roku set top boxes or STBs from other manufacturers, the compatibility of your content will be unfazed. In fact, TikiLIVE even offers IPTV software that can be loaded on Android set top boxes that a variety of set top box manufacturers are using to power their hardware devices.

Updated EPG Makes Finding Your Content a Breeze

Have you ever been so frustrated with your cable or satellite programming guide that you wanted to throw your remote control across the room? We’ve developed a fast and robust Electronic Program Guide (EPG) that will allow you and your viewers to instantly access your content without the delays seen with most programming guides. We understand that viewers have little patience for slowness when accessing your programming and we assure you that we’ll do everything in our power to ensure our EPG is working flawlessly at all times.

Easily Share Content on Social Media

While creating your content can be difficult, your work is not over until you actually market your videos to your user base. Social media offers the perfect platform to get the word out about your content. Thanks to TikiLIVE, you can instantly share your content to all of your social media profiles with the simple click of a button.

Boost Your Online Presence With a Free WordPress Website

It’s hard enough to create engaging content, but having to create a website on top of your video content can seem impossible. We recognize this difficulty — that’s why we offer a free WordPress website to all of our users. WordPress is a powerful Content Management System (CMS) that allows anyone to create an interactive website without a coding background.

Custom Designed Android Set Top Box APK

As previously mentioned, we’ve developed a robust IPTV software solution that can be loaded onto any Android set top box. Many STB manufacturers are using our IPTV software to power their devices. We also offer full support in a variety of foreign languages to ensure that your content can be streamed worldwide.

Robust Content Delivery Network

All the features in the world are worthless unless your network is extremely fast and reliable. TikiLIVE has worked for the past ten years to develop a highly scalable content delivery network that will easily allow you to stream your content to the world. Whether you have a small following or your content instantly goes viral, we will be right by your side.

With servers located across the world, we’re able to serve content to your users based on their physical location, which cuts down on delays and buffering seen from many other content providers.

Unparalleled Customer Support Team

Oour accessibility to our customers also sets us apart. We have over a decade of experience in the worlds of IPTV technology and video streaming and we’re more than happy to pass on this knowledge to our growing list of customers. We offer a whole host of support options that include live chat, email support as well as phone support. As a company we know that a lot of what you’re purchasing is our expertise and for this reason we strive to always be available to our customers. If you’re ready to learn more about TikiLIVE, feel free to reach out to us by phone today at 305-743-6722.