Years ago, becoming a broadcaster meant working your way up at your local radio or television station to hopefully get the big break to be on camera or behind the mic. Budding broadcasters had to “earn their keep” by working long hours and remaining on call 24/7 only to have a slim chance at ever making their way into the broadcaster chair. Sadly, many dreams were squashed for those who were never able to actually become a broadcaster due to circumstances often beyond their control.
Thanks to advances related to the Internet, times have changed. Now anyone who has a device that can connect to the Internet has a voice. This is allowing people of all ages in all different parts of the world to broadcast their audio or video with little to no experience. Solutions from companies like TikiLIVE offer huge opportunities for those looking to bust onto the broadcasting scene.
What is TikiLIVE?
TikiLIVE is a content delivery network that allows individuals, businesses and non-profits to easily stream their content online. Whether you are interested in radio or video, TikiLIVE has the infrastructure to handle your needs. With an easy to use interface and a rock solid back end, TikiLIVE can handle your needs and our customer service experts will always be available to help along the way.
Using a streaming provider like TikiLIVE offers huge advantages over more traditional broadcasting methods, some of which are outlined below:
Assistance with Building an Audience
If you are looking to become a broadcaster, you need to hone your craft and ultimately build an audience. TikiLIVE offers several ways to help you get the word out about your broadcasting abilities.
- Social Media Integration – TikiLIVE seamlessly integrates with the major social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter and Google+. This allows you to easily share your content with your users or fans at a moment’s notice. As social media continues to replace traditional marketing methods, it is important to harness this change when promoting your broadcasting content.
- WordPress Integration – If you are looking to become a broadcaster and promote your content, you not only need a high quality content delivery network like TikiLIVE, but you also need a website. WordPress is a popular platform that allows a novice to be up and running with a web site in a matter of minutes. TikiLIVE offers an easy to use plugin that connects to your website to allow you to stream your audio or video content directly on your website. This eliminates the guesswork. Forget about static images on your web site, the wave of the future is dynamic content, which is easily achieved with TikiLIVE.
Mobile Ready
If you go out with your family or friends for any length of time, you will see hundreds of people constantly checking their mobile devices. Whether it’s tablets or smartphones, most people would rather leave their spouse at home than their mobile device. Because of this huge need for users to access all of their content from their preferred mobile device(s), it is important that your content be accessible on all of them.
Thankfully TikiLIVE recognized this need early on and offers full support for all types of mobile devices. With HTML5 compatibility, your users will enjoy a tailored user experience depending on the device that they are using at any given time. This means that if a user accesses your content from their mobile phone they will have a different experience than if they were to access your content from a tablet. While each of these experiences will be different, they will each be optimized for the device in use and to put your content front and center at all times.
IPTV Connectivity
As many are aware, cable subscribers are dropping in droves and replacing their high cable bills with low fees from IPTV providers such as Hulu Plus, Netflix and Amazon. These providers offer scores of programming at much less expensive prices and are available on a wide variety of platforms – including television. As more and more people turn to IPTV as a cost effective way to watch their preferred programming, the cable providers may become obsolete.
Thankfully, TikiLIVE offers full IPTV integration for those users who still prefer to watch their content on television. You can easily create channels with TikiLIVE that can be featured alongside the likes of Netflix, Amazon and Hulu Plus. With full compatibility with set top boxes such as Roku, you do not have to worry about leaving out any fans that want to access your content from a television.
Latest Technology
With a streaming provider like TikiLIVE, you never have to worry about whether the technology that you are using is up to date. TikiLIVE engineers work tirelessly to ensure that we are always using the latest codecs and will always ensure that your content is delivered to your users in the most efficient manner possible. Because of our strong infrastructure, your users should experience little to no buffering or quality issues as long as they have a strong internet connection.
Ease of Use
To become a broadcaster in the past you had to be well versed in all sorts of technology. While this experience may be great to have, it is not a requirement anymore in the quest to become a broadcaster. Thanks to innovations from companies like TikiLIVE, all you need is a mobile phone, video camera or computer and you can be streaming live online in minutes. This opens up huge opportunities for broadcasting. Think about being the first to a story because you were able to capture it with your smartphone before the big news crews were able to bring out their expensive news vans and camera equipment. In today’s fast paced world, you can be the one to break a story wide open with the help of a streaming provider like TikiLIVE.
Ready to Take the Plunge? Contact TikiLIVE Today!
If you are ready to make your dream of becoming a broadcaster come true, give us a call today at (305) 289-4557. We would love to discuss how we can help you begin broadcasting content that will help you get noticed and maybe even get that big break that you have been dreaming of!
