Do you have an ear for things that are happening in your local area? If you are the type of person that seems to always be “in the know” when it comes to new events and announcements in your area, you may be able to use this inside information to gain a following. Many local communities around the country have extremely loyal residents who are always looking for local news or the next new restaurant, bar or shopping center to try out. With the advances in technology, it is now easier than ever to not only create content, but also to stream it to the world.
Use Live Streaming to Reach Your Audience
If you are looking for an easy way to reach a local audience, video should be at the top of your list. With high speed Internet and a variety of easy to use streaming platforms, almost anyone can create highly engaging content with little to no prior experience.
Go Beyond Your Online Audience with TikiLIVE
If your video content really begins to pick up steam you may want to look past simply streaming your content online. TikiLIVE, a leader in online streaming offers a variety of ways to stream your content to ensure that you can reach as many people as possible. Below are just a few of the ways that you can use TikiLIVE to stream your local content to your user base.
• Stream to Mobile Devices: Each day more and more people access the Internet from their smartphones or tablets. The problem with accessing live videos from mobile devices is that certain streaming platforms do not work well with devices with smaller screens. TikiLIVE offers full HTML5 support that allows your video content to be easily streamed across all types of devices including popular smartphones and tablets running Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems.
• Stream to Roku Set top Boxes: Let’s face it, some people just do not like watching video content on their computer, smartphone or even their tablet. For this reason, there has been a huge boost in devices that allow you to access online content from TVs. Roku, one of the largest manufacturers of these devices has gained in popularity as more people have started to access much of their video content online as opposed to through traditional cable or satellite providers. With TikiLIVE you can actually create live channels that will show up on your user’s Roku boxes alongside the big guys like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu Plus.
How to Create a Local Channel and Stream It On Roku
So, you’ve seen some of the benefits of using TikiLIVE in conjunction with Roku, but you’re not sure how to actually create a TikiLIVE channel and stream it to Roku. Here are a few simple steps to get you up and running in just a few minutes:
- To publish one of your channels to Roku you should click on the “Live Channels” link under the “Channels” menu heading.
- On the “Manage Channels” page click on “Edit” for the channel that you wish to publish to Roku.
- In the “Publishing” section ensure that the “YES” radio button is selected for “Available on ROKU”.
- Click “Save Details” and your channel should now be available on Roku devices.
Additional Features of the TikiLIVE Platform
If you’re interested in TikiLIVE as a streaming platform for your video content, you’ll be interested in the wide variety of features that help you to not only create high quality content but also to market your content effectively.
• Multiple Monetization Options: By partnering with TikiLIVE you can not only create and stream your content, but you can also generate income based on it as well. Whether you want to charge admission to your live streaming events, charge for on-demand access to your content or charge for advertisers to be featured in your content, the sky is the limit with TikiLIVE!
• Monster Encoder: One of the more difficult aspects of video streaming is ensuring that your content is in the correct format to be viewed online. TikiLIVE offers the Monster Encoder, which allows you to upload your video content in a variety of formats and let TikiLIVE handle the conversion to ensure that all of your users can access your content.
• Social Media Integration: Ask any Internet marketer for tips on promoting your video content and social media will likely be one of the top recommendations. The problem with social media marketing is that it can be extremely time consuming. Remembering to post consistent updates to all of your social media profiles can be extremely difficult, especially if you’re also working hard to grow your online audience in others ways. With TikiLIVE, your content can be instantly shared across all of your social media profiles with ease. This should allow you to focus on creating in-demand content as opposed to constantly navigating your social media profiles.
• FREE WordPress Site: Along with your TikiLIVE account you also get a fully functioning WordPress site that allows you to prominently feature your content. Creating your very own website doesn’t have to be difficult with WordPress – one of the easiest and most widely used content management systems currently available.
• Distributed Content Delivery Network: You may not realize this when you first begin creating streaming content, but the infrastructure of your streaming provider is extremely important to the success of your content. As a veteran in the streaming market, TikiLIVE offers a fully distributed content delivery network (CDN) with servers that are located all across the world. When your users access your content, TikiLIVE’s proprietary technology will determine which server to stream your content from based on the user’s location. This results in much quicker download speeds and less issues with buffering and latency that are often seen with some of the free streaming providers.
Still Have Questions About Streaming Your Local Channel On Roku Devices?
If you still have a few questions about streaming your content to Roku devices or even just online, feel free to give us a call today at 305-743-6722 and we’ll be happy to help you get your content online for the world to see!
