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Internet Broadcasting with Onstream Media

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Overview of Onstream Media:

Onstream Media is a content delivery network that provides all sorts of services from streaming media hosting and Pay Per View services to corporate conferencing and webinars. The company has been around since the beginning of the internet boom in 1993, and has a steady hold on the CDN market. Onstream Media works with big name clients such as Coca Cola, Disney and Ebay, and nearly half of the Fortune 1000. If you're considering Onstream Media as your content delivery network, you're probably part of a large company with serious online media demands. Read further to find out of Onstream Media is the CDN for you.

Digital Media Services:

Onstream's digital media services are capable of providing a multi-dimensional, rich media experience by integrating voice, data and streaming video.

Onstream Media's services can be thought of in terms of three overlapping categories: media storage, media preparation, and media streaming. As I mentioned before, Onstream Media offers companies several helpful services using its datacenter which fall into the 'storage' category: media archiving, indexing, and hosting. Media archiving means that Onstream can store multiple copies of your media files in its data centers for safekeeping so that you can access and stream them whenever you want. Media indexing means that Onstream stores your data in a way that automatically makes it searchable, meaning less time spent tediously logging and organizing media. Media hosting means that Onstream Media can stream your media directly from the servers in its datacenter, meaning faster access and streaming for your customers.

The process of preparing your media for streaming can be tedious and time-consuming - a strain on any company's IT department. Onstream Media offers powerful encoding services with the ability to prepare multiple media streams at once. In addition, with Onstream Media's transcoding services your content can be accessed by a wide array of internet-enabled devices, from tablets to desktop computers.

Onstream Media's streaming services are powerful enough for any clients needs. Onstream offers customizable online media environments designed on a case-by-case basis. In addition, Onstream allows customers to monetize their media by setting up pay-per-view and subscription services. These features allow customers to access media live and on-demand, or to download media directly to their web devices. You'll have control over publishing tools that control the amount of plays allowed, provide a set time-period for viewing the media, and restricting play based on geographical access.

Media and Entertainment Services:

In addition to the pay-per-view services mentioned above, Onstream Media can facilitate the data needs of any film or television production. Gone are the days of waiting for overnight shipping from Los Angeles to New York. During the production phase Onstream Media allows crew team members to communicate over geographical distances by instantly sending rough-cuts and dailies. In addition, Onstream hosts livestreaming web conferencing for crew members to make the collaborative process more efficient.

Onstream Media offers plenty of services for television productions, too. Onstream Media will help you and your company set up online streaming services for your television program while lowering your costs. Onstream can set up on-demand and pay per view streaming, the ability to syndicate your content to other sites while keeping it monetized, and providing a searchable database of all of your production's web content.

Pricing and Plans:

Onstream Media sets up pricing and plans depending on your company's needs. If you think they're the CDN for you, get in touch with them via http://www.onstreammedia.com/.

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