VOD2LIVE
Accessible, affordable, automated channels
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Key features
Quickly and cost-effectively repurpose your existing VOD assets to create ‘live’ channels
Ingest content via: S3/FTP, MRSS/RSS, direct upload
Leverage remote locations for content, stored externally
Insert ad markers (cue points)
Seamlessly create linear electronic programming guides (EPG)
Service Side Ad Insertion (SSAI): ad server agnostic: Pre- and Mid-roll supported, VAST or VMAP tag
broadcast
Think of our VOD2Live-powered channel as a proper broadcast channel: loop for up to 24 hours, or schedule your content daily.
automation
Create thematic, genre, or series-based channels by using automated rules.
slate insertion
Normalise your automated content, with the option of slate insertion during ad breaks or scheduling gaps.
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fast channels
Create new monetisation opportunities from existing content, drive greater audience engagement with higher live viewing figures
SCHEDULE
Schedule thematic genre- or series-based VOD2Live channels, complete with ad-slots and slates. Help your audience fight decision fatigue.
monetise
Personalise pre-rolls and mid-rolls, delivered via Server Side Ad Insertion (SSAI). Serve unique ads to each users, without limitations.
NORMALISE
Your VOD, slates and ads, normalised at every stage, from ingestion to ad-insertion.
stream
Stream channels with our out-of-the-box CDN. Present a channel in your Simplestream app, across multiple devices, with Live and EPG views.
SYNDICATE
Further enlarge your channel footprint on every screen. Simplestream's Media Flow supports more than 20 syndication connectors out-of-the-box, via MRSS, JSON, and XML.
Download the case study to learn how Simplestream helped Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship expand their audience reach internationally, with multi-device OTT services.
How Simplestream powered the Tokyo 2020 edition of the Paralympic Games on Channel 4, with out-of-the-box OTT services on a fully accessible, responsive website. Access the full case study.
It was critical for Channel 4 to be able to offer our live streams to OTT viewers in an accessible environment. Simplestream’s platform was easy to integrate with our services, it satisfied our requirement of flexibility to work with third parties and high levels of stability throughout the Tokyo 2020 Paralyimpic Games.
Channel 4
Channel 4
We undertook a rigorous procurement process which validated the technical robustness and flexibility of the Simplestream solution. A very pleasant additional benefit was the ‘can-do’ and positive attitude displayed unfailingly by the Simplestream teams towards what was certainly not the least challenging set of tasks.