Video Hosting for Streaming

[howdous]

Hi guys,

 

We are busy planning and preparing for a premium online video streaming portal for publishers.

 

We are busy looking into video hosting companies that stream well.

 

I would love to have some recommendations and we have started looking into the following:

 

https://vimeo.com/

 

https://www.uscreen.tv/

 

https://www.muvi.com/

 

https://www.brightcove.com/

 

https://sproutvideo.com/

 

https://wistia.com/

 

https://corp.kaltura.com/

 

https://www.dailymotion.com/

 

Any other suggestions or comments on personal experiences will be greatly appreciated.

[mac.calder]

If you are looking to do a streaming platform, then you do not want to be using an end-user product as your platform, surely. I would be looking at a Content Distribution Network (CDN) - these are companies like Akamai etc who power a number of the platforms you have mentioned (such as Brightcove). If you are aiming to be premium, this is the only way you can guarantee that.

 

That said, I would avoid Vimeo and Daily Motion - they are slow and clunky. I have not used Brightcove in almost a decade. Never used the rest.

Edited May 28, 2020 by mac.calder