Vimeo Live Streaming

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Vimeo Live Streaming
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Virtual events and meetings have taken off with
the advent of OTT platforms becoming affordable,
and 2020 shenanigans had a major role to play
too! 69 of the US population is subscribed to at
least one OTT platform, Netflix, Hulu, or Amazon.
With more people cutting the cord with cable
network providers and migrating to online sources
of entertainment and information, the demand for
virtual events has skyrocketed.
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Businesses have invested time, money, and
resources into developing their online presence
and connecting with the end-users to help them
amend and make changes based on feedback. One of
the major tools and techniques used by brands to
boost online engagement is live streaming events,
collaborating with creators from the industry,
and conducting virtual workshops to demonstrate
their products and services.
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Back in 2017, Vimeo acquired LiveStream a hosting
platform for live videos. Since then theyve been
offering users the option to live stream, and
according to a recent update they are all set to
have their own OTT services.
In todays blog, we will be diving into how to
live stream on Vimeo, Closed Captioning, and
Subtitling live streams. Read till the end to
know more.
Live Streaming has become an integral part of any
businesss marketing plan and with Vimeo, users
need to sign up with the premium package which is
75 a month to use this feature.
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Once your premium account is set up, you can set
up your event. Vimeo offers users the option to
preview their content and setting before going
live, at this point if users are happy with how
things are looking they can go ahead and take the
event live, if not go back and make amends to
best suit their unique needs.
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Vimeo Live Streams can also be simulcast, which
is very unique to Vimeo, it supports streaming on
Facebook, Youtube, Twitch, LinkedIn, and even
custom apps! And another premium feature is that
it allows for Ad-free streaming.
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The live stream feature also supports automated
live captioning by AI software, which is great if
you are hosting the event is in English with a
requirement for English Closed Captions or
Subtitles, not an ideal choice for multilingual
needs or subtitling.
If you are looking to host your event for an
international audience who are non-native
speakers, it is mandatory that you book an
external or third-party captioning service to
render you this service. Vimeo or Vimeo live does
not support you to assign a captioner from with
the event or even the platform.
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To achieve a seamless experience with external it
is mandatory to purchase a special encoder (link
encoder page) and decoder software for your
captioner an expensive affair, in all honesty.
With the help of an encoder, captioners receive
the audio feed and deliver the appropriate
captions, which goes through the software again
and embeds the captions in the live stream before
reaching the final audience.
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With virtual events on the rise, it is a wise
choice to partner with a licensed vendor who can
provide the perks of having an encoder without
the pain of having to spend as much.
CaptioningStar is one such vendor that can
provide the service at nominal prices for all
kinds of industries and event needs. We also
supply you with the best and experienced in-house
bilingual captioners who can provide bilingual
automated captions too!
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