7 Live Event Video Streaming Services to Power Your Virtual and Hybrid Events

Virtual event streaming services are widely used by organisers and businesses to fulfil many marketing objectives. Not just that, but the rising popularity and people’s comfort make the streaming industry huge and estimated to reach 124.6 billion dollars by 2025.

Due to the many benefits that come with live streaming services, there is one important thing that is cost-effectiveness and global reach. In general, it is quite simple to set-up and easily possible to stream from anywhere you want. Today here on this blog we are going to discuss the seven live streaming services providers and live streaming platforms.

Live streaming can help keep things interesting by allowing presenters and hosts to interact directly with attendees via poll questions, Q&A, and more.

There are N number of video streaming services available in the market. But here we are going to discuss about the best seven;

There are many live streaming platform you are already aware of such as

• Facebook Live Streaming
• Youtube Live Streaming
• Instagram Live Streaming

Well, the services are not just bound to this social media site alone, as there are many others which we are going to discuss further in this blog. We all have witnessed the times that people in the UAE love to live stream and the popularity is hitting the big corporations, making them think about adding this to their overall content strategy. We are starting with platforms for businesses first as they are in greater need than us as individuals.

Dreamcast

This is one of the popular live streaming platforms and offers a lot of services for live streaming, virtual events, and hybrid events specially customised for event organisers and corporates in the UAE. For normal live streaming platforms, there are limited features you can take advantage of or some of them have limitations in terms of headcounts, for example. Dreamcast offers an overall customisation even if you are thinking to stream professionally or on a large scale on everybody’s favourite social sites like Youtube, Instagram, Facebook or want to be over web-based or multi-streaming functionality.

Additionally, you can also take advantage of other features such as;

• In-browser streaming
• Event scheduling
• Stream pre-recorded videos and image files
• Multi-streaming
• Brand customizations
• Customizable chat box
• Desktop chat app
• Advanced analytics
• Multi-streaming chat from one interface
• Chat feeds, CTAs, and overlays

Coming to second number it will be

Webex Events

For virtual and hybrid events, Webex Events offers a comprehensive solution, from registration and data collecting through high engagement activities and post-event surveys. Your branded event portal for networking, engagement, live video streaming, and sponsor exposure is Webex Events.

You can utilise the professional tier features of Restream, including full HD, split audio track recording, streaming of recorded videos, and more, with Webex Events’ native streaming (Webex Events Streaming). Additionally, you may stream to almost any other platform using RTMP.

Facebook/Instagram live streaming

We all know they both belong to the same company, Meta. So, we added both as the third and fourth numbers. Well, there is a bigger reason to place them at the same position, which is that they have the same functionality and work similarly despite the different interface. Both individuals and businesses can benefit by sharing experience, products, behind the scenes, and internal video content for customers and can connect with the audience and prospects. 

Facebook/Instagram live streaming features:

• Event scheduling
• Live chat
• Featured link
• Graphics sharing
• Monetization via ad sharing
• Live chat moderation
• Live polling

Youtube Live Streaming

For producers, media organisations, small company owners, or corporations looking for a live streaming service for ongoing marketing or promotional videos or “behind-the-scenes” content, YouTube Live is another excellent video platform. Additionally, using it is totally free.

The fact that YouTube has 2.1 billion subscribers globally is another advantage of YouTube Live. All users can access the live feed on YouTube to see live streaming videos. Additionally, your subscribers can talk with you in real-time and receive notifications when you start a live stream.

For more complex live streams that support screen sharing, additional audio and video hardware, and multi-camera and microphone setups, you can also use YouTube’s encoder streaming.

YouTube Live features:

• Encoder streaming
• Event scheduling
• Live chat
• Live chat moderation
• Screen sharing
• Monetization via ad sharing
• Analytics

Vimeo live stream

Similar to YouTube, Vimeo began as a platform for hosting and managing videos. In 2017, it bought the Livestream platform and added live broadcasting capabilities. For individuals seeking a live streaming service with more features than YouTube Live offers, such as event registration, brand personalization, overlay graphics, and other features, Vimeo has been promoted. Additionally, Vimeo offers more complex monetization options.

Below is a list of Vimeo features, however bear in mind that some require a premium subscription.

• Live streaming in HD
• Management and archiving of videos
• CDN and cloud transcoding
• Flexible streaming
• Brand individualization
• Live-action graphics
• Event inscription
• Analytics
• Chat, live polls, and Q&A)

JW Player

JW Player is a powerful, approachable platform that began as an HTML 5 video player for on-demand material and now includes live streaming capabilities with cutting-edge features.  Live streaming your video to Facebook, YouTube, Twitch, and any other RTMP platform by streaming it from any device. As you broadcast live, JWPlayer also provides real-time analytics so you can keep track of views, viewer location, devices, and more.

Look here at what JWPlayer offers.

• live streaming in HD
• Flexible streaming
• Digital Rights Management (DRM) (DRM)
• A HD encoder
• CDN and cloud transcoding.
• Brand individualization
• Analytics
• External marketing

Conclusion

These above-mentioned are the most used platforms that can be beneficial for everyone who is planning for live streaming. The only thing is that before choosing any live streaming service provider, it is preferred to analyse your requirements so that it will be easier to choose from. Additionally, it is important to keep up with the trend and utilise all the necessary features, as well as to add a touch of customisation to give an extraordinary experience to your customers.