Which is the difference between the free webtv and the premium webtv?
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The free web tv channels can broadcast live and recorded videos 24/7. You can freely create your personal scheduling and publish your web tv
in many sites embedding a snippet code. You can modify the web tv layout provided by Glomera, but you cannot modify the Glomera logo in the player
nor the links referred to the Glomera site in the interactive boxes. Glomera provides 1 Gigabyte of storage for every free account and can insert ads
into your tv channel. In the future Glomera will share revenue from the advertising in the free channels with the whole value chain (channel managers,
video producers…).
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Every channel manager, of both free and premium account, can upgrade the performance of his channel purchasing:
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Storage: in order to upload more contents;
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Auto Flash conversion of video formats;
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The possibility of hide the“Embed” button, in order to avoid that other users embed into their sites your TV channel (both: Tv player and interactive boxes);
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Not only but free accounts can also buy the white label account: the possibility of hide the Glomera logo in the player and the links referred to the Glomera site in t
he interactive boxes;
The Premium channel can broadcast live and recorded events trough the scheduling 24/7
and on-demand. Every web tv channel is ad-free and “white label”: customised with your Logo and without links referred to the Glomera site.
The monthly subscription at the premium channel for 199€ includes: 50 Gigabyte of storage, 500 GB of data transfer per month OR 2,5 Mbps
of bandwidth (corresponding to 5 concurrent viewers with a bandwidth of 512 Kbps). The standard offering can be improved thanks to the Upgrader
in order to enhance the available bandwidth, the dedicated storage and the statistics.
Why should I create a free channel on Glomera?
Because Glomera allows you to spread your videos worldwide from as many sites as you want. You can use viral distribution to offer content
to any interested parties and measure organic growth. As your audience grows you will generate revenue adding advertising.
If you are already broadcasting your contents from other media, you can also choose Glomera and have another broadcasting tool,
without bandwidth costs.
What does a Premium web tv channel on Glomera consist of?
The Premium channel can broadcast live and recorded events trough the scheduling 24/7.
Every premium channel is sold for 199 € per month for 6 months and the payment will be automatically renewed from month to month.
The Premium channel includes:
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Brodcasting of live, scheduled and on demand content;
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50 GB of storage;
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500 GB of data transfer per month;
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Automatic conversion of 5 videos, per month, in the Flash format(.flv) required;
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Advertising-free Tv channel;
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White label Tv channel (without Glomera's logo and links);
What does a web tv channel on Glomera consist of (both: free and premium)?
Every channel on Glomera allows users to broadcast their own live and recorded videos 24/7.
To start streaming you need:
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Upload your videos on Glomera's servers, in the 'Upload' page of your 'Backoffice' area, selecting a video from your Pc or from Youtube;
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Complete every video with detailed information, links, images and attaching downloadable files;
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Create your own playlists choosing among the available videos;
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Set the starting time of each video or playlist in the 'Manual Schedule', or if you prefer, drag the desired videos into the
'Play Loop' list, in order to set a loop of broadcasted videos that will be on air, until you set a video in the Manual Schedule
(Note. The 'Play Loop' programming is available only with at least 1 minute long videos);
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Customize the style and layout of your tv channel, setting the channel template. You have total control over everything from video player to the design of the user experience (colors, font, dimensions of the embeddable boxes). Then copy and past the generated code into the html of your website in order to publish your Tv channel
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Track your online video performance to optimize your internet Tv strategy with real time statistics.
How can I create my personal webtv?
Simply click on 'create your channel' in the home hage of the website and choose the channel that you prefer between free and premium.
Fill in the short form and in a few steps you will be redirect in your personal back-office homepage where it is possible to create your personal webtv, set the scheduling,
broadcast live and recorded events, and choose the best template you want to embed the tv channel in your portal.
How can I make visible my webtv?
First create your personal channel, then copy and paste the snippet code, posted in 'Publish', into the html code of your webpage
and your channel will be visible to everybody. You can create the most suitable template for your needs and increase traffic to your website
through viral video sharing. The Glomera's templates include: the player, the channel-guide and the interactive boxes.
NB. In order to publish your webtv you need to access to the HTML code of the pages where you want to embed your channel
The host website has to enable JavaScript.
What is the Scheduling?
The scheduling lets you organize webtv programs in a daily, weekly, or season-long programming. It is possible to choose what
to broadcast and when, enriching every content with detail information and video frames to show to end-users. Everyone can set the
Manual schedule or the Play Loop of the programs to build an audience for a new show, retain thae audience and compete with other
broadcasters' programs.
What does streaming mean?
Multimedia data transferred in a stream of compressed packets that are interpreted and rendered, in real time, by a software application
as the packets arrive. So that end-users don't need of large storage. Upload bandwidth required 512 Kilobyte.
What is the streaming on-demand?
It's the possibility to choose what streaming video to watch and when.
Do I need to worry about copyright issues?
Glomera offers to its users the platform to manage their personal web tv. Every users is responsible for the uploaded contents.
In addition to your own original Scheduling, you can also use existing copyright-free content. It is your responsibility to make sure the content
you broadcast contains no copyright infringements. Glomera will shut down any account that is reported to be breaching content copyrights.
What are Glomera’s technical requirements and quality guidelines for uploaded videos?
Currently, Glomera accepts videos in a Flash format (.flv). Please note that we currently offer the
auto Flash conversion of different video formats if you want to upload different formats (such as .avi, .mov, wmv…).
The fastest way to get your videos into your Tv channel is using our recommended specifications:
Video coding
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Video bitrate lower or equal to 512 Kbps;
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Video resolution 480x360 aspect ratio 4:3;
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Frame rate lower or equal to 15 fps;
Audio coding:
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Audio bitrate lower or equal to 64 Kbps
Container:
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Flash Video Player (.flv)
What is the connection required to get the best performance with Glomera?
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Glomera suggests a broadband Internet connection with at least 640 kbps of upload bandwidth
How can I broadcast a live streaming?
First of all you need to program your 'Manual schedule' dragging the 'live event' icon into the starting time chosen. Set the title,
the description and the duration of your live event. Make sure Pop-up Blocker is turned off: Pop-up Blocker is turned off by default, but someone may have turned it on.
SAVE your “Manual Schedule” page, then it will appear a button 'Start live' that will
allow you accede to the settings page in order to start your live stream.
How is Glomera different from YouTube?
Glomera provides the capability to broadcast 24/7 live and recorded events in real time from many channels. As a complementary service,
allows users to enrich the video's information with texts, images, links and downloadable files. Otherwise Youtube enables users post and
watch video-on-demand clips.
What is the total embed feature and how do I use it?
The new disruptive service of
total embed allows users to create, manage and publish interactive webtv on their own sites, just in minutes.
The total embed is a free turnkey service that can also be completely customized to suit the specific needs of existing websites.
It allows to create and customize new branded layouts or modify Glomera templates and choose which type of total embed
add to the website, in order to create premium webtv or to create free and premium webtv.
Watch the video tutorial
News sites, video blogs, web hosting services etc., everyone can now create, manage and broadcast live, scheduled and on demand
videos on their sites, and match each video with related interactive boxes, which help to engage site visitors in lively
discussions, and lets them to download files and view related links.