Bynow, everyone who has ever watched Netflix knows what video on demand (VOD) is.But have you ever wanted the engagement, interactivity, and real-time collaborationof a live streaming webcast with the control, low risk, and simplicity of VOD?
Withthe release of Magic Coast’s latest cloud-based management and Panther MediaEncoder, it’s now possible to have both. Magic Coast has introduced an innovativeconcept called VOD as Live (VODaL). With VODaL you can create a user experiencethat resembles a live streaming event, but without the cost and risk of a livetelevision production.
Whywould you want to do that?
Whatifyou want your participants to engage in interactive text communication andexercises during the broadcast—like asking questions or participating in a livechat discussion?
Whatifyou want to lead group exercises and team building at multiple remote locationsas part of the presentation?
Whatifyou want to create a feeling of real-time interactivity and engagement, liketaking polls and watching the live results?
WithVOD alone, those things are next to impossible. With VODaL, they’re easy. Here’show it works:
- Produce and edit your video content, getting it just right while avoiding the cost and complexity of a live video production and the risk of mistakes that come with it.
- Incorporate timed interactive components into your video. Add things like subtitles, polls, and slide presentations.
- Choose feedback features to enable, such as live-text delivery, submit-a-question, or live (moderated) viewer response display.
- Schedule your webcast(s).
- At the scheduled time(s), your audience joins in and participates as if it were a live webcast.
Duringthe webcast, your audience members can ask questions, answer polls, andinteract with the content along with everyone else who is participating. And,instead of having a large production team creating a live video event in realtime, all you need is a small team of communicators to answer questions,moderate comments, and provide help-desk support.
Howis that different from VOD? With VOD, the video always starts at the beginningof the program. If someone joins even a minute late, real-time interactionbetween participants is impossible because they will be forever out of syncwith one another.
WithVODaL, your program is scheduled as live. So, your participants stay in syncwith the content, no matter when they join the webcast. Whether they join atthe start, or five minutes late, they will always join in progress at the samepoint where everyone else is viewing.
Wantto run the same webcast for groups in different time zones? Simply schedule itfor multiple times, all with the same pre-recorded video content and timedinteractivity. The Panther Media System automatically plays the webcast onschedule without so much as a button to push.
To learn more or to schedule ademonstration, contact Magic Coast at www.magiccoast.com.
