Overview
What is IBM Video Streaming?
IBM Video Streaming solutions are used to stream virtual events, executive town halls, video marketing product launches, and 24-hour streaming channels. According to IBM, the solution is built for privacy, reliability and scale, to optimize video quality, and powered by…
IBM Video Streaming
A very good option in streaming service.
Advanced Video Streaming Services in a Single Package
Thanks IBM
Ustream/IBM: Very dependable, needs minor product tweaks
Service itself is good, but support from IBM is terrible and has impacted our business.
Elementary
IBM's screamin'-fast streamin'
Flexible, affordable, and powerful.
Streaming a Seminary Classroom
IBM Watson Media Review
The best streaming service for live corporate events
IBM Watson Review
I didn't know that this would be so useful at a school for the blind!
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Reviewer Pros & Cons
- Live chat and social stream interactions are also a helpful feature. I have worked with our academic program managers to provide live feedback from on...
- I would also like see poll and quizzing options. This would probably work best with a registration system to keep track of specific interaction. Inter...
- IBM Video Streaming allows for the integration of interactive elements into video content, such as quizzes, polls, and live Q&A sessions. This can mak...
- The platform could benefit from a more child-friendly interface that is easier for young students to navigate. Simplified menus, larger buttons, and m...
Pricing
Silver
$137
Gold
$688
Platinum
$1380
Entry-level set up fee?
- Setup fee optional
Offerings
- Free Trial
- Free/Freemium Version
- Premium Consulting/Integration Services
Starting price (does not include set up fee)
- $137 per month 100 viewer hours
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What is IBM Video Streaming?
IBM Video Streaming Features
- Supported: Scalability
- Supported: Enterprise Security
- Supported: Quality of Service
- Supported: Integrated Content Management
- Supported: Multi-CDN Delivery via SD-CDN
- Supported: Cloud-based Transcoding
- Supported: Social Sharing with Facebook and Twitter Integration
- Supported: Integrated Chat
- Supported: Live Analytics Dashboard
- Supported: Auto-Recording
- Supported: Custom Branding
- Supported: Lead Capture
- Supported: Live Playlists
- Supported: Support for Professional Encoding/Production Gear
- Supported: Enterprise Support Plans
- Supported: Managed Event and Production Services
- Supported: Enterprise Content Delivery Network (eCDN)
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IBM Video Streaming Technical Details
Deployment Types | Software as a Service (SaaS), Cloud, or Web-Based |
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Operating Systems | Unspecified |
Mobile Application | Apple iOS, Android, Mobile Web |
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IBM Video Streaming Customer Size Distribution
Consumers | 0% |
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Small Businesses (1-50 employees) | 15% |
Mid-Size Companies (51-500 employees) | 50% |
Enterprises (more than 500 employees) | 35% |
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Reviews
(1-25 of 28)Flexible, affordable, and powerful.
- Ease of use.
- Flexibility of using different streaming software.
- Great interface for viewers with no extra work.
- Occasionally, I've had issues with losing connection, making it impossible to stream.
- Metrics can be a little confusing to find accurate viewer numbers.
- The web interface can make finding certain things like chat windows difficult to find.
IBM Watson Review
- Streaming video.
- Recording sessions.
- Easy link connection.
- Password access to be able to view different projects.
- It does not allow for the streaming of two different languages at the same time, with the possibility to record in both languages on two different files.
- You cannot record a session for more than three hours.
- You cannot see the name of people who are connected as viewers.
- Stream and record significant events.
- Stream and record staff events and meetings.
- Stream events with moderately priced equipment.
- Better opportunities to stream using wireless connections.
- Simpler user interface.
Easy to use and reliable video streaming
- The streaming service is relatively easy to set up and is reliable.
- For those occasional weeks when we lose our internet connection, I appreciate the ability to upload our locally saved version of the video so our regular watchers can still access a video via the IBM site.
- In past years we've had occasional interruptions in our livestream (that weren't directly attributable to our local internet connection), but the reliability has improved over the last year or so.
- Some weeks I need to download the livestream video for our local archive. This process takes much longer than I would expect (multiple hours before the video is available for download).
- While this product offers many features for editing and promoting our videos, we do not use those services and will likely research less expensive options for our limited needs.
School Broadcast
- Stable connection.
- Simple management controls.
- Great customer service.
- Easy editing.
- Ability to postpone subscription over summer break and not lose data.
Cost effective streaming of sport events
- Easy to integrate with many streaming software.
- Powerful statistics.
- Good control of embedded content and it makes it easy to avoid other sites embedding your content without your permission.
- I don't feel comfortable with the pricing model.
IBM Watson for broadcasting
- The streaming quality is outstanding and we have never had any issues with buffering due to a slow server. Our problems usually lie with our local internet provider.
- I appreciate the quick and easily accessible customer service. We had a couple of occasions where we needed help and I was able to access a customer service representative quickly.
- We also like the different channels available within our service. This allows us to customize our streams based on our target audience.
- We would like to see the ability to slipstream the broadcast thus allowing a viewer to join a live stream after the start time and still start in the beginning. Similar to a DVR system for home, this would be great for timing since we stream to multiple locations who may not be ready at the exact start time of the broadcast.
Great for Masterclasses with Music
- Clear picture and sound
- Option for live chat
- Replay of published videos
- I find there is a lag in the broadcast so that as I ask my viewers questions, their answers come 30 seconds to 2 minutes delayed. I realize part of this could be internet connection speed, but I have a good service that is fast for all other functions.
Live Broadcast Anywhere
- Easy to use.
- Link to live stream.
- Secure.
- It works well only when you have a good high-speed internet connection.
Getting our message to over 60,000 employees with ease.
- Love the fact that each individual can view the product at a different quality depending on their internet capacity.
- Ease of saving and posting to YouTube post-show.
- Metrics are great.
- Some parts are a bit too technical and over the head of an average person.
- Price can be a bit steep for some of the things we have.
Live Streaming - Lite!
- The video is high quality!
- Ease of use
- Great customer service
- Good pricing
- Not a technician so I'm good for what I need it to do.
A great video tool for our clients
- Price.
- Uptime.
- Ease of use.
- Ease of sharing.
- Could use a better domain name.
- More obvious IBM branding.
- Better chat functionality.
IBM's Ustream is a great service for live streaming corporate productions internationally.
- Privacy Settings - very easy to establish a variety of security levels depending on the project.
- Publishing features are simple and easy to use. Not only can I publish the stream immediately after the live event is over, but I can upload to youtube directly.
- Communication - I can talk directly with the viewers of the stream in the event that their are questions or concerns
- The interface - though easy to use - is a bit dated. It does seem that it could be updated a bit.
- Browser exclusive streaming - it would be nice if the streaming service could be more directly integrated with streaming services/apps such as Youtube or a Ustream App. Maybe it is, but at the time I used it, i was unfamiliar with this option.
- Pricing options - though I think it is affordable, it's a bit difficult to determine what level I need to purchase. It might be nice to see more options in terms of pricing.
- Quick launch of a webcast
- Player compatibility
- Broad adoption of third party add-ons and hardware encoders
- Tech support turnaround on corrupted VOD videos.
- Channels need to have the ability to stream to two servers simultaneously--like YouTube's ability to stream to two different servers. They also allow you to see the health of the backup stream etc., in real time. Right now the Enterprise® solution for failover includes a 5-second black frame until the backup stream pops up. It also can only be set up by IBM staff as a special request.
- Ability to customize the player. The older Flash-based player allowed for this. A basic customer customizable player like Vimeo would be amazing.
Information is the key
- You can ask viewers to attend only if they give you an email address so that you can create your mailing list for further info/questionnaires/other events.
- You can locate where your viewers are from, in order to understand if you were able to attract the correct audience.
- The chat is automatically supervised so, in principle, you do not need to have someone checking on improper use of the chat.
- You can personalise the off-air contents as well as the videos on demand
- Maybe the chat can be improved a little, to make it easier to access.
- It should be given the possibility to embed the video also to non-logged in users.
- Provide full features in the demo mode, in order to better understand what is possible to do with Ustream and better decide whether to pay or not.
GOOD: I would suggest to use Ustream whenever there is a live event and you would like to have it streamed around the world. Especially if there are some additional activities to be carried out after your event, you can collect the email addresses of those who are connecting to your event.
NOT APPROPRIATE: I would not use Ustream if I want to be easily found on the internet because, in this case, people would rather directly look on YouTube.
Stable and useful Ustream
- Stable streaming platform
- Good reports
- Easy to deploy
- Transconding
- Advertisement layer
- High price
- more options in ad servers
- api improvements
Overall Ustream is a solid easy-to-use streaming service
- Easy to implement
- Easy to use
- Fairly reliable
- At the time I was using Ustream, there was no way to have an integrated chatroom. We had to use a separate app for that. Obviously integrated would be better.
- We were limited to 1,000 viewers at a time.
- Registrants had to return to the email or landing page and click the link on the day of the webinar to view it. No way to capture registrations beforehand and email the link on the day of within UStream.
Solid, Flexible, and Reliable.
- Scalability - I don't ever have to worry if a session we are broadcasting takes off and attracts unexpected large audience. The system keeps everyone watching and is seamless.
- Streamlined - with the available Producer app, pushing video and monitoring the outgoing content is simple. The ability to have channels that are for different types of content helps us get people to the right place.
- Metrics - our evaluations of live events benefits from the viewer information we are able to glean. This helps us focus marketing for future public events.
- Publishing - the lack of ongoing support for the Producer app is one issue, while there are good alternatives, we have different users and sometimes as many as 3 channels in use the same day, having the Producer app, allows our different teams easier access without hardware or software concerns.
- Channel Image Updating - it can be a little frustrating to update the off air or channel icons. This part of the backend system seems to just require a couple attempts many times before the update become visible.
IBM Cloud Video Feedback
- Use for internal and external webcast broadcast.
- Financial year end results
- Training / Speech / Talks
- Tech forum
- Easy video streaming setup.
- Various streaming connection (to Facebook, Youtube etc) available.
- Wirecast software is easy to use and takes minimum setting up.
- For Ustream registration, it would be easier if we can customized on the default login requirements (name, company, job title etc etc) to whatever inputs the organizer requires for registration.
- Ability to change the fonts in the webpage. Currently, we are unable to do that.
- Too much space on the Ustream webpage not fully utilized.
Ustream is a blessing to the House of Worship market
- The Ustream view ship tracking gives us detailed information of how many people are watching and from where. This helps my organization recognize trends in our international viewership and respond accordingly.
- Ustream allows us to monitor and maintain multiple channels and streams at the same time. This important to my organization as we often translate our main broadcasts into multiple languages.
- Ustream has maintained a 99% percent uptime during the length of our contract. This is comforting considering we stream at odd hours and over the weekend.
- Our viewership often requests an audio only option of the livestream. This helps them remain connected while traveling but not eat up their data plans.
- Recent bugs in the tracking tools have caused a disparity in the concurrent viewership graph versus the current viewer live counter. I'm not sure which is accurate, but I need to know the correct number.
- Recent increase in their customer base has caused increased wait time in receiving downloads of our broadcasts. This can range from a few minutes to a few hours. This is more of minor annoyance that a deal breaker.
You-stream, I-stream, we all love USTREAM!
- Excellent reliability - as long as you have a good upstream bandwidth, Ustream is exceptionally stable and glitch-free.
- The service works with a wide array of software and encoding methods. We use Telestream Wirecast with excellent results.
- We worked with Ustream engineers to develop a custom fall-back solution when the events were over, so live content was playing even when we were off air from the shows.
- Price - we are not a huge organization and only broadcast for 6-7 months out of the year. The annual plan with quarterly payments is helpful, but a plan that offered a more granular fee structure would be beneficial for us.
- Better embed options for social media.
I do not see it as a good alternative to Skype, Zoom, GoTo Meeting, etc.
Ustream - Reliability with normal price
We also stream video with this configuration as an outside broadcast from any localization which has an internet connection (ethernet or mobile).
I think I can say that we are forerunners here in Poland in using this type of service...other companies call me to get a review.
- Reliability - it is very high. We didn't observe any problems with this field.
- Parametrization capabilities - we can configure basically anything that we need.
- Price - actually the price is lower than Wowza or Nadaje.com here in Poland.
- Storage space - it is a very good functionality because when our video hardware crashes with a recording, we have an online copy from the provided storage space in our Ustream account.
- Storage space could have a quota limit exceed notification send via e-mail or SMS even.
5 Years and Still Satisfied with this Product!
- It always works.
- As our event starts trending, it helps share that we are live - and helps us gain new followers.
- I love that we can post the video to our YouTube channel with a click of a button!
- As this is an online product with virtually no need for customer service (at least for us) the pro-broadcasting could be less expensive.
- When you trim a video on Ustream then post it to YouTube, it uploads the entire session, not just the desired trimmed portion (frustrating).
- Bonuses or coupon codes for faithful clients - we spend nearly $1k a month for live streaming that we use for 3-5 days/month. There are less expensive options and my tech team would prefer to use a different platform just so our budget would have $12K to put to a new sound board, computers, cameras... etc.
Ustream and eCDN
We also used the Ustream eCDN product to consolidate streams to two of our remote offices .. this ensured multiple, individual streams wouldn't clog the top of our router and impact network performance and user experience at our offices.
- Consolidated interface: ability to manage the entire event from a single pane of glass.
- Role-based capabilities: enabled us to assign our video capture/producer a role so he could manage his aspects of the event without my intervention.
- Reliable network: no issues in performance with our global broadcast.
- Mobile interface: worked like a charm as I prowled the office to ensure viewers were seeing a satisfactory experience.
- More granular pricing; we didn't come near the 30,000-viewer hour limit. However, compared to other providers, their pricing is in line .. just not for a single event.
- eCDN setup documentation: needs work .. did a fair bit of troubleshooting with Tier 2 support before realizing there were aspects with which only Ustream could configure (missing in the documentation).
Mobile consumption: nice mobile experience of a broadcast.
Archive capabilities: content is available for as long as a subscription is maintained.
IBM Cloud Video as a secure platform for delivering live content
- Integrate well with single sign on solutions.
- Recurring meetings and events are easy to access at the same URL.
- The reliability of the live component is exceptional (up time).
- The QA functionality allows viewers to easily engage with presenters.
- There is limited CMS functionality for recorded content.
- While Ustream is responsive in communicating, sometimes platform issues require multiple communications to fully resolve.
- There are limited ways that all of the available live programming can be laid out and presented to the company.