Check Ooyala, Brightcove, and Unicorn Media. These three companies offer ad insertion (pre-roll, post-roll, and interstitial) with emphasis on different aspects of syndication.
Oolaya: http://ooyala.com
Unicorn Media: http://www.unicornmedia.com/
Brightcove: http://www.brightcove.com/en/
I followed the Oolaya link to their solutions for non-profits and saw that they work with Jelly Telly. Jelly Telly, from the makers of Veggie Tales, offers alternative programming to folks who may not want their kids watching so much regular TV. From the clips I could see it's like Christian Sesame Street. Where as a BrainPOP subscription would cost a family $75+/year, Jelly Telly has various levels of access that are either free, free with registration, or $4.99/month for premium access. Of course a lot of the shows end up on YouTube illicitly.
Monetizing educational content is a necessity for survival, right? I'd be interested to know how well they're doing on subscription alone... without succumbing to advertising... and I commend them!
Also check out Kaltura... they are an opensource online video platform that integrates with Drupal and other opensource web content management systems. They have free solutions and an open platform for development... also, JW Player, a free Flash player from LongTail Video.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the open source additions!
ReplyDeleteHey, Luke, for me the links are hard to see--blue on aqua, only visible if I cursor over them. Just FYI
ReplyDeleteRight. It was a copy from another blog... Thanks for the note!
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