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62% of employees use closed captions for work related video content, for a number of reasons other than hearing accessibility. In fact, only 5% of employees cite a hearing impairment as a reason to use captions. Additional reasons include...

Live and on-demand video content can be a compelling medium. It can build excitement for product launches, engage employees with corporate communication or educate viewers around specific topics. Managing and updating a company’s video activities...

Looking for an Android or iOS mobile video app SDK in order to develop custom applications for your company? IBM offers the Video Streaming SDKs (software development kits) for Android, iOS, and macOS devices to enable enterprises creating their...

IBM Watson Media, an IBM Business would like to announce new enhancements to the IBM Video Streaming service, including to the registration gate feature available through the IBM Video Streaming service, which will allow for users to have more...

The use of video inside enterprises is on the rise. This rise is in proportion with the amount of content being created for corporate communications. As companies increasingly embrace video for internal communications, video assets are used more....

Explore the video content in your FileNet ECM (Enterprise Content Management) solution in new ways through this integration with IBM Watson Media. Introduced with version 5.5.4 of FileNet, enterprises can now leverage comprehensive video processes...

Looking to add closed captions or subtitles to your video content? Need WebVTT captioning support? While closed captions can be associated with aiding the deaf and those hard of hearing, their benefit goes beyond this for video creators. In this...

Looking to introduce a way for viewers to return to the exact moment they stopped watching a video? IBM Watson Media has released a feature that saves the playback position of videos on a per viewer, per browser level. This allows viewers to...

Looking to customize your video URLs? Want to setup a static link that can be updated with new videos without having to notify others or replace embed codes? This article walks through creating vanity URLs for videos through a new permalink feature...

Live Q&A for streaming video is a highly engaging, interactive and effective way to educate an internal workforce or promote your brand to external audiences. With IBM Watson Media, this feature is accessible as a module and can easily be...

Looking to tap into a video review and approval process for your enterprise video platform? IBM has introduced a new workflow for IBM Enterprise Video Streaming that allows companies to setup an approval process. This includes having designated...

Need a quick way to generate a report on your video metrics for a stake holder? IBM Video Streaming and IBM Enterprise Video Streaming accounts now have a way to generate PDF reports on their video metrics. This can be generated from viewership...

Need to create a simulated live experience for viewers? Interested in managing linear channels? IBM offers live playlists with functionality that can replicate a live broadcast. Using this feature, previously recorded video can be presented to...

Viewers now have more options related to how closed captions are displayed for video streaming content. This allows end users to customize closed captioning settings inside the video player for live and on demand captions. As a result, viewers can...

Located in Europe and looking for a video streaming solution that has a server infrastructure also located there? IBM Watson Media is introducing a concentrated, shared server cluster for the Europe region, located in Frankfurt, Germany. For...

Ever dealt with a viewer you had to turn away because their connection speed was simply too slow, even at the lowest quality setting? Audio-only playback for video streaming can be a possible solution. It offers a low bandwidth option for an on...

Looking for a faster method to upload videos? Need one that isn’t restricted to accessing the dashboard of a video streaming, enterprise video streaming or virtual events platform account? IBM is introducing video uploading through APIs. This...

Have a new version of a video but don’t want to lose analytics or redo embeds? IBM is introducing a replace video feature for its video streaming and enterprise video platforms. This allows organizations to update outdated videos with newer...

Looking to offer your users a single sign-on experience from your video content? IBM now supports using OpenID Connect (OIDC) based identity providers with its enterprise video platform. This expands the options that organizations have for user...