Making money from online content, or "content monetization," has become a key way for websites and social media users to earn income. It started with what we call user-generated content, where regular people began sharing their own videos, posts, and pictures on platforms like YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. Over time, these platforms have changed a lot, making it easier for anyone to turn their hobbies into careers by creating content that others want to watch or read. These platforms offer various ways for creators to make money, like showing ads, offering subscriptions, or getting direct payments from fans. This has…
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Prevent Video Piracy in 10 Steps in 2025
If you are a business owner that deals in video content, Chances are that your videos are being pirated and you might be facing a substantial loss of revenue. The movie industry alone incurs a loss of around 40 and $97.1 billion due to digital video piracy. That’s a substantial amount, isn’t it? Video piracy remains a serious threat in 2025, siphoning off revenue and undermining the hard work of content creators. Industry reports estimate that digital video piracy drains over $50-70 billion from the global economy each year and it consumes nearly 24% of worldwide internet bandwidth. For video…
Video Streaming Protocols : A Comprehensive Guide in 2025
Video Streaming enjoys wide popularity. Observers state that 80% of consumers of content prefer a video over a blog. This indicates video streaming is becoming more popular. You need to do plenty to implement video streaming in an app though. Among other tasks, you need to choose the right video streaming protvocol. What are video streaming protocols? How do they differ from other common terms like codecs and container formats? How do you choose a suitable video streaming protocol? Which are the commonly used video streaming protocols? Read on, as we discuss these in this guide. Table of Contents: What…
Video Transcoding: What is Transcoding & Its Importance?
Digital storage of any media requires conversion from analog to digital format. The initial digital format after media production is still a raw file. For it to be stored and accessed across different devices, it needs to be compressed in a particular digital format compatible across the device. This form of video compression for files to make them compatible with a target device is called encoding. The terms video encoding and video transcoding are sometimes used interchangeably, in spite of the use-case difference between the two. Table Of Content: What Is Transcoding? How Does Video Transcoding Differ From Encoding? How…
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VdoCipher Usage & Pricing Calculator Please enter below details based on 6 month estimate. We know you can not predict some numbers accurately, kindly give your best estimate. Email ID (Compulsory, as we will send custom discounted quote on mail)* Your Name* Are your videos tutorial/e-learning or Media/Entertainment?* Tutorial/E-learning/Training/Courses Media/Movies/Entertainment/Sports How many viewers you have or estimate to have in next 6 months?* How many videos you have or estimate to have?* Average length of one video in minutes?* Average size (in MB) of a video ? (E.g 400 MB for 1 video) Number of Videos Viewed by 1 viewer?*…
Adaptive Bitrate Streaming: How It Works and Why It Matters?
You'd have noticed that a video would end up taking forever to buffer. You'd rather leave the video platform than be patient enough to sit through a poor-quality stream. As a user, you always have the option to go to another platform. But as a video platform, this can be really bad news, as you end up losing your important users. Poor quality streams usually happen when your internet speed fluctuates and your video starts buffering. Buffering happens since your internet can't download the video files fast enough to keep up with the video playback. This is why in many…