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User Generated Content (UGC)

User-generated content came to prominence in 2005 and can be used to mean a whole range of things.
To Stream UK it means an interface through which users can upload video content (recorded on mobile phones, cameras and video cameras) and have that content transcoded into a standard format and made available over the internet.


To this end there are three main parts:

  • the content management front-end and web interface
  • the transcoding back-end
  • the media-serving across the content delivery network

Why All the Fuss About UGC?

Content is key/king/queen and UGC allows channels or online communities to generate it an order of magnitude cheaper than ever before.

Current clients include broadcast channels, conference organisers and financial information companies. Each of these benefit from increased subscription to their service by offering interesting material which generates itself!

The really clever part is advertising to communities without turning them off (they are sensitive creatures...)

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Customer Examples

Stream UK has been behind some of the biggest and best UGC sites on the internet.

Stream UK was behind the development of the flagship AOL Showme UGC site.
AOL Showme UGC


The Hay Festival user-generated content site allows the website to stay fresh throughout the event. http://hayfestivalugc.streamuk.com Hay Festival

The Guardian Edinburgh Festival site at: http://www.tvfestivalhomegrown.co.uk TV Festival - Homegrown

UKTV’s Totally Viral site at: http://totallyviral.uktv.co.uk
Totally Viral

Virgin Media’s Road to V site at: http://www.roadtov.com
Road To V

BBC News moderation site, restricted to BBC employees
BBC News

ITV's You've Been Framed site http://ybf.itv.com
ITV

 

Why We're Better

Stream UK has the experience not only of building the transcoding back-end but also of delivering the content globally. Current solutions have the capacity to accept 1,000 pieces of video content per hour and to deliver that content to up to 35,000 concurrent viewers.