Kalturas market-leading social video portal technology now available via a full-featured mobile app, allowing users to browse, view, capture and upload live and on-demand videos on the go.
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Kalturas market-leading social video portal technology now available via a full-featured
mobile app, allowing users to browse, view, capture and upload live and on-demand videos
on the go.
GlobalCommunicationLeader-November 26, 2013New York, NY - Kaltura, the leading open source video platform (http://www.kaltura.com),
announced today that it has launched its Kaltura Native Mobile App, which is available now in the
Apple Store and Google Play. Building on top of Kalturas pioneering HTML5 video player and
optimal device delivery algorithms, organizations can now offer their users full access to their social
video portal on any device, including viewing all forms of video, uploading of user-generated content,
and additional, powerful, native mobile features for end users.
Kaltura continues to deploy mobile video apps for its various products. This time were launching a
dedicated video app for our industry leading MediaSpace ‘out-of-the-box video portal technology,
that is in use by leading organizations and many millions of people globally, said Ron Yekutiel,
Kaltura Chairman and CEO. A full-featured mobile app is a must-have extension to any organizations
video strategy – it allows users to stay connected on the go, while fostering even greater levels of
engagement and interactivity.
Kalturas native mobile video app is the most advanced video application in the market. The app can
be re-branded and skinned to fit customers specific look and feel. It can also be integrated with
other third-party apps and mobile video experiences. Key features of the Kaltura native mobile app
include:
Capture anywhere -upload video/audio/images into your video portal, with the ability to resume an
incomplete upload and to choose between a Wi-Fi and 3G connection
Offline playback – allows users to download videos for watching offline on-the-go anytime
Mobile notifications – send users updates on live events, upcoming videos and more
Live broadcasting from users mobile devices
App Store presence and optional customized branding
2. DRM & content controls for maximum security of content distribution
All features complement the existing features in the Kaltura MediaSpace Technology.
Kaltura offers this native app to educational institutions, enterprises and media companies.
Typical use cases for the Kaltura Native Mobile App include:
Media use cases - Reporters, students, and employees in the field can easily capture and upload
videos for instant publishing and sharing (Citizen Journalism).
Enterprise use cases - Employees can easily watch training videos, or recorded meetings and
access business-critical videos anytime, anywhere, such as during their commute to work, instead of
during office hours.
Education use cases - Students can broadcast live events on campus, record video assignments,
and access digital material from the library while they are away or on the go.
About Kaltura
Kaltura provides the worlds first Open Source Online Video Platform, transforming the way people
work, learn, and entertain using online video. The Kaltura platform engages hundreds of millions of
viewers by providing media companies advanced video management, publishing, and monetization
tools that increase their reach and monetization and simplify their video operations. Kaltura
improves productivity and interaction among millions of employees by providing enterprises
powerful online video tools for boosting internal knowledge sharing, training, and collaboration, and
for more effective marketing. Kaltura offers next generation learning for millions of students and
teachers by providing educational institutions disruptive online video solutions for improved
teaching, learning, and increased engagement across campuses and beyond. Kaltura was recently
recognized in Forbes as ‘one of the six fastest growing tech companies, in VentureBeat as a ‘Next
Billion Dollar Enterprise Tech Company, in Business-Insider as ‘one of top 5 startups revolutionizing
education and ‘one of 5 greatest open-source technologies for 2012, and in Mashable as ‘one of top 5
social enterprise technologies for business. For more information: http://www.kaltura.com, to join
Kalturas community visit: http://www.kaltura.org and http://www.html5video.org.
3. Ron Yekutiel, Kaltura Chairman and CEO: “A full-featured mobile app is a must-have
extension to any organization’s video strategy – it allows users to stay connected on the go,
while fostering even greater levels of engagement and interactivity.”
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