Video- Live streaming and recording
- VOD encoding · CDN · Multi-DRM
- AI CMS (captions · summaries · scene search)
- VOD TO LIVE channels
- Mid-roll · virtual ads
- Stream monitoring
From camera to live to ads,
in one flow.
Stream what you shoot with Embrace OStream and add audience chat with sendstage. Mid-roll ads and replays are covered in the same conversation.
ChatExample screen. Viewer counts and chat messages are staged.From the camera to the ad break, in three steps
What happens at each step between shooting in the studio and earning from your audience.
01Shoot
Send the feed from your studio or venue to OStream through an encoder. It is transcoded into several qualities before it reaches viewers.
- Multi-quality transcoding
- Adaptive bitrate (ABR)
- Automatic thumbnails
02Live station
Once you are on air, OStream handles delivery and recording while sendstage runs the audience chat. Schedule broadcasts on the web and send them to several platforms.
- Recording · time machine
- Web-based scheduling
- sendstage real-time chat
03Ads
Earn from mid-roll and virtual ads. Finished broadcasts become VOD, and past videos can run back to back as a continuous channel.
- Mid-roll · virtual ads
- Replays (VOD)
- VOD TO LIVE channels
Video by Embrace, chat by sendstage
Embrace has run video delivery for broadcasters and OTT services in Korea and abroad since 2015. sendstage is a chat solution that puts real-time chat inside your service. To use both, just contact sendstage.
VideoChat- 1,000,000 concurrent users service-wide
- AI filtering · banned words
- Real-time translation
- Free, unlimited push notifications
- SDKs (JavaScript · iOS · Android · Unity) + REST API
- Operations dashboard · 6 months of message logs
What OStream does
Live, VOD and content management on one platform. Features below are as described on the official Embrace website.
LIVE
Live streaming
Transcode into multiple qualities and switch quality automatically to match each viewer's network.
- Adaptive bitrate (ABR)
- Live recording
- Time machine
- Thumbnail extraction
VOD
VOD delivery and protection
Upload on the web, encode into several qualities, deliver, and protect paid content with DRM.
- Multipart web upload
- Multi-DRM (Widevine · FairPlay · PlayReady)
- Multiple high-quality thumbnails
- Multilingual captions, synopses and cast data
AI CMS
AI content management
AI drafts captions, synopses and timestamps so your team only has to review them.
- Captions · synopsis
- Timestamps
- Rough cuts · short-form clips
- Scene search by tags or plain language
VOD TO LIVE
Continuous channels from VOD
Play your existing VOD back to back and run a continuous channel on external platforms.
- Web-based schedule
- Go live at any time
- Delivery to external platforms
Official Embrace feature pages: OStream LIVE ↗ · AI CMS ↗
Chat next to the stream, by sendstage
People watching a live stream ask questions, react and talk to each other. sendstage is the chat solution that lets you run those conversations inside your own service.
- 1,000,000 concurrent users
- Up to one million people connected at once across your whole service.
- AI filtering · banned words
- Messages with abuse or banned words are hidden automatically.
- Real-time translation
- Messages from overseas viewers appear in each reader's language.
- Push notifications
- Tell followers when you go live. Push is free with no volume limit.
- 6 SDKs + REST API
- JavaScript, iOS, Android and Unity SDKs plus a REST API.
- Operations dashboard
- Manage users and channels and look up six months of message logs.
Services built with Embrace
Customer stories published on the official Embrace website.
VOD TO LIVEGS Neotek
Runs VOD-to-live services and supports monitoring and statistics for about 2,000 servers.
Back officeTVING
Back-office development built on a microservice architecture and the cloud.
Mid-roll adsJTBC GOLF
Mid-roll ad solution, broadcast operations and delivery of about 30 HD feeds.
Live deliveryRiot Games
Delivery to several streaming platforms, starting with the 2018 World Championship in Korea.
North AmericaKooli
A California media company bringing Korean content to North American viewers, live and on demand.
Japan OTTStream Media
The full VOD process from ingest and storage to encoding, DRM packaging and delivery.
Logos and stories are Embrace customer examples and do not represent sendstage customers. Read the stories on Embrace ↗
Where it fits
Live commerce
Show the product, answer questions in chat as they come in, and keep the broadcast as a replay.
Online classes
Answer questions during class, then publish the recording as VOD with AI captions and a summary.
Concerts · sports · esports
When everyone tunes in at once, ABR keeps the picture steady and AI filtering keeps the chat clean.
How we get started
- 1
Send an inquiry
Tell us your broadcast format, expected concurrent viewers and target date.
- 2
Review the setup
We work out the OStream scope and how sendstage chat connects to it.
- 3
Quote and schedule
You get a quote and timeline based on that review.
Can I discuss video and chat together?
Yes. Contact sendstage and we cover OStream adoption and chat integration together. Integration details are confirmed after we review your environment.
What if I already use a video platform?
That works. You can keep your current video setup and add only sendstage chat. Tell us about your setup and audience size.
Can I run ads in my broadcast?
OStream's mid-roll and virtual ad features let you place ads during a broadcast. Formats and terms are confirmed during consultation.
What do you need for a quote?
Your broadcast format, expected concurrent viewers, streaming hours, VOD needs, required features and target launch date.
What are you planning to stream?
Your broadcast format and expected audience are enough to get started.
Contact salesPhotos and the sample video on this page were made with AI.