Overview
Each publisher and web site has different objectives when it comes to deploying online videos. Whether you’re looking to create an interactive television experience, launch an engaging rich-media promotion or encourage community participation, Hands-On has a video solution to fit your specific needs.
Our open standard technology and strategy allows us to offer an affordable and flexible alternative to proprietary solutions in the market.
Our platform includes an easily customizable set of widgets that seamlessly integrate into video applications on web platforms of any kind. Publishers can deploy existing widgets and apps or take advantage of our open architecture in order to develop new ones. Whether you need a basic online video platform or one with a robust set of advanced features – Hands-On has a solution for you. Our open framework provides everything you need to design, develop, and deploy rapid and cost-effective video applications on any site.
News
Hands-On democratizes news broadcasting like never before. Now, in real time and with no infrastructure, you can broadcast news with just a webcam, or complete with studio anchors, field reporters, pre-recorded video clips, remote cameras and more.
Your news channel is delivered in a highly professional (and customizable) graphic package that supports dynamic news tickers, over the shoulder graphics, and everything else you need to build your own 24/7 news channel. Key Benefits
- Go LIVE instantly to be the first to cover breaking news.
- Reach new audiences on a global scale.
- Cut costs by eliminating the need for regional offices, news vans, studio equipment, etc.
- Produce easily by toggling between contributors with real-time multi-camera switching, or cut to pre-recorded segments.
- Encourage viewer participation through “citizen journalism.”
Live Events
Nobody empowers LIVE broadcasts like Hands-On. Our platform enables mass synchronized viewing of any event for a truly social experience where everybody is watching the same thing at the same time, in real time.
From simple to sophisticated, Hands-On delivers unparalleled live events. From the coffee shop, all you need is a camera and an Internet connection. But from the coliseum, event producers can support multiple camera feeds, switching at will, as well as booth commentary, sponsored segments, and more.
In either extreme, viewers deeply engage in your broadcast and can interact with each other via real-time chat. Key Benefits
- Handle peak traffic whenever you need to, with support for 100,000+ simultaneous viewers.
- Broadcasts live with no delays, synchronized viewing, and interactive chat for deep social engagement.
- Record LIVE broadcasts for replay either on-demand or as part of linear, scheduled broadcasting.
- Reach regional audiences with coverage of local events typically unavailable on network, satellite or cable TV.
Live Entertainment
Fans want meaningful ways to engage – either directly with your brand or with a group of brands that match their interests. They want to watch live broadcasts with other fans, and chat about it while it’s happening. They want to embed their favorite shows and channels on their own blogs and social network profiles. They want to get more of what they want without having to go look for it themselves.
Hands-On delivers all of this – with the ability to do it continuously – not just piece by piece. Whether your thing is music, movies, sports, comedy, radio, something else, or all of these, Hands-On has the tools you need to deeply engage your audience and widely reach them on multiple levels. And, of course, to make money doing it.
Key Benefits:
- Preserve and extend your brand with highly customizable graphics and players.
- Leverage professional tools that help you make money, including ad network integration and privacy options.
- Broadcast around the clock, constantly pushing new and fresh content.
- Reach new audiences with embeddable players and social networks.
- Leverage existing content for re-broadcast and to drive sales.
- Manage live events, scheduled programming, and on-demand video all in one easy-to-use package.
Publishers
Whether you publish newspapers, magazines, or a blog, user engagement is more critical than ever. Everyone is looking for ways to drive traffic and give users a stickier experience that keeps them engaged with your content and your brand(s).
Hands-On lets you easily integrate video broadcasts into your existing operation with a simple and easy-to-use online studio, with little to no additional cost. There are no expensive and complicated infrastructure investments to consider… just a comprehensive video broadcasting and distribution platform that works.
Whether you’re enhancing your traditional content with TV broadcasts, or you’re driving additional traffic through online TV, you’ll find thatHands-On gives you ample opportunity to reach new audiences, leverage existing content, and create a 24/7 experience for your users.
Key Benefits:
- Integrate video broadcasts into your operation with simple and easy-to-use online studio production tools – with none of the costs and complexity of the past.
- Preserve and extend your brand with highly customizable graphics and players that are a snap to embed in your site(s).
- Engage new and existing audiences by speeding up your publishing capabilities with instant Live and 24-hour linear broadcasts.
- Increase revenue by integrating ad networks and sponsored content.
- Syndicate content to and from partners and sister publications.
- Leverage existing content to build scheduled programming
Social Networks
How do you foster a lively online community? Give its members the tools to fully interact with one another. Hands-On video platform enables community members to engage and express themselves easily, clearly and creatively. Rich media encourages greater participation and sharing of ideas so that your network members get involved, stay involved and keep coming back for more.
With Hands-On video services you’ll be able to:
- Give your members the tools to find, use, share, and enhance rich media, including: uploading, recording and importing video content, commenting and review, and collaboration with others in creating, remixing and annotating
- Access additional tools and content through the Hands-On Network
- Broaden your audience and attract new members
- Moderate content, and incorporate permissions for video content similar to other content
- Integrate features into the social network functionality, and accredit media to specific registered users
- Deploy a cutting-edge video platform at a fraction of the cost of proprietary solutions on the market
With Hands-On, communities of any size can leverage the full potential of online video to create a more compelling, interactive and borderless collaborative experience.