TechValidate Research on JW Player

21 Case Studies


JW Player Case Study

Digital Beacon Programatic Services Sa De Cv

Introduction

This case study of Digital Beacon Programatic Services SA de CV is based on a January 2021 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“Now I can market the video format.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Insufficient advertising demand (low ad fill and/or CPMs)
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Increasing video advertising revenue

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: best in class
    • advertising Revenue: better
    • ease of use: best in class

JW Player Case Study

Newsflare

Introduction

This case study of Newsflare is based on a January 2021 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Reaching audiences on new screens (Roku, Apple TV, etc)
    • Doing more with less (due to cost cutting, and overall business climate)
    • Producing and/or acquiring more video content
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs
    • Scalability and performance of (live) video delivery
    • Breadth and ease of use in developer APIs

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Mobile SDKs
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)
    • Analytics

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Brightcove
    • Flowplayer
    • AWS Elemental
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: best in class
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: better

JW Player Case Study

Mumbrella

Introduction

This case study of Mumbrella is based on a January 2021 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“The platform is easy to use for everyone. "

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Increasing video engagement (average viewing sessions)
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Brightcove
    • YouTube
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: significantly Better
    • ease of use: significantly Better

JW Player Case Study

Levi9

Introduction

This case study of Levi9 is based on a January 2021 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“i dont know. I am technical person”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Reaching audiences on new screens (Roku, Apple TV, etc)
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • I dont know

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Mobile SDKs

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: significantly Better
    • ease of use: better
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: significantly Better

JW Player Case Study

Htdigital.In

Introduction

This case study of htdigital.in is based on a January 2021 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Insufficient advertising demand (low ad fill and/or CPMs)
    • Doing more with less (due to cost cutting, and overall business climate)
    • Exploring and optimizing subscription and/or pay per view revenue models
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs
    • Deepening viewer engagement with their video content
    • Scalability and performance of (live) video delivery
    • Turn key support for the latest digital video standards

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)
    • Live Channels
    • Analytics

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Brightcove
    • Kaltura
    • Vimeo
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: significantly Better
    • advertising Revenue: significantly Better
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: significantly Better
  • They increased the volume of video published by 30-40% with JW Player.

JW Player Case Study

Outside Television

Introduction

This case study of Outside Television is based on a January 2021 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Insufficient advertising demand (low ad fill and/or CPMs)
    • Increasing video engagement (average viewing sessions)
    • Doing more with less (due to cost cutting, and overall business climate)
    • Exploring and optimizing subscription and/or pay per view revenue models
    • Developing more compelling live video experiences
    • Producing and/or acquiring more video content
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs
    • Increasing productivity of their video team
    • Turn key support for the latest digital video standards

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • OTT Apps
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)
    • Analytics

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Brightcove
    • Kaltura
    • Vimeo
    • Bitmovin
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: significantly Better
    • advertising Revenue: significantly Better
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: significantly Better
  • They increased the volume of video published by 40-50% with JW Player.

JW Player Case Study

Myjoyonline

Introduction

This case study of myjoyonline is based on a January 2021 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“Increased traffic to website "

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Increasing video engagement (average viewing sessions)
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Deepening viewer engagement with their video content

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • YouTube
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: significantly Better
    • advertising Revenue: significantly Better
    • ease of use: best in class
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: significantly Better
  • They increased the volume of video published by 50-100% with JW Player.

JW Player Case Study

Ane.Org

Introduction

This case study of ane.org is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“We like being able to broadcast to 3 independent platforms.
The organization of our streams was important to us.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Increasing video engagement (average viewing sessions)
    • Doing more with less (due to cost cutting, and overall business climate)
    • Developing more compelling live video experiences
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs
    • Broadening audience reach across new screens or platforms
    • Turn key support for the latest digital video standards

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed organization uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)
    • Live Channels
    • Engagement (Article Matching and Recommendations)
    • Analytics

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Vimeo
    • YouTube
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: best in class
    • advertising Revenue: significantly Better
    • ease of use: best in class
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: best in class
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: best in class
  • They increased the volume of video published by 30-40% with JW Player.

JW Player Case Study

Yogamour

Introduction

This case study of YOGAMOUR is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“Simple & robust HTML5 player with the features I need. Good video delivery. Good balance of cost and benefits. "

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Reaching audiences on new screens (Roku, Apple TV, etc)
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs
    • Scalability and performance of (live) video delivery

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Vimeo
    • YouTube
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: best in class
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: significantly Better

JW Player Case Study

Forbes.Com.Mx

Introduction

This case study of forbes.com.mx is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“Not quite sure yet "

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Insufficient advertising demand (low ad fill and/or CPMs)
    • Increasing video engagement (average viewing sessions)
    • Doing more with less (due to cost cutting, and overall business climate)
    • Producing and/or acquiring more video content
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Deepening viewer engagement with their video content
    • Increasing video advertising revenue

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Brightcove
    • YouTube
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: significantly Better
    • advertising Revenue: significantly Better
    • ease of use: better
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: better

JW Player Case Study

One Community Church

Introduction

This case study of One Community Church is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“We have a lot of non-technical volunteers in our organization. Using the developer APIs I am able to develop solutions that make some of the advanced features available to those users.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Increasing video engagement (average viewing sessions)
    • Developing more compelling live video experiences
    • Producing and/or acquiring more video content
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Scalability and performance of (live) video delivery
    • Increasing productivity of their video team
    • Breadth and ease of use in developer APIs

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed organization uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)
    • Live Channels

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • AWS Elemental
    • yourstreamlive.com
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: best in class
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: significantly Better

JW Player Case Study

National Review, Inc.

Introduction

This case study of National Review, Inc. is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Reaching audiences on new screens (Roku, Apple TV, etc)
    • Insufficient advertising demand (low ad fill and/or CPMs)
    • Exploring and optimizing subscription and/or pay per view revenue models
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Deepening viewer engagement with their video content
    • Increasing video advertising revenue

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Engagement (Article Matching and Recommendations)
    • Ad Schedules (Video Ad Management)
    • Video Header Bidding

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Brightcove
    • Kaltura
    • Video.js (in-house solution)
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: significantly Better
    • advertising Revenue: better
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: better

JW Player Case Study

Intellezy, Llc

Introduction

This case study of Intellezy, LLC is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“JW Player has enabled us to scale and update our content quickly, view and analyze viewer data, and easily house our video content. We have been able to use APIs for most of our other needs including uploading captions and tracking watched time which has been paramount to our business growth and compliance needs.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Doing more with less (due to cost cutting, and overall business climate)
    • Exploring and optimizing subscription and/or pay per view revenue models
    • Developing more compelling live video experiences
    • Producing and/or acquiring more video content
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Scalability and performance of (live) video delivery
    • Increasing productivity of their video team

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Mobile SDKs
    • Analytics

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Brightcove
    • Video.js (in-house solution)
    • Vimeo
    • AWS Elemental
    • YouTube
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: best in class
    • ease of use: better
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: best in class
  • They increased the volume of video published by 50-100% with JW Player.

JW Player Case Study

Grupo Epasa

Introduction

This case study of Grupo EPASA is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Sencillo, poderoso y mortal”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Reaching audiences on new screens (Roku, Apple TV, etc)
    • Insufficient advertising demand (low ad fill and/or CPMs)
    • Exploring and optimizing subscription and/or pay per view revenue models
    • Developing more compelling live video experiences
    • Producing and/or acquiring more video content
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs
    • Scalability and performance of (live) video delivery
    • Turn key support for the latest digital video standards

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Mobile SDKs
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)
    • Engagement (Article Matching and Recommendations)
    • Analytics
    • Video Header Bidding

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • YouTube
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: significantly Better
    • advertising Revenue: significantly Better
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: significantly Better
  • They increased the volume of video published by 50-100% with JW Player.

JW Player Case Study

Bullish, Llc

Introduction

This case study of Bullish, LLC is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“JW has enabled Bullish to develop and deploy our custom video player in record time. With endless customization and functionality, JW allows us to create rich video experiences that increase user engagement and revenue opportunities.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Insufficient advertising demand (low ad fill and/or CPMs)
    • Doing more with less (due to cost cutting, and overall business climate)
    • Producing and/or acquiring more video content
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs
    • Increasing video advertising revenue
    • Turn key support for the latest digital video standards
    • Breadth and ease of use in developer APIs

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Engagement (Article Matching and Recommendations)
    • Analytics
    • Ad Schedules (Video Ad Management)
    • Video Header Bidding

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Brightcove
    • Video.js (in-house solution)
    • Vimeo
    • YouTube
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: significantly Better
    • advertising Revenue: significantly Better
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: significantly Better

JW Player Case Study

Rcs&Rds Romania

Introduction

This case study of RCS&RDS Romania is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“JW Player was one of our key partners in 2020, always helping us and providing permanent support. "

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Exploring and optimizing subscription and/or pay per view revenue models
    • Developing more compelling live video experiences
    • Producing and/or acquiring more video content
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Increasing video advertising revenue
    • Scalability and performance of (live) video delivery
    • Increasing productivity of their video team
    • Breadth and ease of use in developer APIs

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Mobile SDKs
    • Live Channels

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Flowplayer
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: best in class
    • advertising Revenue: best in class
    • ease of use: best in class
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: best in class
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: best in class

JW Player Case Study

Www.Simplilearn.Com

Introduction

This case study of www.simplilearn.com is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“JW player is serving videos to millions of our customers and play significant role in overall edtech video streaming business”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Doing more with less (due to cost cutting, and overall business climate)
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs
    • Scalability and performance of (live) video delivery
    • Breadth and ease of use in developer APIs

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Mobile SDKs

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Brightcove
    • Video.js (in-house solution)
    • Flowplayer
    • AWS Elemental
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: best in class
    • ease of use: best in class
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: significantly Better
  • They increased the volume of video published by 30-40% with JW Player.

JW Player Case Study

Archant Ltd.

Introduction

This case study of Archant Ltd. is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“It helps keep viewers on our platform "

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Insufficient advertising demand (low ad fill and/or CPMs)
    • Increasing video engagement (average viewing sessions)
    • Doing more with less (due to cost cutting, and overall business climate)
    • Developing more compelling live video experiences
    • Producing and/or acquiring more video content
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs
    • Increasing video advertising revenue

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Live Channels
    • Analytics

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Brightcove
    • YouTube
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • ease of use: significantly Better

JW Player Case Study

Rtv Slovenija

Introduction

This case study of RTV Slovenija is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Reaching audiences on new screens (Roku, Apple TV, etc)
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Legacy code

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • OTT Apps
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)
    • Live Channels
    • Ad Schedules (Video Ad Management)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Video.js (in-house solution)
    • Bitmovin
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: significantly Better
    • advertising Revenue: significantly Better
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: significantly Better
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: significantly Better

JW Player Case Study

Christianity Today International

Introduction

This case study of Christianity Today International is based on a December 2020 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“We’ve had bad experiences with previous streaming vendors. JW Player has proved to be reliable and performant, cost-effective and easy to work with. Great team, as well.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled organization to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Increasing video engagement (average viewing sessions)
    • Doing more with less (due to cost cutting, and overall business climate)
    • Developing more compelling live video experiences
    • Producing and/or acquiring more video content
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Reducing video platform costs
    • Scalability and performance of (live) video delivery
    • Turn key support for the latest digital video standards
    • Breadth and ease of use in developer APIs

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed organization uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)
    • Analytics
    • Ad Schedules (Video Ad Management)

Results

The surveyed organization achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • We were previously with Piksel
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: best in class
    • advertising Revenue: best in class
    • ease of use: significantly Better
    • expanding reach on new screens / platforms: best in class
    • breadth in developer APIs and documentation: best in class

JW Player Case Study

Bath City Football Club

Introduction

This case study of Bath City Football Club is based on a January 2021 survey of JW Player customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“JW Player enables us to provide best-in-class viewer experiences, and supports our goals for growing video engagement, reach and revenue.”

“We’ve enjoyed a dramatic improvement in quality and customer satisfaction using JW Player – I’m delighted.”

Challenges

The business challenges that led the profiled company to evaluate and ultimately select JW Player:

  • The top challenge(s) facing their video business in 2021:
    • Increasing video engagement (average viewing sessions)
    • Exploring and optimizing subscription and/or pay per view revenue models
    • Developing more compelling live video experiences
  • The three main drivers on why their company signed/renewed a partnership with JW Player:
    • Scalability and performance of (live) video delivery
    • I wanted a reliable, scaleable and affordable player

Use Case

The key features and functionalities of JW Player that the surveyed company uses:

  • How they use JW Player:
    • Web video players (desktop and mobile HTML5 players)
    • Video Streaming (hosting, transcoding and playlist management)

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with JW Player:

  • The vendors they evaluated before choosing JW Player:
    • Vimeo
    • YouTube
    • streamingvideoprovider
  • Rates JW Player compared to other video platform solutions:
    • video viewing experience: better
    • ease of use: best in class



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