Name: Planet eStream by Uniguest
Author: Uniguest

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Financial Risk Management

Finance and Accounting

Applicant Tracking

Corporate Learning Management

Corporate Volunteering

HR Management

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Succession Planning

Talent Intelligence

Talent Management

Workforce Analytics

Workforce Management

Human Resources

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Cloud Storage

Component Content Management

Container Management

Fraud Detection

IT Alert Management

Identity Verification

Integrated Development Environment (IDE)

Integration Platform as a Service (iPaaS)

Internet of Things (IoT)

Intranet

Load Testing

Managed Print

Managed Private Cloud

Metadata Management

Network Performance Monitoring

Product Implementation Services

Tower Servers

User Activity Monitoring

Information Technology

A/B Testing

Ad Serving & Retargeting

All-in-One Marketing

Content Management

Customer Loyalty Program

Email Marketing

Location Intelligence

Marketing Automation

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Planet eStream by Uniguest is a content management system designed to provide education organizations with control over their videos, photos, and digital assets. It offers a central hub for storing, sharing, and creating video-based learning resources. According to the vendor, Planet eStream is suitable for organizations of all sizes, including education institutions, schools and school districts, higher education institutions, training centers, and corporate learning and development departments.

## Key Features

**Video on Demand Media Library**: Planet eStream offers a content management system for education organizations to manage their videos, photos, and digital assets. Users can upload various types of content from any device. Customization options are available, allowing organizations to tailor the platform to their specific needs.

**Digital Content Management for Education**: Planet eStream supports the media requirements of education organizations. The cloud-based media library provides a secure platform for delivering access to digital assets. Organizations have control over content access with flexible permissions. The platform offers customization options for branding.

**Flexible Upload Tools**: Planet eStream provides comprehensive tools for uploading content, including videos, photos, and documents. Users can upload content conveniently from any device. The platform supports various file formats, ensuring compatibility with different types of media. Organizations have the flexibility to manage their assets by creating custom categories, permissions, and tags.

**Web Recorder & Screen Capture**: Planet eStream offers a web recorder tool for recording videos using a webcam, screen capture, or both. According to the vendor, users can create video-based resources, feedback, and assignment submissions. The tool supports both live and scheduled recordings.

**Auto Transcription & Subtitle Editor**: Planet eStream includes transcription service options, including a free transcription tool powered by Mozilla DeepSpeech. Users can contract with third-party transcription providers for greater accuracy and support for other languages. The platform also offers a subtitle editor for creating and editing subtitles. Transcriptions and subtitles are synchronized with the video.

**Virtual Class Tool**: The virtual class tool allows users to present and discuss videos remotely. Educators can choose video content, control playback, and communicate with students using the built-in chat box. According to the vendor, the tool enables interactive and engaging remote learning experiences.

**Creative Tools for Educators**: Planet eStream includes a series of creative tools for educators to create video-based learning resources. Educators can add interactive elements to videos, such as text overlays and links. The platform offers a video editor for editing video clips and adding voiceovers. Other creative tools include video-based quizzes, chapters, playlists, photosets, slide shows, and notes & comments.

**Seamless & Secure Content Sharing**: Planet eStream provides a centralized media library for creating, managing, and securely sharing digital assets. Users can share content using web links and embed codes. Permissions and restrictions can be added based on user profiles. The platform integrates with popular educational platforms.

**Security & Control**: Planet eStream provides administration tools for controlling the availability of features and content. Flexible permissions allow organizations to control content access. Authentication options include LDAP, Active Directory, Microsoft ADFS, and Google. Administrators can set age restrictions, add "staff only" tags, and restrict access based on user location.

**Live Streaming, Lecture, and Room Capture**: Planet eStream provides a scalable and cost-effective solution for live streaming, recording, and archiving lectures and lessons. Features designed specifically for education include multiple input support, voice transcription services, room indicators, and Office 365 Calendar integration. Intuitive tools enable hassle-free delivery of live broadcasts for key events.

Planet eStream by Uniguest is a UK-based Unified Media Platform for Education designed to make media content more accessible & engaging for students & educators across all levels of education. It offers a content management system that offers education organisations unrivalled control over their videos, and photos. Built-in creative tools also provide educators with a central hub for storing, sharing and creating video-based learning resources. Its cloud-based media library provides a central and secure platform for delivering around-the-clock access to all digital assets.

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Planet eStream by Uniguest

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Video

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Video Marketing

Features related to using video marketing content, as well as marketing videos themselves.

Lead generation

Tools such as contact forms and embedded calls to action, for converting viewers into leads.

Video personalization

Videos can be personalized based on unique details about the viewer, such as their name, company, photo, etc.

Audience for distribution

The platform includes an audience or community for distributing videos.

eCommerce

The platform supports paid viewing, with a mechanism to receive payments in exchange for a media license.

Support for advertisements

Supports video advertising by integrating with ad servers or networks and allowing users to request ads and manage ad settings on their videos/players.

Video SEO

Includes features to optimize video content so that it is discoverable by search engines.

Integration to Marketing Automation

Integrates to the user's marketing automation system, so that videos can be distributed via marketing channels and/or data collected around videos can be used to feed lead scores and campaign logic within the MA system.

Video Platform Integrations

Integrations between the enterprise video platform and other business applications.

Integration to Salesforce.com

The video platform integrates to the user's Salesforce CRM system.

Integration to Marketo

The video platform integrates with Marketo marketing automation software.

Integration to HubSpot

The video platform integrations with HubSpot marketing automation software.

Integration to Eloqua

The video platform integrates with Eloqua marketing automation software.

Integration to LMS

The video platform integrates with the user's learning management system.

Video Security

Features related to the security of an organization's content stored on an enterprise video platform.

Video access controls

Admins can set permissions and restrictions to control who has access to video content, from where videos can be accessed, etc.

User management

Recognizes different types of users, such as internal viewers (employees), external viewers (customers or prospects), administrators, content creators/editors, etc. and allows for variable access based on the type of user.

SSO support

The video platform supports single sign on (SSO).

Password protection

The video platform allows certain content to be password protected.

Video link sharing

Allows users to generate hyperlinks for sharing individual videos or players.

Embed restrictions

The video platform allows users to configure player availability by domain, and restrict copying and pasting of the player to other sites.

Internal video

Supports an internal use case, e.g. hosting and distributing videos to employees for training purposes or corporate communications.

External video

Supports using video for external use cases, e.g. broadcasting to a general audience, customer communications, advertising to prospective customers, etc.

Video Player

Features that support playing and watching video content that is hosted on the enterprise video platform.

Player customization

The video player can be customized according to the organization's desired look & feel.

Embedded videos

Video players can be embedded into HTML pages using embed codes.

Video quality / Bandwidth controls

Streaming is high quality, and users can set default bandwidth for optimal viewing.

Mobile compatibility

The video player allows viewers to watch videos from mobile devices.

Video Analytics

Features related to collecting and analyzing data around video streaming quality, viewer behavior, etc.

A/B testing

Includes tools for A/B testing different video content, player setups, personalization, lead forms, etc.

Streaming quality reports

Quality control reports are available to monitor fluctuations in video streaming quality.

Per viewer tracking

Tracks behavior of individual viewers as they engage with videos.

Per video tracking

Tracks engagement trends across all viewers of a particular video.

Video analytics dashboard

Includes a dashboard view of video performance metrics.

Video Hosting, Management & Storage

Features related to hosting, managing, and storing video content.

On-Demand video

The platform allows users to store and play pre-recorded videos on demand.

Live streaming

The platform allows users to broadcast/stream live video feeds.

Impact of streaming on network

Video streaming does not overly impact the organization's network performance (for internal use cases).

Video upload & format support

The platform allows users to upload video files and supports a range of video formats.

Video library / File management

Videos can be organized in a searchable repository with a sensical file structure.

Video portal

Users can create a portal to showcase or highlight certain videos, either by selecting a specific video or videos and placing it in a marquee position or using data-based criteria like viewer ratings to determine video placement.

Video downloads

Video files can be downloaded from the platform, depending on the user's permissions.

Video editing

Users can edit videos within the platform.

High definition support

The platform supports streaming of videos in HD.

Closed captioning / Transcription

The platform supports automatic speech to text transcription, which may be used for closed captioning or for a transcript of a live event.

Video Engagement

Features to engage viewers around video content, particularly for live streams.

Planet eStream

Overview

What is Planet eStream?