Streaming site

Create a streaming site with scalable web hosting

Define the template for your streaming site

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Creating a streaming site allows you to offer video on demand, live streaming or other types of content from a streaming website that you own. Defining the target audience, catalogue, user experience and business model helps to choose useful features: accounts, subscription, search, pay-per-view or mobile application. A VOD platform can be based on SVOD, AVOD or a combination of both. The domain name, branding and fluid navigation reinforce the consistency of the service. WordPress can be suitable for a simple catalogue, whilst custom development meets more specific needs.

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Manage your platform and the relationship with your audience

Master your identity and your audience

Centralise the catalogue, branding and relationship with your audience without depending on a third-party channel.

Align your business model

Adapt the service to the SVOD, AVOD, subscription, advertising or partnerships chosen.

Adapt the platform to your profile

Provide a scalable platform for authors, media, trainers and businesses, according to their usage.

Define the legal and economic framework

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Defining the legal and economic framework helps to secure the launch of the streaming service. For every video, piece of music, image or text broadcast, you must have the necessary rights and authorisations according to the territories and usage. The model can be based on SVOD, AVOD, a subscription, advertising or partnerships. The specifications must specify the target audience, accounts, subscriptions, payments, mobile access and hosting needs. For live streaming, add the constraints of capture, encoding and network capacity.

Build the foundation and make the catalogue visible

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Building the site's foundation involves a domain name that is clear, web hosting that is suitable and a coherent organisation of the catalogue. A WordPress site can manage pages, programme sheets, accounts and certain restricted access areas. Explicit titles, useful descriptions, consistent categories and homogeneous visuals facilitate content discovery. Search engine optimisation helps search engines understand editorial pages, while web analytics allows you to track visits, registrations and consultations. This foundation strengthens the brand image and helps to evolve the platform according to actual usage.

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A WordPress site can be suitable for a streaming service centred on an editorial catalogue. Themes structure the pages, while extensions can add search, user accounts or certain restricted access areas. This approach remains suitable when the features are relatively standard. Checking the compatibility of the theme, extensions and updates helps to limit technical risks. Administration accounts must remain protected and unnecessary modules removed. For a simple VOD platform, WordPress can offer an accessible base, provided that you verify that the streaming, payment and rights management functions actually correspond to the project.

Custom development becomes relevant when the streaming website requires complex access rules, business integrations, a mobile application or a specific user experience. This approach allows you to design your own platform adapted to the target audience and the business model. Authentication, payments, security, programming interfaces and administration must be defined from the specifications stage. A consistent experience on computer, mobile and television can then be built gradually. Starting with the essential features, measuring their use and developing the platform according to the observed needs limits premature investments.

Video on demand, or VOD, allows you to view content already published at the time chosen by the user. A VOD platform can offer training courses, series, conferences or other prepared programmes. Live streaming, on the other hand, transmits an event while it is taking place. Live streaming requires a chain adapted for capture, encoding, the network and the potential large number of simultaneous viewers. These uses rely on different architectures. To combine video on demand and live streams in the same streaming service, clearly distinguishing technical needs allows you to choose an infrastructure adapted to each type of content.

High-performance resources for your streaming platform

A high-performance foundation for your site, your catalogue and your web content

500 GB SSD and automatic backups

To host your site, your programme pages, visuals and web resources while keeping copies of your data.

CDN included to accelerate the delivery of your pages and web resources

To accelerate the loading of pages and web resources and better absorb temporary traffic spikes.

1-click CMS and integrated security

WordPress, Joomla!, Drupal or PrestaShop with SSL, anti-DDoS, antivirus, antispam and automatic backups.

Frequently asked questions about launching a streaming service

How to launch a streaming service?

Launching a streaming service begins with defining the type of content, the target audience, the business model and the necessary rights. You must then choose the hosting, organise the catalogue, prepare the accounts and payments, test playback on several devices and measure initial usage. The launch can remain gradual in order to add features according to actual user feedback.

What is the difference between VOD and live streaming?

VOD provides access to a video already published at the time chosen by the user. Live streaming transmits an event while it is taking place and requires suitable capture, encoding and network resources. The same platform can offer both, but the technical requirements are different. The specifications must therefore clearly distinguish video on demand from live streaming.

How to create a legal streaming site?

Creating a legal streaming site involves having the necessary copyright and authorisations for every video, piece of music, image or text broadcast. The rights must cover the territories, duration and intended uses. Access conditions, data protection and payment rules must also be defined. For a complex or international project, specialised legal advice can secure the contracts.

Which tools should be chosen and when should an agency be engaged?

WordPress may be suitable for a simple editorial catalogue, whereas custom development better addresses complex journeys, business integrations or live streaming. The choice depends on the budget, security, access, architecture and internal resources. A web agency becomes useful when the team cannot sustainably ensure the design, maintenance or technical evolution.

What budget should be planned and is a dedicated server required?

The cost depends on the volume of content, video quality, simultaneous traffic, features and the method of distribution. A simple VOD platform does not have the same needs as a live streaming service. A dedicated server is therefore not systematically necessary. Sizing the hosting, storage, network and any CDN services according to actual usage helps to avoid costly over-provisioning.

How to create a video streaming platform?

Creating a streaming platform first requires defining a target audience, a catalogue, a business model and a coherent user journey. It is better to launch the essential functions: accounts, search, playback, subscription and simple recommendations, then measure their usage. Advanced functions, the mobile application or personalisation can be added afterwards depending on the audience and the budget.