Here is a list of all improvements made to Webcast (Manager, Operator and Consumer) since April 2018.

Registration

  • When registering, viewers who already have registered a user account can update their details.
  • If a Company account is marked as being applicable to the new EU GDPR, we now require the entry of a URL to that Company's online Privacy Policy. Then, when Webcast viewers are requested to either perform registration, or log in to chat/QnA as a "guest user", they must check a box to confirm their acceptance of the privacy policy of both movingimage EVP GmbH (via www.movingimage.com/privacy), and the Company streaming the webcast (via the URL mentioned above).

    • Note: This is a feature toggle on the Customer account--the GDPR confirmation request will not be visible unless the feature is enabled.


UI Changes

  • We updated the Webcast player to the latest version and applied styling changes to the UI.
  • A new chat option allows for questions raised by viewers to be moderated before being published for all to see. Moderation takes place in the WebcastOperator console or the expanded WebcastOperator Chatwall. The previous "free for all" Chat option is now called "Unmoderated Chat".
  • To support our European partners, the WebcastConsumer UI is now available in Italian. A Language Set marked for Italian is required in the Webcast configuration. 
  • We mark unpublished videos as un-selectable pending a future change to the release status, and prevent saving if a video is unpublished. This is particularly important since uploaded videos from a live presentation are not immediately available for VOD playback, but will automatically be released when transcoding is finished.
  • In the Customer Account settings, we added an option for for hiding optional fields in registration, and only absolutely required data be collected. 
    • After adding email addresses to the list of those permitted to register for a Webcast, it is now possible to create a templated email inviting those users to visit and register for the Webcast. 
    • The body of the email is localized depending on the language used for the Manager UI. 
    • Recipients are included in BCC, avoiding disclosure of potential viewers to others. 
    • In the English email template, if a start date/time is set, those times are localized for display in UTC, EST, PST and GMT.
  • Password and registration options are now in the Security area.
  • Options for Q&A and moderated / unmoderated chat now exist in the Appearance tab:
    • The configuration tab is now just for setting the Webcast metadata and stream information per state.

    • To support Webcast and Video Conference scheduling, a date and time must now be set for each Webcast. Default values are provided. 

Other
  • Videos that are referrer-protected in VideoManager Pro are now supported for use in Webcast, if the domain *.movingimage.com or webcast.movingimage.com is included as a permitted referrer domain in the VideoManager Pro security policy.
  • The localized URL to the Consumer page is now sent in the "Description" metadata when uploading live streams to VideoManager Pro. This URL is displayed in Corporate Tube.
  •  You can now use different credentials for Primary and Backup Wowza API connections.

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