Globix’ Hosting and Distribution Service provides on-demand media hosting and live streaming in a variety of bit-rates and formats. We provide a turnkey delivery solution to customers who need to deliver both textual and multimedia content.
- Reporting — Globix Traffic Analyzer provides detailed day-to-day summary reports on all your streaming traffic. These reports can be displayed graphically or the data can be downloaded to a spreadsheet for further analysis
- Scalability — Capacity to accommodate all of your distribution needs
- Robust — Load balanced streaming servers combined with our distribution network designed to maximize user experience
- Availability — 24×7 support
How it Works
Customers are provided an account on Globix’ streaming server(s) where they can upload media files to our network-attached storage solution or send a live encoded feed. They are also given the URL string format to be used with their Web pages to allow user access to the media streams over the Internet.
Supported streaming platforms and file formats supported:
- Windows Media — .wmv; .wma; .asf; .mp3
- Real Media — .rm; .ra; .mp3; .mp4
- QuickTime — .mov; .mp3; .mp4
- Flash (over HTTP) — .flv
Network
From New York to Santa Clara to London, the Globix network provides you with a backbone that is robust enough to enable companies to distribute their multimedia content seamlessly. The network connects our superPOP Internet data centers with public and private peering relationships at all major peering points.
Provided in conjunction with Hosting and Distribution Services, the Globix Traffic Analyzer provides the information needed to make wise media decisions. In-depth business analysis reports enable customers to evaluate the effectiveness of their streams and monitor audience traffic. These fact-based analyses help to make decisions in mission-critical areas, including content and ad strategies; revenue generation, forecasting, and modeling; training programs; and bandwidth usage.
Generated from the streaming server log files, Traffic Analyzer organizes and displays comprehensive and accurate activity records over a customized range of time in one report. It visually presents statistical data, such as:
- Peak traffic times
- Usage patterns (time of day, hour, and duration of connection)
- Simultaneous connections for live streams
- File popularity over a specified time range
- User origin information
- Amount of data transferred
- Amount of disk storage utilized
- Ability to customize date ranges
Packed with easy to read information, Traffic Analyzer reports furnish you with:
- Facts for evaluation and making decisions about content strategy
- Information for assessing audience-building objectives
- Data for facilitating forecasting and return on investment analysis
- High-level summaries and granular, drill-down statistics
- Graphic elements, such as tables, bar graphs, and line graphs
- Anytime, anywhere access to Web-based reports
