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I'm actually going to say the most likely is Vidyard.

  "YouTube for businesses"
  + super easy
  + multi-device compatible
  + metrics
  + great pricing
  + built-in call to action and sharing
  + content agnostic (aka adult friendly)
  ---------------------------------------
  = $$$$$

I'm getting ready to test them out with a client for video trailers, and if they can get some kind of secure URL system set up (IP/time tokens for authenticated users), we might go with them for everything. Much easier than dealing with Pandastream/S3/CloudFront.

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I couldn't see how this one was so different from vimeo or all those other "corporate youtubes", many of which have been around for years.

Agreed. I don't really understand why they compare themselves to community-based video sites and not services like Bits On The Run, which essentially is the same thing, but provides much more overall.

VidYard provides pretty limited bandwidth considering they promote "Force HD". And masking RTMP as "Instant-Start Technology" is a little sketchy, IMO. RTMP isn't rare. BOTR's API is pretty much perfect and having the free add-on ad network service is pure brilliance.

VidYard compares itself to community based video sites because that's what the vast majority of businesses are using to host their video content.

I'm not sure I understand the "limited bandwidth" comment either. As it states on the VidYard pricing page, VidYard offers bandwidth well into the terabytes with no mentioned limit. Additionally the pricing for this bandwidth is quite literally 10x less than BOTR.

Instant start technology is very different from RTMP. RTMP is just one of VidYard's many streaming protocols and is unrelated to the technology required to play videos instantaneously.

"I couldn't see how this one was so different from vimeo..."

For a direct comparison of VidYard vs Vimeo, scroll to the bottom of the vidyard homepage

Doesn't really seem to address a pain point imo.

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