DETAILS

Do your own webcasting

Organizations anywhere in the world can use Webcast Canada to deliver and record webcasts. Broadcast from Europe to North America, Canada to Asia...from and to any place on earth. No special hardware is needed.

Using your affordable webcast streaming account, you'll be able to connect a camera and audio to a computer on high speed Internet and start broadcasting. Your webcasts can be free or priced.

What you can do:

You will be able to webcast speeches, lectures, meetings, conferences, workshops and events over the Internet. You are given a web code that will place the live webcasts directly on your web site. Alternatively, if you require add-ons such as a real-time text chat box so the web audience can send in questions and a registration / database system, you will link to our server address to display the interface .

Who is using the Self-Serve Option?

This option is being used by major audio/visual companies looking for an affordable means to deliver live and recorded webcasts on behalf of their clients. Also using this service are investment firms, auction houses, trade unions, business associations, non-profit groups and international organizations that need reliable, affordable streaming.

Self-Serve webcasting:

  • Unlimited web audience
  • Multiple bit rates allow dial-up and high speed users access
  • High quality with low bandwidth (148 KBPS recommended)
  • Record directly to your computer
  • Web hosting of recordings
  • Web code with publishing point to place the webcast on your site, OR
  • Interface on our server (necessary for more complex features such as high security)
  • Technical support for your IT team from us to make sure everything is perfect
  • Other add-ons are available

    What you need:

    This will depend on what you plan to do with your webcast account. If you're simply going to talk from an office (or webcast audio from a speaker phone), you only need an inexpensive webcam with built-in microphone, laptop and high speed Internet.

    However, if you want to webcast your Annual General Meeting, a conference or a workshop from a hotel or some other outside location, you should be using professional video and audio equipment.

    Equipment options:
  • PC laptop or desktop with at least 512 GB memory, firewire or USB port and mic input
  • Web camera with built-in microphone or TV-style camcoder
  • Tripod for camera
  • Audio cable (XLR to mini) or use external mic
  • Firewire or USB cable to connect camera to laptop
  • Ethernet cable
  • Webcast software and account (provided by us)
  • Internet connectivity

    Recommendations for room set-up:
  • Good strong lighting where people are speaking such as the podium and/or panel table
  • Dark draping behind people speaking to avoid back lighting - see sample
  • Microphone needed for everyone speaking, including members of the audience
  • Audio mixer must provide mic output
  • 5 foot long table for laptop with chair for webcaster
  • Internet jack

    You can test your account using a simple webcam with built-in microphone. For professional webcasts, we strongly recommend professional video and audio equipment used by experienced operators.

    This is a high quality platform designed for professional use. The webcast software will allow you to webcast at various quality settings depending upon the type of audiences you have.



 

CLIENTS OF WEBCAST CANADA

AVWTelAv
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation
Canadian Association of Farm Advisors
Canadian Association of Prior Learning Assessment
Canadian Embassy, Washington, D.C.
Canadian Farm Business Management Council
Canadian Hereford Association
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Centre for Ethics in Sport
City of Toronto
Eastern Audio (Newfoundland)
Endocrine Society, Washington, DC
Environmental Assessment Review Agency
Environment Canada
Fashion Designers of Canada
George Morris Centre
International Trade Canada
Industry Canada
National Housing Research Committee
NFLD Centre for Applied Health Research
Northern Lights Theatre Company (Edmonton)
Nutri-Net Program
Ontario Federation of Agriculture
Ontario Insurance Adjusters Association
Ontario Ministry of Education
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture
OXFAM
Pfizer
Proctor and Gamble
Research Canada
Red Cross
Sport Matters
Stewardship Canada
Treasury Board of Canada
Wildlife Habitat Canada