theChanner for Broadcasters
theChanner is a unique way to reach your mobile audience, raise your awareness and monetize your TV business.
theChanner allows you to know about the people watching your channel and their preferences and participate in discussions with them.
We work for you on the phone as you start streaming your channel on the Internet.
You can contact us through the Broadcaster tool or email us at broadcasters@thechanner.com.
Broadcaster Tool
If you are already streaming on the Internet, use the field above to sign up as a broadcaster or do it from your TV channel info page at theChanner.
The broadcaster tool allows you to see your metrics and manage the information you show about your channel in theChanner.
Use information such as your name, main categories, custom tags and descriptions, (in whatever language you prefer) for optimal placement when viewers search for your channel. Your TV information is also shown here, on our website.
Your live tweets are shown while mobile viewers watch your channel. They can access your full Twitter page and also post their tweets to your page.
When viewers share their opinion on Facebook, their friends will know that they are watching your channel. For those viewers who do not use Facebook or Twitter or who are using our Windows Mobile Proof of Concept, theChanner TV chat is always open.
Comments are always shared among Android, iPhone and WinMo viewing communities.
You are always open to participate in a discussion by just typing a message in the application.
You can also use the custom message field in the broadcaster tool to give more specific information.
Signing up as a broadcaster is simple. Once you are signed up, you will have access to all the free services theChanner has to offer.
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Self Promote with Custom Messages
theChanner allows you to write a custom message with an associated URL for your viewers.
Take advantage of a custom message and give viewers access to privileged information and exclusive downloadable content.
You can use a custom message to inform your viewers of news, ask them to vote on an issue or to participate in a promotion.
Viewers read your custom message under your TV stream and on your channel info page. They can take action by pressing on the message field.
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Metrics
As a broadcaster on theChanner, you will have access to free metrics for your channel.
Get to know your mobile primetime audience.
Find out how many people are watching, when they are watching (shown in GMT+0 time), from where they are watching and for how long.
You will be able to compare your metrics, which are gathered both daily and weekly.
You will see how popular you channel is, number of times commented, your average rating and number of times it has been favorited. You will also find out which phones your viewers use to watch your channel.
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theChanner Music TV version
If you are broadcasting a music TV channel, your channel will be shown in both versions of theChanner.
Any information, opinion, ratings and edits will also be shown on both versions.
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Mobile and TV Streaming Technologies
There are several issues to deal with when streaming over the Internet, including network bandwidth and device processor performance. Here are some tips that may improve your viewing experience:
Choosing a bitrate of 300 kbps or higher may cause the player to stop or produce low framerates. Bitrates around 200 kbps are optimal for most phones.
When using an adaptive protocol, you will offer several bitrates at different video qualities and allow devices to choose the optimal stream depending on the network bandwidth available at a given moment.
If you choose to stream using the HTTP Live Streaming protocol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_Live_Streaming) and include an available stream of at least 64 kbps, let us know. We will add your TV channel in HTTP Live Streaming in all available platforms. Your TV channel will be broadcasted in each platform with the available stream.
