Every business or individual is completely different, and no two web hosting customers are the same. While you may be content to offer an online product catalog with merchant functionality, others may aim to launch their own streaming video service, regular podcasts or even a live streaming radio station!
In theory, each of these things can be achieved using any type of web hosting service, provided that the available system resources are sufficient for the technical demands of your software. Whether you choose shared hosting, virtual private server (VPS) hosting, a dedicated server hosting solution or even cloud hosting, you will be able to get these kinds of exciting services up and running with the right expertise.
At GlowHost, we have taken things further. In addition to our generous resource allowances across all services that make streaming content a possibility, we have developed a number of hosting services including FFmpeg hosting, podcast hosting, vBulletin hosting, and SHOUTcast hosting plans. These solutions, customized to suit the unique needs of different customers, make achieving your goals easier than ever.
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Every hosting service available (excluding our Unlimited packages) from GlowHost includes FFmpeg functionality as standard, making streaming video on any scale available immediately. What’s more, we can install a popular video streaming script like PHPMotion, vShare or VidiScript free of charge with any purchase over $25.
SHOUTcast web hosting for live online radio broadcasts
SHOUTcast is an incredibly popular software solution designed for setting up and running your very own online radio station. In addition to live broadcasts that can be deployed from your PC to your SHOUTcast hosting server and then streamed immediately to your audience, this technology also allows you to store pre-recorded MP3s on your server for those times when your live broadcast is offline using our Auto-DJ service.
Each of these features is managed through the SHOUTcast Admin Pro Control Panel, which GlowHost offers across a number of tiered SHOUTcast hosting services, each of which has been designed to guarantee the best listening experience for your customers. Additionally, each of these plans allows for unlimited users and features, and full support for high quality 128Kbps audio streaming.
Free vBulletin hosting and installation
One of the world’s most versatile and scalable pieces of bulletin board and forum software, vBulletin uses PHP and MySQL to make a robust place where your customers can talk about your products and services. This can be an essential tool in effective communication, or simply to add value to your online presence and encourage repeat visits.
Every web hosting plan from GlowHost fully supports vBulletin, but customers can also make use of free vBulletin installation on a number of hosting services. GlowHost offers a special vBulletin hosting package which is an all-encompassing vBulletin solution that includes a free vBulletin license, free installation, and a free domain name among other goodies.
Flexible GlowHost hosting that can meet and exceed your requirements
In addition to the specific, individualized web hosting solutions designed to meet individual needs, every GlowHost server is highly adaptable to whatever it is that you or your business aim to do. This includes Softaculous and Fantastico, two script installers that make deploying shopping carts, blogs, and other dynamic content a quick and easy process.
GlowHost’s FFmpeg hosting services, vBulletin hosting plans, and SHOUTcast hosting solutions all include instant-activation, a minimum 99.9% uptime guarantee, a 60-day money back promise, and unrivalled 24/7/365 customer support from a highly trained and experienced staff.
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Hi. I read your article. It was very well written. I just need some help as i have a running radio station i want to create a web which should also have live streaming of the broadcast. Any idea of all the equipment required on my end for it. I heard from some friends about a dedicated server. Secondly how much bandwidth is enough for a radio live broadcast on web? How much internet connection speed will be required to transfer data from server to the host?
Hi Adnan-
A dedicated server is always a good choice for stability reasons. You
could also order a shared hosting package as a start. For example,
these plans offer the capability to host a web site with shoutcast
support so that you can stream your radio station:
http://glowhost.com/web-hostin…
Bandwidth really depends on your number of listeners, how long they
listen for, and the bitrate at which you decide to stream at. a bitrate
of 128k could be considered “near CD quality,” where lower bit rates
might sound like talking into a tin can, and higher bitrates will sound
better, but will consume more bandwidth.
You should have a high speed internet connection on your side for best results.
As for equipment, all you really need is winamp and and the SAM broadcaster plugin.
Hi Adnan-
A dedicated server is always a good choice for stability reasons. You could also order a shared hosting package as a start. For example, these plans offer the capability to host a web site with shoutcast support so that you can stream your radio station:
http://glowhost.com/web-hosting-service/shoutcast_hosting.html
Bandwidth really depends on your number of listeners, how long they listen for, and the bitrate at which you decide to stream at. a bitrate of 128k could be considered “near CD quality,” where lower bit rates might sound like talking into a tin can, and higher bitrates will sound better, but will consume more bandwidth.
You should have a high speed internet connection on your side for best results.
As for equipment, all you really need is winamp and and the SAM broadcaster plugin.