Dacast

Dacast operates a software-led video infrastructure model. It sells access to a hosted platform that lets organisations launch and manage live streaming and on-demand video services under their own branding, while handling delivery, playback, analytics and monetisation. Value is created by reducing the technical complexity of building a streaming stack in-house and by bundling hosting, CDN-backed delivery, white-label playback, API access and payment-enabled monetisation into one managed service.

Dacast is a B2B online video platform that provides cloud software for hosting, managing, delivering and monetising live and on-demand video. Its platform combines video hosting, live streaming, white-label playback, API access, analytics, multistreaming and monetisation tools such as paywalls and advertising support. The company serves professional broadcasters, media companies, publishers, enterprises, event organisers, developers and teams building branded video experiences.

The business makes money primarily through subscription fees for its SaaS platform, supplemented by usage-based charges and transaction fees on customer video sales. Its acquisition of vzaar expanded its video hosting and OTT capabilities. Dacast is not a consumer streaming service; it supplies the underlying platform and monetisation infrastructure used by businesses to run their own streaming operations.