Cloudinary announced that Cloudinary Video is now available as a standalone API-first video offering with several new video innovations developed to help brands meet critical accessibility standards, such as WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) 2.1 AA, and more easily deliver localized and live streaming video experiences at scale. Cloudinary also unveiled significant enhancements designed to allow technical teams to seamlessly embed Video as a Service (VaaS) within their software products and apps.
Recently named in the Gartner® Market Guide for Video Platform Services, Cloudinary powers more than one billion videos for thousands of customers. Leading retailers, media publishers and marketplaces including Adidas, Bleacher Report, Doximity, Fiverr, Hydrow, Simpleview and Vorwerk trust Cloudinary to manage a variety of business-critical use cases – from conversion-boosting micro-videos on product and landing pages and automating partner or user-generated video workflows, to embedding video in web and mobile applications.
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With its flexible APIs, composable architecture and AI-powered automation capabilities, Cloudinary Video offers a faster, more cost-efficient solution for any web or mobile app developer looking to embed high-performing video experiences into their platform versus building from scratch. According to Andrés Bastidas, Group Product Manager, Simpleview, a leading provider of CRM, CMS, website design, and digital marketing solutions, “Our partnership with Cloudinary goes beyond tech integration, critical as that is. With Cloudinary we manage two billion images and videos every month across more than 1,300 customers, while leveraging Cloudinary’s reputation as a brand leader in visual media management and digital experience excellence. It’s a win-win for us and our customers.”
“Ensuring content is localized and fully accessible is not just the right thing to do, doing so also delivers enormous business benefits,” said Kim Matenchuk, Managing Director of Video, Cloudinary. “Companies doing business in the European Union must comply with the European Accessibility Act (EAA) by late June, so tools that help automate the creation of video captions and transcripts are critical. An added benefit is that these will also ultimately help reduce post-production costs. With our new AI capabilities brands can not only transcribe video content, but also translate it for use in different geographies – and so much more.”
SOURCE: Businesswire