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Use Cloudflare Stream to build secure, reliable video apps

What's this blog post about?

On August 7th, 2018, Zaid Farooqui announced the general availability of Cloudflare Stream, a video streaming service designed to simplify the process for founders and developers while reducing costs. The service encodes videos in multiple resolutions, prepares DASH and HLS manifest files, and serves them from Cloudflare's global network of data centers. Pricing is based on streaming duration and storage, with a focus on efficiency and cost optimization. Common use cases include video-on-demand, gaming, eLearning, and video ads. To get started, users can sign up for Cloudflare and visit the Stream tab.

Company
Cloudflare

Date published
Aug. 7, 2018

Author(s)
Zaid Farooqui

Word count
732

Hacker News points
None found.

Language
English


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