As online video becomes more important for your business, you still need to stay focused on the other things that make your business successful. Video management should be easy. The process of getting your videos in front of your audience should be streamlined and scalable. For any media company – big, small or somewhere in between. That’s why we created mpx Essentials.

1. Building Your Video Program
mpx Essentials Overview
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2. Introduction: About thePlatform
thePlatform is the leader in video management, providing
solutions for A&E, CBS Interactive, BT, USA Networks,
NBC cSports, and hundreds of other media companies.
mpx is the most complete video
management system with its
enterprise-class performance
and easy media publishing to
PCs, mobile devices and TVs.
mpx Essentials is a paireddown version of mpx.
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3. mpx Essentials Training Team
We created this series of tutorials to assist digital marketing
managers who are ready to bring their video efforts to the
next level.
Our training experts have a deep understanding of the
video industry and are ready to answer your questions
about mpx Essentials and help you get started:
Call them toll-free at
(877) 436-7940.
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4. Today’s Topic
mpx Essentials Overview
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5. Introduction
As online video becomes more important for your business,
you still need to stay focused on the other things that make
your business successful.
Video management should be easy. The process of getting
your videos in front of your audience should be streamlined
and scalable. For any media company – big, small or
somewhere in between.
That’s why we created mpx Essentials.
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6. What is mpx Essentials?
It’s a video solution that gives businesses with
smaller video libraries all the ‘essentials’ they need
to easily reach their audiences.
Powered by the same core technology that
supports many of the world’s leading media
companies, mpx Essentials combines enterpriseclass reliability with efficient publishing to PCs,
mobile devices, and TVs.
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7. mpx Essentials features
Easy video
management workflow
Quick video uploads
Increase video views
Quick editing tools
Design your own
branded player
Tracking, reporting
and optimization
Enterprise-class support
Social media sharing
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8. Easy video management workflow
The
mpx Essentials
console simplifies
and streamlines
your video
management
every step of the
way:
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9. Quick video uploads
Ingest videos with
a quick one-step
upload tool.
Users can also
automate
uploads through
an optional
Watch Folder
feature:
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10. Increase video views
Users can
combine handpicked playlists
with dynamicallygenerated video
lineups to help
increase video
views:
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11. Increase video views
Your videos will
easily get
discovered with a
comprehensive
metadata
scheme:
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12. Quick editing tools
Simple editing
utilities let you
quickly create
thumbnails, set
chapter points,
cut new videos
from your existing
content, and
assign media to
specific players:
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13. Design your own branded player
Easy player
creation for
optimal HTML5 or
Flash viewing
experiences for a
range of website
and devices
through the
Player Service:
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14. Tracking, reporting and optimization
Monitor and track
your audience
with usage
reports that
include
viewership pervideo, category,
affiliate, and
dozens more:
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15. Enterprise-class support
Feel assured by
our 99.99% SLA
for customer
facing services,
24x7 email and
web support, and
best-in-class
CDN services for
storage and
multi-bitrate
streaming:
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16. Social media sharing
Extend your
viewing audience
with social media
sharing, including
Facebook and
Twitter
integrations:
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17. When you need more help
We understand that no two companies are the same.
That’s why we built mpx Essentials on a foundation of
flexibility.
When you’re ready to talk
solutions, please call us
toll-free at (877)-436-7940.
We look forward to helping you overcome your video
management and publishing challenges.
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18. About mpx Essentials
mpx Essentials is a
streamlined solution tailored
for businesses with smaller
video libraries. It will provide
you with all the features and
services that you need to
reach your audience.
Powered by the same core
technology that supports many
of the world’s leading media
companies, mpx Essentials
pairs enterprise-class reliability
with easy video management
solution.
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19. Engage with thePlatform
 See other video management
and publishing tutorials here.
 Tweet us questions here.
 Chat with the video community here.
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