Explore the latest improvements introduced in Dailymotion's products this past quarter.
If you have any question, please reach out to your assigned Dailymotion Account Manager or our Support team, we're here to help you!
Dailymotion Studio
Simplify your upload process with "Content defaults"
The new Content defaults section simplifies the upload process by allowing you to preset default values on the Dailymotion Studio, saving you time and effort.
- Save time: Set recurring values once, they will automatically apply to next uploads
- More control: New videos can automatically be set as private, preventing accidental public release
- Consistency: Preset tags, titles, descriptions, categories to maintain consistent metadata across your content
See how to manage your content defaults.
Enhance live monetization with server-side ad insertion (SSAI)
Server-side ad insertion is open for testing!
If you're interested, please reach out to your Dailymotion Account Manager.
SSAI allows you to monetize your live content using your own ad server by dynamically inserting targeted ads into the live stream.
- Improved viewing experience: Prevents buffering during ad breaks
- Increased monetization: Prevents ad blockers from blocking ad content
Learn how to configure SSAI for live streams.
Stream live events using the SRT protocol
SRT is open for testing!
If you're interested, please reach out to your Dailymotion Account Manager.
For Partners using the live stream feature, we are pleased to announce that it is now possible to stream live events using the SRT protocol, offering overall better performances than RTMP:
- Low latency - Delivers nearly real-time live events
- Reliability - Adapts to network fluctuations, ensuring uninterrupted live streams without buffering
- Easy to implement - Compatible with most popular and professional encoders
- Open source - Free access and ongoing improvements from a large community of developers
Learn how to stream with SRT.
Add hashtags in content descriptions
Hashtags can now be added directly in the video description in your Dailymotion Studio.
Hashtags are clickable and searchable on all Dailymotion's platforms, allowing users to connect with your content when looking for specific topics or trends, increasing content visibility and user engagement.
Learn how to create and manage hashtags.
Discover dedicated Creator Analytics
We are introducing new analytics dedicated to our Creators, providing you with enhanced insights into your content performance and your audience growth on Dailymotion.
This includes 4 new dashboards:
- Overview: Provides a summary of your content performance, audience insights and widgets showcasing top-performing videos
- Performance: Offers a detailed view of your content performance on Dailymotion
- Followers: Gives deeper insights into your audience
- Engagement: Tracks the number of ratings received, and soon of Reacts
Learn more about Creator Analytics.
Player
Embed relevant videos with "Contextual video matching"
If you can't find videos to illustrate your articles, our AI-driven "Contextual video matching" feature will!
Based on your article's URL, title and text content, the Dailymotion Player finds the most suitable videos. All you need to do is activating the feature and embed an empty Player.
You'll get extra ad opportunities on articles for which you didn't think you could find a suitable video.
Learn how to activate the Contextual video matching feature from the Dailymotion Studio or via the API.
Improved Player experience on web
Our Player now displays video thumbnails as soon as the Player starts loading. This improvement aims at enhancing the user experience and the way they perceive the loading time, resulting in an overall better viewing experience on web.
This update has been deployed on Dailymotion.com as well as on all embedded Players on web.
Accessibility conformance report for Dailymotion's Player
The Accessibility Conformance Report for our Player is now available!
It details Dailymotion Player's compliance with WCAG accessibility standards, highlighting the features that provide a more accessible viewing experience and showing remaining areas of improvement.
Read the full Accessibility Conformance Report and see how to improve content accessibility as a publisher.
Good to know
Dailymotion's Player is currently AA-compliant with WCAG guidelines and meets some AAA requirements
Dailymotion's commitment to brand safety
Dailymotion has been re-certified by the Trustworthy Accountability Group (TAG) for the 4th year in a row in 2 significant programs:
And certified in 1 new program:
- TAG TrustNet which builds trust and transparency with standardized advertising campaign metrics
An external audit is conducted for each certification, enabling Dailymotion to reaffirm its commitment to brand-safety, fraud prevention and transparency within the advertising industry.
Learn more about Dailymotion's commitment on brand safety.
Developers & API
Generate stream URLs without IP or time limits
The "Unrestricted stream URL" option is an addition to our existing stream URL feature: you can now choose if your stream URLs can be accessible without any time or IP restrictions.
Warning
Keep in mind that this flexibility with time and IP restrictions means that your stream URL can be accessed by anyone, anywhere, at any time.
Learn how to generate unrestricted stream URLs.
Track your native apps Player data in Google Analytics
You can now connect your Google Analytics to your native apps Player data.
Follow the integration guide for Android and iOS, and the one for your Dailymotion Players embedded on web.
Dailymotion & Apps
Improved accessibility with autogenerated transcripts
We are now providing autogenerated transcripts for a majority of the videos published on Dailymotion.com. Users can easily access transcripts by expanding the video description and activating the dedicated button.
Transcripts are automatically generated during the upload and don't require any additional steps for the uploader.
Learn more about autogenerated transcripts.
Stay in the loop with your new in-app notification center
Stay connected with your favorite creators and other users by checking the new notification tab in your Dailymotion mobile app. You'll be notified when the accounts you follow publish new videos or when you get new subscribers.
This feature will evolve over time to include more notifications (i.e. for comments and content ratings).
See how to access & manage in-app notifications.