SUNYNet Webcasting Services

Production: Capturing the meeting audio/video

A Campus College Council may use any of the four University videoconferencing facilities in Buffalo, Syracuse, Albany, and NYC to hold meetings requiring EO3 compliance. Using videoconferencing, SUNYNet will capture the video and audio from the meeting for webcasting.

No Charge *

* There will be a $69/hr charge for meetings held outside normal business hours, 8-5 M-F.

Encoding: Converting audio/video to a streaming format

We offer variable bit rate video and audio encoding services for video and audio sent by a campus using IP or ISDN videoconferencing technology. A campus may use their own videoconferencing facilities to host the meeting and “transmit” the video and audio via videoconferencing to SUNYNet’s encoding server.
 
There is no charge for this service component unless SUNYNet is required to originate a videoconference using ISDN, in which case the cost of the call will be passed on to the campus.

No Charge **

** Unless ISDN charges are incurred.

Streaming: Sending the live unicast streams to Internet users

Campuses may use our webcast data transfer service at a charge of $.01/MB transferred. We will provide a web link for the campus to publish for the public’s access to the live webcast.

A typical meeting’s data transfer may cost around $45 given the following variables:

Length of meeting: 60 minutes, Bit rate of encoding: 100Kb, Number of viewers: 100

3600 seconds (60 minutes) X 100,000 bits/second X 100 viewers = 36,000Mb transferred

36,000Mb / 8 = 4,500MB (bit to byte conversion)

4,500MB * $.01 = $45

$.01/MB transferred

$30 minimum charge per webcast.

Captioning: Transcribing and Captioning the media

Transcription and/or Closed Captioning services will be available through an outsource provider. SUNYNet is not be reselling these services. We are negotiating with providers to obtain volume discounts by aggregating services.

$75/media hr.

(Rate only applicable for E03 meetings)

Storage: Providing on-demand access to recorded and captioned media via public accessible web interface

We offer on-demand streaming of media on our streaming server for a campus. We will provide a web link for the campus to publish for the public’s access to the on-demand meeting video. The link will be active for 30 days beyond the original meeting date.

$50/meeting

Archive: Means for retention of meeting recordings for a minimum of 4 months.

If we are providing the Storage solution, then we will also archive the meeting on CD or DVD and send to the campus for archival.

Included as part of the Storage fee.