💡What is Backscreen?

Backscreen is a company operating in the EMEA region that specializes in providing OTT (Over-the-Top) products for delivering content. Our focus is on respecting all generations and ensuring that our products are user-friendly and efficient. We aim to save our clients' audience and contribute to the success of their businesses.

The Backscreen portfolio consists of four modules: App – one video OTT multiscreen platform to cover your whole audience Media – single Media Asset Manager to cover various distribution platforms Stream – SaaS to prepare video streams and distribute them globally Webplay – tool to manage and publish video content for web portal.

Go to www.backscreen.com to learn more about the products.

Backscreen Admin is a cloud media asset management and streaming platform used to manage several Backscreen products like Backscreen Webplay, Backscreen Media and Backscreen Apps. This documentation is about managing Backscreen Webplay and Backscreen Media products.

Complemented with our global high-performance CDN and enriched with customizable media solutions, providing a user-friendly self-service environment for OTT professionals and online video publishers.

Integrations with Backscreen API provide extensive and automated content administration capabilities and allow automation of processes in which users work in multiple systems, thus making Backscreen Admin the only video content management CMS you need.

With Backscreen Admin you can:

Upload and manage

Your videos and video-related data like presentations, pdf, images, metadata and other.

Stream adaptive videos

Backscreen Admin has automated video validation and transcoding processes for end-users to have the best high-quality video viewing experience based on their internet and device compatibility.

Secure

Protect content ownership rights and monetize the content with limited access. Different levels of security features are available.

Monetize

By adding advertisements or creating paywall integrations with Backscreen Admin. We support all ad networks and all major ad formats, including VPAID, VAST, VMAP, Google IMA

Customize

Build the player by adding custom branding, choosing specific settings, categorize content, automate different video management features and much more.

Create portal integrations via API

Ensure automatization options of the features, for example, automated publishing to the customer portal.

Embed and stream

Publish videos on your website using JavaScript or HTML iframe based embed code and stream all around the world with our CDN (content delivery network).

Content analytics

Included NPAW Suite Video Analytics provides comprehensive audience and content performance data, or use Google Analytics, Gemius Audience account integration.

Video platform technical workflow

Guides: Jump right in

Follow our handy guides to get started on the basics as quickly as possible:

Create accountUpload and publish a videoManage content

Fundamentals: Dive a little deeper

Learn the fundamentals of Backscreen Admin to get a deeper understanding of our main features:

Trim a video or create a clipIntegrate with my websiteCustomize the playersAdd advertisements

Good to know: We have significant experience in custom online video solutions. If you need any additional features or service not available in self-service mode, please feel free to submit a support ticket in Help & Feedback section or consult your account manager.