Granicus® Open Platform

Everything you need to manage and broadcast government media online

Government agencies at the local, state, and federal level face enormous challenges keeping citizens engaged and staff informed. Traditional communication channels break-down when information is not published timely and cannot easily be consumed. And, until now, managing and broadcasting vast amounts of content required a dedicated staff and expensive infrastructure.

The Granicus Open Platform is the first software-as-a-service solution that helps small and large governments manage content and deliver rich-media to citizens, easily and at a low cost. Now agencies can broaden awareness and share meetings, events, and programs, conveniently through a citizen-facing web portal. Best of all, the platform is easy to use, fast to deploy, and can be managed from anywhere at anytime.

Award-winning, proven streaming solution for government

• Create a powerful website experience for citizens.

  Improve your web presence by adding a centralized, up-to-date repository of all live and archived media—public meetings, speeches, trainings, and original programming. Enable audiences to share videos over social networking sites or through email to drive visibility and viewership.

• Increase convenience with access any time, from anywhere.

  Citizens and staff can watch live streaming broadcasts or play archived videos through your website. Viewers can quickly jump to any topics through index points and setup RSS subscriptions to automatically download the most recent content. Reach a broader audience with mobile device streaming – play archived videos in Flash, HTML5 and Silverlight.

• Simplify media management through automation.

  Schedule events to broadcast live or record from any video source including cable, camera, VHS, or DVD. Archived files automatically transfer to internal and external distribution networks and are instantly published to the web with no additional steps.

• Deliver additional content without the cost of production.

  Gain access to a library of pre-recorded government media content, including public service announcements and trainings. Download, modify, and publish new content for your community at a fraction of the price it takes to produce new material.

• Rapid platform deployment – no up-front setup costs.

  Our professional services team has made it incredibly easy for you to get started. Your agency can be up-and-running in no time and there is never any up-front cost or setup fee.

The leading government software-as-a-service platform

• Unparalleled streaming performance and reliability.

  Reduce the burden on IT staff by leveraging a world-class hosted infrastructure and an on-site media server, backed by a comprehensive maintenance program.

• Unlimited bandwidth, unlimited storage, and intelligent routing.

  Store files redundantly and intelligently route media to avoid unnecessary congestion on your network. Optimal streaming quality, speed, and reliability is guaranteed. Get permanent storage, backups, systems monitoring, and dedicated support.

• Available to your entire organization.

  Integrates with existing systems. With unlimited users and groups, secure login credentials, and controlled permissions, your entire organization can have access to the service from anywhere. Plus, our open architecture and web-based API’s offer the flexibility to share data with other government solutions already in place.

The platform is designed to grow as your needs grow. Add on more applications at any time.

Easily deliver rich-media through your website. Stream live events or publish archived videos.

Skip to points of interest in the video and drive visibility by sharing over social networks.

Media Distribution Diagram

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