The Startup Filmmaker’s Journey to Creating an Online Course.
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Top Password Protected Video Hosting Platforms for 2026
As video becomes a bigger part of how teams communicate, keeping that content secure matters more than ever. Password-protected video hosting gives you a simple way to control who can watch your videos, making sure sensitive or private content doesn’t end up in the wrong hands. Instead of relying...
Top Streamable Alternatives: Free & Paid Video Platforms
Streamable is popular because it’s fast, simple, and easy to use. You can upload a clip, grab a link, and share it almost instantly. But as video needs evolve, that simplicity can start to feel limiting. Streamable doesn’t offer much in the way of customization, which is why many creators and...
How to Share Videos Without Losing Quality: Top 5 Methods
Sharing videos should be simple, but keeping them sharp and clear often feels harder than it should. Most of the time, quality drops because the file gets compressed, resized, or squeezed through a service that can’t handle large videos. The good news is you have several reliable ways to share...
Spotlightr Video Hosting on Your Thinkific Courses: Why It’s Worth Your Investment
Thinkific gives you a built-in video player that works. Spotlightr gives you a video hosting platform built to protect your content, engage your students, and grow your course business. If you're serious about selling online courses, the differences between basic hosting and dedicated video...
Top Cloud Based Video Streaming Platforms in 2026
Cloud-based video streaming has become the go-to way to watch and share videos without dealing with storage limits or complicated setups. Everything lives in the cloud, so your viewers can access content instantly from anywhere, on any device. For businesses, it also means you get the benefits...
Maximize Your Earnings: Best Pay Per View Video Hosting Platforms for 2026
If you want a straightforward way to earn money from your videos, pay-per-view hosting gives you a clean path: people pay to watch, and you keep the earnings. It’s a flexible model that works well for creators with niche or loyal audiences because you don’t need a massive following or ads to...
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Platform Updates – May 2026
Platform Updates What's New & What's Next A look at how we've been making your platform faster, smarter, and easier to use — from February 2025 through April 2026.Why this matters Every two to four weeks, we ship updates that improve your experience — from small polish to major new...
Spotlightr Galleries
What is a Gallery? In the most simple of terms, it's a single web page that hosts one or more videos. Imagine a set-up similar to Netflix, but for learning, presenting, and discovering. It's simple and quick to set up, but it can also give a beautiful, elegant page to present your videos to your...
Release Notes: December 2023
Time for some updates! Our last blog update was in July, so we are long overdue. Since July we've updated the Spotlightr platform 15 times (about one update per week, with some weeks skipped). We are currently on version 5.1.54. One notable update wasn't a feature,...
Release Notes: July 2023
We're midway through the summer, let's get to some updates that occurred over the last few months. The last release notes were from mid-April, and since then we've gone through 9 platforms updates. We added an integration with Mailerlite and also revamped our Zapier...
The Spotlightr Player – Design Examples
At Spotlightr we pride ourselves at being the most customizable video player available. From the branding options to player controls and features, there isn't another hosting company that can do more. We get lots of questions from people asking how the player looks. ...