Wistia Updates

📊 Compare Media Analytics by Relative Time

2024-07-26T19:54:16.503Z

We’re excited to announce a new feature in Compare Media Analytics that lets you evaluate media performance over the first 30 days!

Now you can;

Compare media from the same starting point.
Focus on the crucial early days for timely optimizations.
Benchmark with intuitive relative time comparisons.

How It Works:

Choose the "First 30 Days" option for relative time comparison.
Use the dropdown menu in the chart to view daily Total Plays and Total Time Played.
The table below shows total values and additional metrics for the 30-day period.

Additional Features:

Download Chart: Save the chart as an image.
Export Data: Export your first 30-day media comparison.

Start optimizing your media campaigns today!

🎨 New event customization options from start to finish updated

2024-06-24T19:30:00Z

Your event should be uniquely yours - from on-brand colors to event images that really show what your event will be.

Customized event images give you that consistent look from start to finish, with a graphic that can be used from registration page to email. You can use one of your own images or even pull from Unsplash to find the image that’s just right for your event. We’ve even added the option to include a short trailer on your registration page so you can bring your event to life and increase interest and engagement.

And once your attendees are in the event, you don’t have to worry about them getting distracted by the event description. Now the event description has its own button so your audience can pay attention to who’s (and what’s) on stage.

Customize away and make your event shine!

How does it work?

Add an event image for a consistent look from start to finish.

Upload an image in your event overview and then the image will be automatically applied for your registration page, emails, and the screen before the event starts and after it ends (video on demand). Just 1 click to brand your entire event (instead of… 5!)

NEW Hero image resizer

Now you have ability to adjust the size of your hero image on the registration page to make it easier to keep important registration details at the top of the page and ensure people sign up for your event!

Customize your registration page with a short video, custom image or beautiful photography from Unsplash.

Navigate to Event -> Customize menu -> Registration page -> Hero. You will see an option to add a video or an image - one of your own or from Unsplash. If you choose video you can select any of your existing media and customize how the player will look. If you choose an image, it will automatically pull the event image if you set one, but you can always create a unique image just for this page. (don’t worry it won’t impact the image you set for the event thumbnail or emails). Additionally you can browse Unsplash for free high-resolution stock images to find that perfect image for your registration page.

To top it all off, you can choose the layout of the registration page, with the date and registration form on the hero or below the hero.

No more description distractions during your event!

We want your content to shine, which is why we moved the description into a separate section where viewers can choose to read it if and when they want. This feature is rolling out to all users with access to Live: Advanced, Premium, and now customers on the Pro plan.

As always, let us know if you have any feedback.

Happy customization!

Team Wistia

🔦 Updates for stress-free webinars

2024-06-03T19:03:48.980Z

May flew by, bringing more than 10 updates to Wistia Live that will keep you calm, cool, and collected on your next webinar. We’re talkin’ more panelists, more analytics, and more control.

📊 Bring polls and audience engagement to the stage

2024-05-31T12:39:21.121Z

We've introduced an exciting new feature that displays poll questions and answers visually on the main stage during a live event to help increase audience engagement during Wistia Live events!

Why Does It Matter?

Achieving an engaging webinar event is all about creating opportunities for hosts, panelists, and the audience to interact more dynamically. You can bring polls directly onto the stage in a dynamic, branded layout for maximum visibility and participation.

How Does It Work?

Hosts will see a "Bring to Stage" option under each poll they create.
Clicking this brings the poll questions and answers onto the main stage as a pinned stream.
Hosts can switch between different poll visualizations on stage at any time.
Poll layouts automatically adapt to your Live event's brand colors.
Only one element (poll, screen share, or Q&A) can be displayed on stage at a time.
Polls cannot be deleted while displayed on stage.
Limitations: 280 character limit for questions, 120 characters for answers, maximum of 8 answer options for each poll.

This update provides Wistia Live Premium, Advanced, and Pro customers with an exciting new poll visualization functionality, offering a powerful way to create engaging, interactive experiences for audiences.

Let us know if you have any other feedback!

Team Wistia

📌 Pin important comments during live events

2024-05-31T12:26:57.523Z

Hosts and co-hosts now have the power to pin any comment to the top of the chat panel, keeping it visible to all attendees throughout the event. This new feature empowers you to take control of the conversation, enhancing your confidence as a host.

Why Does It Matter?

As part of our host confidence-building tools, the ability to pin comments allows you to better engage with your audience and relay important information quickly and efficiently during live streams. Pinned comments remain at the top of the chat indefinitely until unpinned.

How Does It Work?

Only hosts and co-hosts can pin comments in the chat
Pinned comments can include any comments from a host, panelist, or audience member.
There's no limit on the number of comments pinned at once.
Click on a comment to pin it to the top of the chat panel
Click on a pinned comment to unpin it

This update gives you more control over the chat experience and better tools to facilitate an engaging two-way dialogue during your Wistia Live events.

Available to all Wistia Live Pro, Advanced, and Premium customers.

As always, let us know if you have any feedback.

Team Wistia

Bring 9 panelists on stage and screen sharing

2024-05-31T11:48:47.107Z

We're excited to announce major new capabilities for Wistia Live that will take your webinars to the next level!

What's New?

Hosts can now dynamically bring up to 9 panelists on stage simultaneously during a live event.

Why Does It Matter?

This game-changing update allows for much more interactive and engaging virtual events. Having up to nine panelists on stage at once makes it easier than ever to host dynamic discussions, Q&As, panels, and more—all without having to juggle moving people on and off the stage. It's perfect for town halls, all-hands meetings, panel-focused webinars, and any event that requires multiple presenters.

Plus, the ability to share your screen while live makes demos, slide presentations, and collaborative workflows a breeze during your webinars.

How Does It Work?

During your Wistia Live event, click on any panelist's stream to add them to the main stage with you. Up to 9 panelists can join you on stage at any given time. To share your screen, click the "Share Screen" button then bring that screen on stage.

This powerful new functionality is available at no additional cost to all Wistia Live Pro, Advanced, and Premium customers.

Elevate your webinar game today by taking advantage of more interactive stage presentations and screen sharing with Wistia Live.

As always, let us know if you have any feedback.

Team Wistia

Maximize the Stage for Live Events!

2024-05-20T17:11:39.493Z

What’s new?
Hosts and panelists can now maximize and minimize their view of the Stage during a Live Event.

Why does it matter?
This feature allows hosts and panelists to better focus on presenting by maximizing the Stage view to match what the audience sees. Maximizing removes potential distractions like the chat panel and backstage streams. It provides more confidence and control during live sessions.

How does it work?

At the bottom of the Stage, you can find the button to “maximize the stage.” By clicking on this, hosts and panelists can maximize the Stage at any time, hiding the chat panel and backstage from their own view only.

Maximizing does not impact the audience's view of the event
Hosts and panelists can minimize the Stage view to restore the chat panel and backstage streams in their interface
Minimizing also only affects the host/panelist's own view

This feature is available to all Pro, Advanced, and Premium Wistia Live customers.

Team Wistia

🤫 Silence Live Event Attendee

2024-04-30T14:46:38.816Z

New Feature Alert: Silencing Attendees!

Hey there, hosts! We're thrilled to introduce a powerful new tool to keep your Live Events running smoothly: the ability to silence attendees. 🤫 Now, you can maintain control over your event chat, ensuring inappropriate comments or disruptions are swiftly handled without impacting the overall experience.

What’s New?

Encountering a "Bad Actor" in your Live Event chat? No problem! Hosts can now silence attendees, making their messages invisible to everyone except themselves.

How It Works

Identify the Bad Actor: Spot an attendee posting inappropriate messages? Take action by clicking on the menu icon and selecting the “Silence attendee” option.
Silence Mode: Upon selection, the attendee's past and future messages become visible only to themselves. They won't know they've been silenced.
Undo Silence: Made a mistake or had a change of heart? No worries! Hosts can easily undo the silence and make the attendee's messages visible again. Only messages sent prior to the silence and after the silence will become visible.

Key Points

Attendees are the only ones who can be silenced; hosts and panelists are exempt.
Q&A remains moderated, ensuring silenced attendees can still ask questions privately.
Silenced messages are saved for internal purposes but won't affect chat metrics or exports.

Ready to maintain a positive and productive environment in your Live Events? Try out the new silencing feature today!

Available for all Live customers on Advanced, Premium, and Pro plans.

-The Wistia Team

🔗 Live Event External Links (CTAs)

2024-04-30T14:45:06.154Z

What’s New?

We're excited to introduce customizable call-to-action buttons for Wistia Live events. Now, as a host, you can display a prominent button during your webinar, complete with personalized text and a direct link to an external URL of your choice.

Similar to the annotation links in a standard Wistia video, these buttons gives you the ability to seamlessly direct your audience to high-value resources, from demo requests and sales call scheduling pages to product showcases and topical resources relevant to your webinar.

How does it work?

Enter a Live Event room as a host, and click on the “Settings” panel to access the “External link” button. From there, you can set the call-to-action text and URL.

This button will display for as long as the Host desires and all audience members will see the button at the same time. When an external link is displayed on stage, it is not customizable.

Hosts can only display one external link at a time. But they can create and display multiple external links throughout a single event.

To remove the button, click on the “External link” button again and remove the Call To Action.

The external links are per-event only, meaning they are not duplicated or exist across other live events.

Access for all Live customers

This feature is rolling out to all users with access to Live: Advanced, Premium, and now customers on the Pro plan.

- The Wistia Team

❓Present Questions on Live Event Stage

2024-04-30T14:41:29.235Z

Empower your live events with enhanced engagement!

What’s New?

Introducing a new feature that allows hosts to seamlessly bring audience questions front and center, choosing to make them public and even 'Add to Stage' for an immersive experience. With just a click, selected questions can be displayed directly on the live event stage, matching the chosen layout and brand colors, fostering real-time connection and deeper engagement with your audience.

How does it work?

Now, when hosting a live event, you'll have the power to moderate questions submitted through the Q&A Panel and choose to not only make them public but also "Add to Stage." With just a click, you can display selected questions directly on the live event stage, creating a more interactive and immersive experience for your audience.

Clicking the “Add to stage” option will display the question as a pinned stream on stage. The display of streams will match the “Tile” or “Full” layouts chosen by the Host.

Questions displayed on stage will also reflect the chosen customized brand colors for the Live Event.

This new dynamic capability empowers you to address audience questions in real-time, fostering a deeper connection and ensuring their voices are heard. Whether you're hosting a webinar, product launch, or any live event, this new feature gives you the tools to engage your audience like never before.

Access for all Live customers

This feature is rolling out to all users with access to Live: Advanced, Premium, and now customers on the Pro plan.

Enjoy hosting more engaging Live Events!
- The Wistia Team

Wistia Updates

📊 Compare Media Analytics by Relative Time

Now you can;

How It Works:

Additional Features:

🎨 New event customization options from start to finish *updated*

🔦 Updates for stress-free webinars

📊 Bring polls and audience engagement to the stage

📌 Pin important comments during live events

Bring 9 panelists on stage and screen sharing

Maximize the Stage for Live Events!

🤫 Silence Live Event Attendee

🔗 Live Event External Links (CTAs)

❓Present Questions on Live Event Stage

🎨 New event customization options from start to finish updated