Embedding of external items generally:
We are able to embed just about anything on your event system as long as the element is publicly accessible and not blocked to prevent embedding. This includes surveys, pages, eBooks, newsletter signup forms and event your entire website can be added as a part of your event system. We can do this in minutes if the prerequisites are in place.
Short / intro videos:
We can host a short or intro video under 30 seconds. Either as the landing page when arriving or on the home page.
Remember as a rule on all web browsers videos can only autoplay if they are muted. One cannot autoplay a video with sound, only the user is able unmute it.
Videos are very resource intensive. If 1000 people play the same video hosted on one server it will significantly impact overall site performance even though we assign additional server resources to event domains.
Embedded videos:
It is much cheaper, easier and more reliable to embed a YouTube or Vimeo video on your event site.
Video hosting data centers are uniquely designed for video streaming. Google acquired YouTube in 2006 for $1.65 billion in one of the largest acquisitions of its time. Vimeo was aquired in 2025 for $1.38 billion. These are the two most reliable, and cost-effective options for hosting videos.
If you are dealing with a professional production company they will have tools to adjust the visual elements of how it looks when embedded.
One of the many benefits include:
- Settings and privacy defined by the client / owner of the video.
- The client can decide whether the video should be public, private or hidden.
- YouTube links the videos back to the client's YouTube channel for marketing or monetisation.
- YouTube automatically adjusts quality to suit the user.
- YouTube prechecks videos for potential copyright / age restriction issues.
- Vimeo provides similar benefits but without the YouTube channels, settings and marketing system.
Here is an example of an embedded video, streaming from theSQUAD's YouTube channel:
Here is an example of a Vimeo video where the publisher has permitted embedding: