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Video hosting platforms for business: 10 compared (2026)

Six of the best-known business video hosts store your files in the United States by default. Ten video hosting platforms compared on storage, player, data processing agreement and languages, limits included.
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How to create a training video that people finish

A production guide for internal video: seven formats, a six-block script to copy, the six-minute length rule from 6.9 million viewing sessions, the accessibility and AI Act duties already in force, and multilingual rollout.
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What are closed captions? A complete guide for video teams

The CC button is on every player and almost nobody agrees what sits behind it. This guide settles the terms: what captions contain, how they differ from subtitles, SDH and open captions, and where the law now requires them.
Article

Video hosting platforms for business: 10 compared (2026)

Six of the best-known business video hosts store your files in the United States by default. Ten video hosting platforms compared on storage, player, data processing agreement and languages, limits included.
Article

How to create a training video that people finish

A production guide for internal video: seven formats, a six-block script to copy, the six-minute length rule from 6.9 million viewing sessions, the accessibility and AI Act duties already in force, and multilingual rollout.
Article

What are closed captions? A complete guide for video teams

The CC button is on every player and almost nobody agrees what sits behind it. This guide settles the terms: what captions contain, how they differ from subtitles, SDH and open captions, and where the law now requires them.
AI dubbing pharma governance: a medical reviewer approves a dubbed patient video, with audio waveform and subtitle tracks on screen
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AI Dubbing Pharma Teams Can Defend: Governance First

AI dubbing cuts localization cost by around 90 percent, but in pharma it only works with governance built in. Why human review per language, versioning and data residency decide whether the project gets approved.
Medication adherence video: a patient reviewing medication at home with support
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Medication adherence video: why patients skip the leaflet

Around 50% of chronic patients do not take their medication as prescribed. Learn why the leaflet fails most readers and how a QR-linked medication adherence video in the patient’s language turns the pack into understanding.
Accessible patient videos under the EAA and WCAG: an older adult watching a captioned video on a tablet at home
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Accessible patient videos: EAA and WCAG for pharma

The EAA made WCAG 2.1 AA the norm for digital patient services. What pharma teams need to know about captions, audio description and accessible players, and why video is the scalable format for patient information.
Multilingual patient information: an older patient watching a health video on a tablet at home while holding a medicine box
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Multilingual Patient Information Videos: A Pharma Playbook

Package leaflets reach fluent readers only. This guide shows how pharma teams build multilingual patient information videos: Article 63 basics, AI dubbing at portfolio scale, medical review per language, one QR code for every market.
GDPR video hosting for pharma: a compliance professional reviewing data on a laptop in a secure modern office
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A US Player Is Not a Patient Channel: GDPR Video Hosting for Pharma

A QR code on a medicine package turns every scan into potential health data. Bernd Korz walks through the risk cascade that makes US video players hard to approve for patient information, and what a compliant EU setup looks like.
QR codes pharmaceutical packaging: a pharmacist examining a medicine box in a pharmacy
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QR Codes Pharmaceutical Packaging: What’s Legal Today

QR codes on medicine packs are already permitted, and the linked content may include videos. This guide covers Article 62, the BfArM FAQ, the EMA guideline, the FMD DataMatrix boundary, GS1 Digital Link, and the ePI timeline.
QR code medicine packaging: a patient scanning a medicine box QR code with a smartphone at home
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QR code medicine packaging is not a gimmick

QR codes on medicine packs are becoming regulated patient information infrastructure. A look at ePI timelines, EMA pilots, BfArM video rules and what regulatory affairs and IT teams should decide before the 2028 obligations arrive.
Electronic product information ePI: a regulatory affairs professional reviewing medicine packaging and a tablet in a pharma office
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Electronic product information (ePI) timeline in the EU

Electronic product information is coming to the EU on a fixed ramp: agreement in December 2025, expected adoption in summer 2026, mandatory for new medicines around 2028 and existing products by 2031. Here is the corrected timeline.
eIFU for medical devices: a patient using a self-administered inhaler device following the instructions
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eIFU medical devices: the paper exit has started

Since 16 July 2025, eIFU is an option for every professional-use medical device. This guide covers Regulation (EU) 2025/1234, combination products, QR-linked video instructions and the EAA accessibility baseline.
translate spanish video to english — guide cover
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How to translate a Spanish video to English (subtitles + AI voiceover)

Spanish video in, English video out: transcription, reviewed translation, and English subtitles or AI voiceover — published together on one link.
what is dubbing — dubbing guide cover
Article

What is dubbing? From studio voice actors to AI dubbing

From studio voice actors to AI pipelines: how dubbing works, what lip sync really means, and when subtitles are the better choice.
translate a video — how to translate a video guide cover
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How to translate a video: subtitles, voiceover, or dubbing (complete guide)

Subtitles, AI voiceover, or dubbing? The three ways to translate a video compared — plus the full pipeline from transcript to a player where every language shares one URL.
AI dubbing pharma governance: a medical reviewer approves a dubbed patient video, with audio waveform and subtitle tracks on screen
Article

AI Dubbing Pharma Teams Can Defend: Governance First

AI dubbing cuts localization cost by around 90 percent, but in pharma it only works with governance built in. Why human review per language, versioning and data residency decide whether the project gets approved.
Medication adherence video: a patient reviewing medication at home with support
Article

Medication adherence video: why patients skip the leaflet

Around 50% of chronic patients do not take their medication as prescribed. Learn why the leaflet fails most readers and how a QR-linked medication adherence video in the patient’s language turns the pack into understanding.
Accessible patient videos under the EAA and WCAG: an older adult watching a captioned video on a tablet at home
Article

Accessible patient videos: EAA and WCAG for pharma

The EAA made WCAG 2.1 AA the norm for digital patient services. What pharma teams need to know about captions, audio description and accessible players, and why video is the scalable format for patient information.
Multilingual patient information: an older patient watching a health video on a tablet at home while holding a medicine box
Article

Multilingual Patient Information Videos: A Pharma Playbook

Package leaflets reach fluent readers only. This guide shows how pharma teams build multilingual patient information videos: Article 63 basics, AI dubbing at portfolio scale, medical review per language, one QR code for every market.
GDPR video hosting for pharma: a compliance professional reviewing data on a laptop in a secure modern office
Article

A US Player Is Not a Patient Channel: GDPR Video Hosting for Pharma

A QR code on a medicine package turns every scan into potential health data. Bernd Korz walks through the risk cascade that makes US video players hard to approve for patient information, and what a compliant EU setup looks like.
QR codes pharmaceutical packaging: a pharmacist examining a medicine box in a pharmacy
Article

QR Codes Pharmaceutical Packaging: What’s Legal Today

QR codes on medicine packs are already permitted, and the linked content may include videos. This guide covers Article 62, the BfArM FAQ, the EMA guideline, the FMD DataMatrix boundary, GS1 Digital Link, and the ePI timeline.
QR code medicine packaging: a patient scanning a medicine box QR code with a smartphone at home
Article

QR code medicine packaging is not a gimmick

QR codes on medicine packs are becoming regulated patient information infrastructure. A look at ePI timelines, EMA pilots, BfArM video rules and what regulatory affairs and IT teams should decide before the 2028 obligations arrive.
Electronic product information ePI: a regulatory affairs professional reviewing medicine packaging and a tablet in a pharma office
Article

Electronic product information (ePI) timeline in the EU

Electronic product information is coming to the EU on a fixed ramp: agreement in December 2025, expected adoption in summer 2026, mandatory for new medicines around 2028 and existing products by 2031. Here is the corrected timeline.
eIFU for medical devices: a patient using a self-administered inhaler device following the instructions
Article

eIFU medical devices: the paper exit has started

Since 16 July 2025, eIFU is an option for every professional-use medical device. This guide covers Regulation (EU) 2025/1234, combination products, QR-linked video instructions and the EAA accessibility baseline.
translate spanish video to english — guide cover
Article

How to translate a Spanish video to English (subtitles + AI voiceover)

Spanish video in, English video out: transcription, reviewed translation, and English subtitles or AI voiceover — published together on one link.
what is dubbing — dubbing guide cover
Article

What is dubbing? From studio voice actors to AI dubbing

From studio voice actors to AI pipelines: how dubbing works, what lip sync really means, and when subtitles are the better choice.
translate a video — how to translate a video guide cover
Article

How to translate a video: subtitles, voiceover, or dubbing (complete guide)

Subtitles, AI voiceover, or dubbing? The three ways to translate a video compared — plus the full pipeline from transcript to a player where every language shares one URL.

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