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In a two-part series, contributor Jon Jacobi busts through the jargon of storage acronyms – DAS, NAS, and SAN – and details the pros and cons of storage strategies.

FireWire: The Wild Card

In a follow up to last week’s article on choosing the right capture solution, Dee McVicker tests out an analog camera with a Firewire/DV/converter bridge.

Choosing The Right Capture Solution

With a host of recent changes in capture boards, contributor Dee McVicker surveys the options available for pros, prosumers and consumers.

SimulStream, The Theory and Reality

ViewCast’s SimulStream is a $599 software upgrade for ViewCast Osprey capture board owners, which gives users the ability to simultaneously encode multiple streams of audio and video at different resolutions and bit rates, from a single board.

See David Lynch Stream

In an interview, filmmaker and Internet producer David Lynch talks with Tech Editor Bill Bernat about how TV is dead and his new number one passion is davidlynch.com -- the recently launched subscription and pay-per-view site, filled with streaming media and a great deal more.

MPEG LA Responds to Licensing Criticism

Larry Horn, MPEG LA’s vice president of licensing, responds to the flurry of criticism generated by last week’s proposed licensing terms for MPEG-4 Visual, and invites the industry to make its concerns known.

Proposed MPEG-4 Licensing Draws Fire

The MPEG LA has proposed initial licensing terms for the MPEG-4 Visual technology, and industry reaction is mixed at best, with Internet streaming media interests moving fast to have their concerns addressed. Technical editor Bill Bernat reports.

Streaming Media News Roundup

This week saw the acquisition of three streaming companies, a big marketing push by Pepsi, a slew of companies getting funding, plus Kermit the Frog uses digital media. Senior Editor José Alvear takes a look at this week's big news.

Media 100 iFinish 4.5: A Web Producer’s Dream Box

iFinish is a real-time editor for producers who need to begin with high quality video, edit and output various streaming formats for the Web. Though Media 100’s simplistic editing interface is a plus, it may not be as good a buy as similar products from competitors.

FULL THROTTLE

Although the importance of content has received a lot of press in recent years, it has been hard to place a value on it until now. The race is now on to find the quickest route to turn web content into cash -- if companies are to profit from providing rich content, internet users may have to pay the price. Sue Norris reports on the growing need to start making money from your online content.

INFORMATION SERIES #1: DRM

Big brother may be watching... Dom Robinson kicks off a 12-part guide to everything streaming with the past, present and future of Digital Rights Management.

Video killed the cellular

Following the launch of mobile video clips in Japan, Paul Quigley takes a look at the issues surrounded DoCoMo's high profile entry into handheld streaming.

A Side-By-Side Comparison of the Three Top Players

We’re Fighting Just Like You Are

Difficult times call for proactive change. VP, Interactive Joey Manley explains our new registration policy for streamingmedia.com.

Life After Excite@Home

With the bankruptcy of the nation’s largest residential broadband provider, Excite@Home, DSL and cable companies look to transition stranded customers to more stable connections.

The Other Side of Compression

This month we dissect the latest codecs from DivX Networks (DivX 4.0.1), On2 Technologies (VP3 and VP4) and Media Metasis (ZygoVideo) and tell you how to get the best results from each.

One-Man Reporting Band (Part II)

Some dispatches from the front lines in Afghanistan have been delivered via satellite videophone. Contributor David Spark looks into how remote conditions, dwindling news budgets and new technologies are driving the increased use of videophones and solo news reporting operations.

What Can We Learn from the Success of Videogames?

In the midst of the dot-crash, one form of digital media entertainment has continued to thrive, and even grow.

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