 With the 2008 Streaming Media East show next week in New York, the Streaming Media brand celebrates its tenth year. What a long, strange trip it's been—here's a guided tour of the ups and downs of our first decade.
Tues, May 13, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 13 May 2008
With more and more broadcasters simulcasting content online in H.264, issues of licensing and piracy are once again coming to the fore.
Fri., May 9, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 09 May 2008
Today’s confluence of environmental, financial, and political issues—along with new solutions from Polycom, Tandberg, and LifeSize—have breathed new life into the world of videoconferencing. That’s good news: Ultimately, more videoconferencing leads to more webcasting.
Mon., May 5, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 05 May 2008
 Piracy and "borrowed" content is often in the news, but even legitimate purchasers sometimes face a conundrum, such as that posed when MSN announced that music files purchased before 2006 would no longer be supported beginning later this year.
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Posted 25 Apr 2008
A few years ago, VH1 ran a program called Where Are They Now that tracked down artists that had faded from wider public view. So I thought it only fitting that, as part of this “Decade of Streaming Media.com” issue, I track down a few people who had played varying roles in the advent of streaming media.
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Posted 20 Apr 2008
Another winning real-time encoder from Inlet
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Posted 20 Apr 2008
 Tim Siglin interviews two more companies at the National Association of Broadcaster's show (NAB) in Las Vegas: Akamai talks about its partnership with transcoding companies, while Wowza talks about competing with Adobe on a whole new price-point playing field.
Fri., April 18, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 18 Apr 2008
Tim and Jose explore topics of interest at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) show, talking with companies about piracy, high-definition streaming and the disappearance of two major companies—Apple and Avid—from the show floor.
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Posted 16 Apr 2008
Inlet's Andy Beach published a book on practical encoding, while his company and Adobe are showing off metadata and automated encoding solutions at the NAB show in Las Vegas.
Wed., April 16, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 16 Apr 2008
Not surprisingly, the takeaway from the president's keynote kicking off NAB 2008 is that broadcasting—whether it's online, offline or a combination of both—is alive and well. But clearly traditional broadcasters have much to learn from their web counterparts, and some key announcements indicate how the two worlds are merging.
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Posted 14 Apr 2008
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