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Tim Siglin is a contributing editor for StreamingMedia.com. He serves as Chairman of Braintrust Digital, a digital media production company, and is a co-founder of the go-to-market consulting firm, Transitions, Inc. He has been involved full-time with strategic consulting and integration in the visual communications and digital media fields for over fifteen years. Braintrust Digital is a media production and design company specializing in creation and delivery of content through traditional and new media. Braintrust also provides AV integration services for select clients that require high-quality viewing experiences on corporate, religious and educational campuses. Transitions, Inc. - a business and technology development firm - assists startups and hypergrowth businesses in the financial services, digital media and advertising / marketing industries. Prior to co-founding Transitions Inc., Mr. Siglin served in various technical and executive roles at the Hampton-James media consultancy and Century VII, Inc., a production and design company. While at Century VII, Siglin completed an MBA in entrepreneurship and was tasked with designing Century VII’s six-step consulting model. This model formed the basis of all of Century VII's consulting engagements and compelled both the client and consulting team to provide mutual feedback at numerous stages of the project. At Hampton-James, Siglin and his colleagues refined the model to allow small consultancies to manage numerous on-going technical and business projects for a wide client base. Transitions' founders bring experience dealing with three Fortune 10 companies, numerous Fortune 100 and multiple small businesses. Ongoing projects of particular interest include established businesses and startups in the digital media, financial services and marketing industries. Repeat customers accounts for more than 80% of all on-going business. Additional experience also includes work in motion picture production and crisis management public relations. Siglin can be reached at writer@braintrustdigital.com

Articles By Tim Siglin

Vista Network Degradation Bug Linked to Streaming

Notice that your network transfer rate goes down when listening to audio or watching video in Vista? The bad news is you're not alone; the good news is that Microsoft says it's working on a fix.
Wed., Aug. 29, by Tim Siglin

Commentary: MTV Loses Its Urge, and So Do I

As MTV ends its partnership with Microsoft and starts one with Real, only one thing is clear: The online music world may be growing, but it’s still frustrating.
Fri., Aug. 24, by Tim Siglin

Streams of Thought: MLB's Foul Bawl

MLB Advanced Media's anger against the placeshifting technology of the SlingBox seems a bit arcane.

Review: Adobe Production Premium CS3

Integration among all products in the CS3 suite is exceptionally strong, and Adobe Media Encoder—an example of a program that spans several CS3 applications—is a solid product putting Adobe firmly in the running against other more established video software suites.
Thurs., Aug. 16, by Tim Siglin

Players and Codecs Come Under Hacker Scrutiny

Several sessions at Black Hat 2007 showed the need to continue to develop lean code and close potential vulnerabilities in media players that might be exploited by hackers.
Friday, Aug. 10, by Tim Siglin

Akamai’s Troubles: Much Ado About Nothing

Akamai continues to lose valuation—and Internap just reported a 2Q 2007 net loss of $1.7 million—but that doesn’t mean the entire CDN market is in trouble. In fact, if you’re really paying attention, you'll see that the space is stronger than ever.
Tues., July 30, by Tim Siglin

Latency: The Next Frontier

Now that the major codecs can deliver quality that is acceptable—or better—for most video, the next challenge to be overcome for streaming is latency. New products from HaiVision and W&W Communications aim to bring latency down to the point where streaming becomes tenable for high-speed surveillance apps

How To Convert Videos To Play On The iPhone

Whether you're one of the masses who bought one, or just need to deliver content to people who have, getting video on the iPhone isn't quite as simple as it looks. Here’s are some tips on how to create videos that can play on the new device.
Wed., July 18, by Tim Siglin

Net Radio Deadline Looms (Again)

Retroactive royalties kick in on July 15 timetable will trigger retroactive royalties, and recent hearings indicate Congress won’t intervene. But all hope is not lost, as royalty rate could still be overturned.
Tues., July 3, by Tim Siglin

Adobe’s Visual Communicator 3 Integrates with Flash Media Server

New version of Serious Magic’s flagship product adds multicamera preview and seamless Flash Video output at a reduced price.
Mon., June 25, by Tim Siglin

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