Roku boxes have taken the lead with consumers and the company seems well-poised for an IPO, but financial disclosures show the company has never turned a profit.
Online Video News,
Posted 05 Sep 2017
Limelight Networks' Charles Kraus describes the obstacles to real-world 4K delivery while the industry pushes 4K screens everywhere, in this clip from Streaming Media East 2017.
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Posted 04 Sep 2017
The new Gear on Amazon extension lets viewers go directly from the stream to purchase their favorite gamers' gear and gives broadcasters a share of the revenue; Twitch also announced heatmaps and video overlays
Online Video News,
Posted 31 Aug 2017
The tennis tournament is using an AI-based solution that IBM calls "cognitive highlights" to deliver the most important clips to fans
Online Video News,
Posted 30 Aug 2017
Netflix and YouTube could start using AV1 as soon as early 2018, while hardware implementations will take much longer.
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Posted 30 Aug 2017
Blackman led Elemental Technologies from a startup in 2006 to an acquisition by Amazon in 2015, inspiring the industry with his commitment to streaming technology and community service
Online Video News,
Posted 28 Aug 2017
MP3 may be the VHS to other audio formats' better-quality Betamax, but it's here to stay, especially now that the format is royalty-free.
Featured Articles,
Posted 28 Aug 2017
Google Chrome Product Manager Husain Bengali discusses how progressive web apps leverage the discovery benefits and cost-of-acquisition advantages of the mobile web while reducing its engagement deficiencies when compared to mobile apps.
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Posted 28 Aug 2017
Kathryn Jones from VisualArts.tv, Scott Grizzle from IBM Cloud Video, and Brent Hieggelke of Brandlive discuss the consequences of proliferating live cellphone video and the resurgent "good enough for the web" attitude at Live Streaming Summit
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Posted 24 Aug 2017
Esports events regularly attract millions of streaming fans and franchises trade for tens of millions of dollars, yet the area is still in its infancy.
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Posted 22 Aug 2017
Panelists from The Washington Post, Take One, and NBC Today discuss strategies for increasing discoverability through content syndication to Facebook Live and beyond at Live Streaming Summit 2017.
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Posted 17 Aug 2017
InPlayer CEO George Meek discusses the challenges of enabling and supporting online sales of video content, from transactions to localization to time-to-market and paywalls.
Short Cuts,
Posted 10 Aug 2017
Why the move to HDR matters for more than just 4K—and why OTT services and devices are going to lead the way
Featured Articles,
Posted 09 Aug 2017
Marvel and Disney titles to leave Netflix as Disney revs up to launch two different streaming services: one for sports and one for entertainment.
Online Video News,
Posted 08 Aug 2017
Will new immersive video streams break the internet? Juniper Research says a crisis is coming unless network operators join the standards discussion now.
Online Video News,
Posted 08 Aug 2017
Hardware acceleration and field programmable gate arrays may be the answer to the rising costs of encoding for multiple codecs including H.264, H.265, VP9, and soon AV1
Featured Articles,
Posted 03 Aug 2017
Metadata can do far more than help publishers manage assets and customers find content. Employed the right way, it can help deliver a personalized viewing experience that improves ROI.
Featured Articles,
Posted 02 Aug 2017
If consumers were forced to choose between their SVOD and pay TV subscriptions, more Hulu fans would opt to leave pay TV behind.
Online Video News,
Posted 02 Aug 2017
Lower latency while increasing reliability: That's the promise of alternate transmission protocols that expand on TCP or simply replace it as the streaming transmission champ.
Featured Articles,
Posted 01 Aug 2017
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