August/September 2008
                
        
            Magazine Features
    
        
            Spicy Ideas: Just. Press. Play.—Why Good Design Matters More Than Ever
        
        
            
                
                    08 Aug 2008
        
        
            Making a case for intuitive mobile device design
    
        
            Tutorial: High-Touch Encoding With Microsoft Expression Encoder 2
        
        
            
                
                    08 Aug 2008
        
        
            A walk through some of the new encoding features of Microsoft’s new Expression Encoder 2 product for high-quality compression, authoring with Silverlight skins, and publishing to the Silverlight Streaming service.
Fri., Sept. 12, by Ben Waggoner
    
        
            Writing an RFP for Maximum ROI
        
        
            
                
                    08 Aug 2008
        
        
            Things to consider and questions to ask when writing a request for proposal for a corporate webcasting system
    
        
            Streams of Thought: The Patent Wars
        
        
            
                
                    08 Aug 2008
        
        
            As CDNs commoditize and streaming grows up, companies are gobbling up patents in an attempt to stay competitive. Who will come out on top?
    
        
            Analyze That: The State of the CDN Market
        
        
            
                
                    08 Aug 2008
        
        
            Top analysts discuss consolidation and attrition in the CDN market.
    
        
            Industry Perspectives: Using Video to Communicate Change for Business Success
        
        
            
                
                    08 Aug 2008
        
        
            Qumu, Inc. CEO Ray Hood takes a look at ChangeCasting, a new technique that promotes the use of focused video messages to expedite organizational change.
    
        
            Class Act: Intellectuals' Property Rights
        
        
            
                
                    30 Sep 2008
        
        
            How should we balance protection and openness when it comes to educators' intellectual property?
Tues., Sept. 30, by Paul Riismandel
    
                
        
            Editor's Note
    
        
            Editor's Note: No Doubt
        
        
            
                
                    08 Aug 2008
        
        
            The 2008 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards and other announcements from the editor's desk