April 01, 2020

Online Video News

Global Streaming Up More Than 20% in March, Says Conviva

Viewing in the U.S. is up almost 27%, and daytime viewing is up most of all—a massive 39% rise since the first week of March.

Jan Ozer Introduces "Streaming Media 101" Online Course

The 8-hour course covers the fundamental concepts and technologies of online video and includes hands-on exercises featuring some of the most commonly used tools in the industry

Featured Articles

Review: iSize BitSave Video Preprocessing

iSize claims that BitSave can deliver a 40% to 60% bitrate reduction while keeping the same video quality. We put those claims to the test.

How to Produce CMAF Output and Testing Playback

CMAF has reached maturity. Here's one way to go about using it, with AWS Elemental MediaConvert

Short Cuts

How Much Redundancy Does Your Live Stream Need?

AWS Solutions Marketing Manager Kiran Patel walks streamers through the logic of how much redundancy to build into their live streams in this clip from Streaming Media West 2019.

The Case for Event-Driven Aggregation in OTT

MediaKind VP Erik Ramberg argues that we should rethink how we value live video and aggregate it in our OTT offerings in this clip from Streaming Media West 2019.

Blog

How Live Streaming Brings Us Together

The Living Room Concert for America is just the latest example of how living-room streaming is revolutionizing how we connect with art, artists, and each other

Industry News

Business as Usual Support, When Business isn’t Usual

Grass Valley is deploying a robust Business Continuity Initiative to help protect broadcasters, content owners and production companies, and give them enhanced operational support options and free access to selected services during this trying time.

Grass Valley To Deliver Helpful Information and Spring Updates To Screens Across the Globe Via GV LIVE Presents

Grass Valley is set to engage with customers and prospects virtually in a series of events branded GV LIVE Presents.

Wicket Labs Announces Further Funding From Madrona Venture Group, WestRiver Group, and Others to Accelerate Audience Insights Platform Development

Wicket Labs Announces Further Funding From Madrona Venture Group, WestRiver Group, and Others to Accelerate Development. Recent Customers Include Acorn TV, Brown Sugar, MHz Choice, Noggin, Yippee, and Urban Movie Channel.