September 2018
Magazine Features
Can Streaming Video Provide a Cure for the Healthcare Crisis?
17 Sep 2018
One trial is using two-way video chat to connect at-risk patients with mental health professionals, and so far the results are encouraging.
Behind the Scenes at Facebook Live: Architecting a Success
24 Sep 2018
Facebook Live has changed the way publishers deliver live video. In this interview, learn about the tool's past, present, and future from two of the engineers responsible for creating it.
25 Years of Internet Radio: Part 1
06 Sep 2018
Can you believe it's been a quarter of a century since the first internet radio broadcast? In this first installment of a two-part series, we talk to some of the trailblazers who started a revolution.
The State of Server-Side Ad Insertion 2018
12 Oct 2018
For years, SSAI has promised targeted advertising in a seamless stream that defeats the ad blockers. Has the promise finally been realized?
Protecting Your Assets: How Studios Secure Their Premium Video
28 Sep 2018
Piracy will always be a problem, but new advances in DRM and watermarking are making headway in the never-ending global battle.
Portable Streaming Encoders Shrink and Grow
26 Sep 2018
As companies launch small-form-factor encoders (SFFEs) for live streaming and (sometimes) recording, one of the biggest questions potential users ask is whether these devices offer the same encoding functionality as larger units.
TechSmith Camtasia 2018 Review: More Evolution than Revolution
08 Oct 2018
The addition of project themes and 60 fps editing makes the trusted screencam program more useful, and some will get rendering speed improvements.
The Industry
Why Publishers Chase the Teen Video Market and Lose Every Time
10 Oct 2018
The biggest online publishers have created video platforms for tweens and teens, then watched them fold one-by-one. Here's what they still don't get.
Streams of Thought
How Australia's Optus Missed the Goal at the World Cup
25 Sep 2018
Optus claimed it experienced "unprecedented demand" for live video streaming during the 2018 World Cup, but what else would it expect?
Future in Focus
Can AI Make the Streaming Video Experience Even Better Than TV?
26 Sep 2018
Look for artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve content delivery, video compression, and viewer personalization, strengthening the entire workflow.
The Producer's View
Time to Start Testing: FFmpeg Turns 4.0 and Adds AV1 Support
27 Sep 2018
AV1 delivers equivalent quality to HEVC, but with a lower data rate. For now, though, it's slow. A five-second clip took 23 hours and 46 minutes to encode.
Class Act
Looking to Improve Educational Video? First Improve the Audio
10 Oct 2018
When schools go shopping for video production hardware, they should make audio quality a priority. Here's what to look for when buying new mics.