September 13, 2010

Online Video News

Anystream: What Will Telestream Do With It?

At IBC, Telestream outlined the role Anystream's Agility would play in its Vantage transcoding workflow solution

Ooyala Raises $22 Million to Accelerate Global Expansion

Investment will help the online video platform move beyond the U.S. and Europe into Asia, and brings total investment in Ooyala to $42 million

SRS Adds Surround Sound to Silverlight

Toolkit lets developers add 5.1 surround sound to videos played on computers and consumer devices.

Akamai Simplifies iOS Streaming

Customers can now encode only once and still deliver streams to the iPhone and iPad.

Encoding.com Announces Easy Mobile Encoding

One-click presets aim to take the hassle out of serving video to portable devices.

Netflix Partners with Nu Image/Millennium to Get First-Run Films

Deal will make a handful of big budget action films available to online streaming customers.

Featured Articles

The Silverlight Guru

This month the guru takes questions on RTSP Streaming in Silverlight, Windows Media Encoder on a Smartphone, and Windows Media Player 12 with Windows Server 2008.

First Look: Flash Media Server 4

Today Adobe announced the immediate availability of Flash Media Server 4, including Flash Media Enterprise Server, which includes "Fusion," an approach to multicasting that combines IP multicasting with what the company calls "application multicasting." Here's a detailed look at what's available in each of the three new FMS products, including a look at a test implementation by MediaPlatform.

Industry News

Accedo and Widevine Partner to Deliver OTT Video Services

NewTek Now Shipping Multi-Standard Version of TriCaster TCXD850 22-Channel, HD Rack Mount Switcher

IBC attendees will be the first to see new capabilities that have been added since the award-winning TriCaster TCXD850 was introduced at NAB 2010

Edgeware, Envivio, and Verimatrix Demonstrate Integrated Multi-Screen Solution for Operators at IBC 2010

Working with leading systems integrator, three specialist players in video delivery show integrated ecosystem for multi device adaptive streaming support

Jet-Stream Enhances VideoExchange, Enabling Service Providers to Implement a Three Screens CDN Strategy

Software-based CDN solution now includes tools to support seamless delivery of ‘open play’ content to TVs, PCs and mobile devices

Jet-Stream Announces Expansion of Partner Program to Enhance Three Screens CDN Platform

New and expanded partnerships deliver support and services for VideoExchange, Jet-Stream's software-based CDN solution for service providers

Harmonic's ProStream 1000 with ACE Technology Completes Microsoft Mediaroom Compliance Testing

KIT digital Acquires Accela Communications and Megahertz Broadcast Systems

Encoding.com Mobilizes Nature Education’s Scitable.com Videos with Mobile Made Easy Video Presets for All Popular Phones

Encoding.com Mobilizes Nature Education’s Scitable.com Videos with Mobile Made Easy Video -- One-Step Video Encoding Presets for iPad, iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, and Windows Mobile Phones