May 13, 2019

Online Video News

TiVo Will Split Into Two Separate Companies to Maximize Value

One company will control the TV platform and the other TiVo's IP licensing. The separation should be complete in the first half of 2020.

Use of Video in Influencer Marketing Up 2x, Says RhythmOne Report

Short videos are usually shared over Instagram and long videos over YouTube, but TikTok is emerging as an important platform for younger viewers.

Adobe Licenses Adobe Media Server and RTMP SDK to Veriskope

A team of Adobe and Macromedia veterans is now in charge of AMS and RTMP support and development, providing a transition resource for existing Flash customers.

Featured Articles

Cheddar Succeeds With Innovation and eSports: Streaming Media East 2019

In the post-cable era, where does a youth-oriented news company go to connect with an audience? Wherever those viewers already are, says Cheddar.

Hulu Highlights Focus Areas for the Coming Year: Streaming Media East 2019

The future of television is here, Hulu declared. To help it scale up from 28 million subscribers today to 60 million in the future, the company is focusing on three key areas.

NAB 2019: Brightcove Talks Cost Savings and QoE Improvements From Context-Aware Encoding

Per-title encoding is on the way out as Brightcove and others demonstrate the value of a more holistic approach. Streaming Media's Jan Ozer interviews Brightcove's Yuriy Reznic at NAB 2019.

Short Cuts

Video: When Low Latency Matters, and When it Doesn't

Sometimes low latency is critical, but in other streaming applications it's not worth prioritizing, Wowza Senior Solutions Engineer Tim Dougherty argues in this clip from Streaming Media West 2018.

Video: Where Streaming Latency is Today

Wowza Media Systems Senior Solutions Engineer Tim Dougherty surveys the recent and current state of streaming latency in this clip from his presentation at Streaming Media West 2018.

Blog

YouTube Won the 2019 NewFronts Because of What it Didn't Say

Brand safety? Predatory comments on videos? YouTube is laser-focused on fixing that. Now, back to the massive star-packed, music-filled party.

Disney, CBS, Akamai, Microsoft and More Speaking at Content Delivery Summit

This year's event next week features presentations and fireside chats from leading players in the world of content delivery, from the CDNs themselves to the broadcasters and content owners that use them.

NewFront Week 2019 Starts Monday; Here's What We Want to Know

The biggest online video publishers—including Hulu, Twitter, Verizon Media, and YouTube—will hold their newfront presentations next week. Here are the questions we want answered.

Industry News

U.S. Digital Ad Revenues Surpass $100 Billion Mark For The First Time, Hitting Landmark $107.5 Billion In 2018, According To Iab Internet Advertising Revenue Report

Record-Breaking Digital Marketing Spend Represents 22% Year-Over-Year Growth

Grabyo Partners With Audience Participation Platform Flowics

Grabyo and Flowics partner to simplify real-time audience interactivity for live video on social and digital platforms.

VIDIZMO’s Artificial Intelligence addressing challenges of Big Video Data

VIDIZMO is making the most of artificial intelligence in an age of Big Data and Regulations.