Posted by Derrick on February 28, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
German streaming and media hosting provider nacamar GmbH, is installing Kaltura’s open source video platform at its own data 
center in Frankfurt and will offer a hosted video management solution to broadcasters, publishers, content providers, multimedia agencies, enterprises and educational institutions in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Luxembourg.
Kaltura is the only OVP currently offering a self-hosted platform in addition to a SaaS product, giving users the option of a build vs. buy solution unique to the market. Kaltura offers three options for self-hosting, a free, community supported version, an Enterprise Edition under a commercial license, and an OEM Edition, which is similar to the Enterprise Edition, but for providers that will be offering their own deployment of the Kaltura hosted video platform.
nacamar will recast its online video service medianac® as version 2.0 at the CeBIT 2010 tradeshow in Hamburg next week. The company says the new site offers state-of-the-art content upload, transcoding, metadata management, player and playlist or channel management, ad-integration, detailed usage statistics, community functions, and players which customers can integrate into their websites. The “medianac® powered by Kaltura” solution will be part of nacamar’s strategic market approach in the realm of online media applications.
“The European Market for online media solutions is growing fast,” said Uwe Schnepf, nacamar’s managing director. “(Kaltura) complements our open system approach, that is, defined interfaces with existing content management systems as well as individual players and front-end design by multimedia partners and agencies. Together with Kaltura, we will be able to offer one of the best and most flexible online video services in Europe.”
nacamar is one of the leading German providers of live and on demand streaming, podcasting and vodcasting, video-on-demand solutions and shared media hosting; it also offers integration of payment systems and digital rights management. It counts as customers several media and broadcasting companies such as ZDF, 3sat, and SWR. Since 2007. It’s a subsidiary of the ecotel group.
Read more: http://www.fierceonlinevideo.com/story/kaltura-teams-germanys-nacamar-expanded-online-video-offering/2010-02-22#ixzz0gtFwH8Mo
Posted by Derrick on February 27, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Telestream’s Wirecast supports Live Encoding to QuickTime Streaming Server. This is a good thing if you’re going to be delivering you Live Webcast to Apple’s QuickTime Streaming and you have a PC for your Live Encoder. You can easily send your Live Stream to the QTSS in the H.264 flavor and customize the frame size, datarate, key frame interval, fps etc. Since QuickTime Broadcaster is not available for the PC Wirecast provides a wonderful solution for Live Encoding to QTSS with many other added benefits.
Wirecast provides a more advanced level tool for Webcasting. Not only does it support Live Encoding to QTSS but Wirecast (for PC) also sports Live Encoding to Windows Media Server, Flash Streaming Servers and many CDNs. With it you can encode from Fireware cameras attached via Firewire. If you have separate Firewire cards installed you can switch between multiple Firewire cameras. Multiple Live Streams can be sent to the same server/different servers and you can create an archive for on-demand viewing later during your Webcast. Wirecast also provides a full production switcher in software. You can switch seamlessly between multiple cameras, multiple video sources, and Powerpoint presentations.
Lower thirds (name keys) can also be included during your Webcasts. So you could have 10-15 or more lower third graphics called up as desired during your production. Wirecast comes with many pre-made lower third templates saving you a tremendous amount of time in design. Wirecast can also do nice transitions and dissolves between sources. You can even do Picture-N- Picture. Wirecast is not free like QuickTimeBroadcaster but you will definitely get a superior tool for Webcasting along with the ability to solve the issue of Live Encoding to Apple’s QuickTime Streaming Server from a PC.
Tags: encoding, flash, h.264, live, media, Multiple Live Streams, Powerpoint, presentations, QTSS, quicktime, Server, streaming, webcast, webcasting, Windows, Wirecast
Posted by Derrick on February 26, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Brightcove Inc., the leading online video platform, announced an agreement with Virgin Media, the UK’s leading entertainment and communications company, to support short-form video content across Virginmedia.com. Virgin Media offers a range of online news, sports, music and entertainment content and will use the Brightcove platform to publish and distribute high quality, advertising-supported video across its website.
“We’re putting Virginmedia.com at the heart of our entertainment line-up with the recent launch of our music video on demand service and our new gaming site,” said Alex Green, executive director of TV and Online at Virgin Media. “Brightcove will help us deliver a fantastic video experience for all of our visitors as we bring more and more content online.”
Virginmedia.com is one of the UK’s most popular websites with around 11 million visitors a month. With Brightcove, Virgin Media has a single, integrated solution to meet its online video publishing and distribution needs. The Brightcove platform also enables visitors to the Virgin Media website to engage and interact with video content through advanced social sharing, ratings and other community-building features.
The first Virgin Media brand to roll out the Brightcove platform is Virgin Media Television’s LIVING, which recently launched Liv, the UK’s first online TV channel to deliver free, exclusive, and original short-form video content. Brightcove has also enabled LIVING to deliver its lifestyle-focused video content to a host of third party websites and social networks.
“Virgin Media has a strong reputation for delivering a truly integrated entertainment and communications experience for its millions of customers throughout the UK,” said Jeremy Allaire, Brightcove chairman and chief executive officer. “We are proud that Virgin Media has chosen the Brightcove platform to support its ongoing efforts to provide viewers with unprecedented access to its vast library of high quality online video.”
Posted by Derrick on February 24, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
At the 2010 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Verizon Wireless and Skype announced a strategic relationship that will bring Skype to Verizon Wireless smartphones in March. The new Skype mobile™ product enhances Verizon Wireless’ smartphones for users who have data plans by offering a new way to call around the globe, while also giving hundreds of millions of Skype users around the world the opportunity to communicate with friends, family and business colleagues in the United States using Verizon Wireless.
The two companies have created an exclusive, easy-to-use Skype mobile offering for 3G smartphones. Verizon Wireless 3G smartphone users with data plans can use Skype mobile to:
- make and receive unlimited Skype-to-Skype voice calls to any Skype user around the globe on America’s most reliable wireless network;
- call international phone numbers at competitive Skype Out calling rates;
- send and receive instant messages to other Skype users; and
- remain always connected with the ability to see friends’ online presence.
Initially, Skype mobile will be available on millions of best-selling Verizon Wireless 3G smartphones with data plans, including the BlackBerry® Storm™ 9530, Storm2™ 9550, Curve™ 8330, Curve™ 8530, 8830 World Edition and Tour™ 9630 smartphones, as well as DROID by Motorola, DROID ERIS™ by HTC and Motorola DEVOUR™.
John Stratton, executive vice president and chief marketing officer for Verizon Wireless, said, “Skype mobile on Verizon Wireless changes the game. For Verizon Wireless’ more than 90 million customers, Skype mobile adds great value because we’re effectively giving customers with smartphones and data plans the option to extend their unlimited calling community to hundreds of millions of Skype users around the globe. And you’re not limited to using a single type of phone; we’ll have nine smartphones ready right at launch in March.”
Josh Silverman, chief executive officer of Skype, noted, “People want to take their Skype conversations with them wherever they go, whether it’s on a PC, TV or increasingly mobile phones. Verizon Wireless will give U.S. consumers the best Skype experience on mobile phones and will truly change the way people call their friends and family internationally.”
Tags: 3G, 8830 World Edition, BlackBerry Storm, Curve 8330, Curve 8530, DROID, DROID ERIS, HTC, Motorola, Motorola DEVOUR, Skype, Smartphones, Storm2, Tour 9630, Verizon Wireless
Posted by Derrick on February 23, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Onstream Media Corporation, a leading online service provider of live and on-demand internet video, corporate web communications and content management applications, announced the official launch of its high quality, live mobile video streaming service enabled for iPhone and BlackBerry users.
The new mobile video streaming service was developed with Onstream Media’s leading Digital Media Services Platform (DMSP) technology which services clients in the Global 2000, Media and Entertainment, and Business-to-Business community. The service is device agnostic, enabling adaptive and segmented streaming to popular mobile devices using Akamai’s Content Delivery Network. Onstream Media’s new mobile video streaming service, along with their digital subscription storefront, was recently implemented by Ocean20 Technologies Group LLC, a customer that specializes in wireless applications and systems architecture. The service enables subscribers to receive live and/or on-demand mobile wireless-based video including concerts and other live entertainment on their mobile “smartphones” including Blackberries and iPhones. Ocean20 recently webcasted the rock band Creed live and will soon provide live mobile wireless streaming for additional rock groups, directly to these smart phones.
“Going with Onstream Media was a logical decision for us,” said Joseph McGowan of Ocean20 Technologies Group, LLC. “Not only is Onstream Media a proven, high quality and reliable service provider of video streaming live and on-demand events for the Media and Entertainment industry, but they also have great, cost-effective and easy-to-use solutions to help monetize our online business, including integrated pay-per-view, subscription and ad streaming technology. Onstream Media enables our customers to expand their audience for streaming rock concerts beyond PCs to hundreds of thousands of smartphones.”
“There’s no denying that mobile computing represents tremendous potential to engage and interact with an incredibly vast, global population of users,” said Randy Selman, President and CEO of Onstream Media. “Onstream Media prides itself on our innovative and entrepreneurial spirit which continues to drive new advancements to help our clients attract, interact and grow an online community of loyal followers – all without large technology investments, IT know-how or costly resources.”
Onstream’s live mobile video streaming service automatically monitors incoming video signals before and during a live stream and automatically detects the type of video to insure best possible results. In addition, Onstream’s mobile video streaming service is integrated with the Akamai Content Delivery Network to deliver video in all the popular formats including Adobe Flash, H.264, VP6 and Windows Media/VC-1. The solution also leverages Akamai’s HD Network which enables content providers to deliver more HD content than previously possible due to its globally-distributed EdgePlatform of more than 50,000 servers, wide-scale distribution in 70 countries and increased throughputs in more than 900 networks.
Tags: Adobe Flash, BlackBerry, content, devices, h.264, internet, iPhone, live, mobile, on-demand, service, Smartphones, streaming, VC-1, Video, vp6, windows media
