Posted by Derrick on May 9, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | 
RealNetworks, Inc., the digital entertainment services company, released a new version of its Helix Media Delivery Platform with advancements that enable organizations to stream live and on-demand content in any format to any device.
Real’s Helix Platform provides the tools to create, deliver, monitor, monetize, organize and play digital media. The latest update includes support for Flash, MP4/H.264, Silverlight, Windows Media and QuickTime on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry and Symbian devices, creating a truly universal platform.
“Real’s Helix Platform sets the industry standard, providing consumers with the highest quality digital media experience,” said Kari “Kaila” Kailamaki, vice president for Helix, RealNetworks. “Our latest update makes Helix Platform the most reliable, universal and cost-effective solution for any media and any playback environment across all devices, including PCs, mobile phones and internet-connected TVs.”
The Helix Platform’s advancements include:
• Simultaneous content delivery from a single media source for iPhone, iPad, Flash Player, Silverlight, H.264 and RealVideo—simplifying video distribution for content owners
• A comprehensive set of tools that helps content owners monetize and control access to content, including enhanced client control, external authorization and streaming session logging, and management
• The ability to upload, tag, search and discover digital media quickly, particularly relevant in the education market
• Encoding into standard MP4/H.264 for maximum audience reach without requiring separate encoders to reach devices like the iPhone and iPad
• Support for rapidly building and deploying a compelling, customized mobile video viewing experience on mobile handsets supporting over 900 devices including iPhone, Android, BlackBerry, Nokia with the new Helix Rich Media Client.
Tags: content, delivery, encoders, encoding, handsets, Helix, live, media, mobile, MP4/H.264, on-demand, phones, platform, RealNetworks, stream, Video
Posted by Derrick on May 5, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Re-streaming IP cameras is a excellent feature of Wowza Media Server 2. There are so many great features available in the Wowza Media Server and this Flash Streaming Server allows users to do so much. What’s nice with the Wowza Media Server is you can build applications on top of applications. For example, you can create an application to re-stream an IP camera and then you can also set that application up for live recording of your IP camera. Here’s what I like about the Wowza Media Server 2. “You can think of the type of application that you’d like to create for streaming your video content, and then you can try to create it. It’s great when you can create what you’re thinking about.”, says Derrick Freeman, Instructor and Video Streaming Consultant for Freeman Compression Inc. The key is understanding how the Wowza Media Server 2 works. To learn more about re-streaming IP Cameras and other featurese of Wowza attend one of our Wowza Media Server 2 Training classes. Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 for more information or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com.
Tags: applications, camera, cameras, classes, content, Flash Streaming Server, IP, re-stream, Re-streaming, training, Video, Wowza Media Server 2
Posted by Derrick on May 4, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Brightcove Inc., the leading online video platform, continues to contribute significantly to the growth of online video initiatives of De Agostini Editore, a major Italian publishing group. One year after launching DeAbyDay.tv, the Web TV site of De Agostini Editore, on the Brightcove platform, DeAbyDay has largely increased the flow of on line users and has grown to include eight popular topic channels.
“Our goal is to establish De Agostini Editore as the top-of-mind publisher for valuable, high quality online video content,” said Pierfrancesco Gherardi, Managing Director of Digital De Agostini, the Digital Media Division of De Agostini Editore. “The Brightcove platform provides unmatched flexibility, video performance and quality, as well as integrations with leading advertising networks and servers that have enabled us to introduce new opportunities for our growing library of video content.”
The Brightcove platform enables De Agostini Editore to easily publish and distribute high quality, advertising-supported “how to” video content on DeAbyDay.tv and across other Digital De Agostini properties. Through Brightcove’s advanced social sharing capabilities and ease of integration with leading advertising networks, De Agostini Editore is also able to rapidly expand its online audience.
“De Agostini Editore offers visitors a unique online experience through the host of original online video content they are providing at DeAbyDay.tv,” said Vanessa Wade, Brightcove senior vice president of sales in EMEA. “We are proud to support De Agostini Editore’s expanded online video efforts both in Italy and throughout Europe as the organization continues to rapidly grow its online audience.”
Posted by Derrick on May 3, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Streaming content providers should contact MPEGLA for H.264 licensing. Many might not know it but if you’re streaming video content using the MPEG-4 standard with MPEG-4 Part 2 (MPEG-4) or MPEG-4 Part 10 (AVC/H.264) there are licensing requirements. You can contact MPEGLA directly or you can visit their website for more information about how the licensing works. There are .PDFs and PowerPoint presentations available for download on the MPEGLA website.
Posted by Derrick on May 2, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression |
Sorenson Media announced that Go Daddy has chosen Sorenson Media video solutions to power its Quick Blogcast Web blogging platform for Mac users. Using Sorenson Squish, Sorenson Media’s proprietary browser-based encoding solution, Go Daddy Quick Blogcast customers can quickly and easily create, manage and publish video content, including podcasts and vlogs, for use on blog sites across the Web.
“Go Daddy is dedicated to keeping our services simple for our customers,” said Go Daddy vice president, Site Building Service, Wayne Oleksak. “Our partnership with Sorenson Media enables Mac-based bloggers to quickly and easily upload high-quality video content for their blogs.”
With Sorenson Squish, all encoding is done directly on the user’s desktop, making the video immediately ready for use in a Web environment and without the need for opening a separate application. The resulting smaller compressed file reduces bandwidth requirements and shortens upload time. The company’s best-in-class encoding technology ensures the highest-quality video content, while eliminating the need for encoding expertise and expensive, server-side infrastructure. Users can also easily capture and publish video content directly from their Webcam, DV cam or simply drag and drop a video file.
Go Daddy is one of a growing number of enterprise customers that have chosen Sorenson Media’s total video solutions to power their Internet video activities. The company has recently announced significant contracts with major universities throughout the world, as well as the John McCain 2010 re-election campaign.
“Our total end-to-end video solutions and APIs are tailor-made for the enterprise market,” said Kirk Punches, vice president of business development for Sorenson Media. “Our new partnership with Go Daddy underscores the reality that no one else empowers users with the same combination of quality, flexibility, control, intuitive functionality and cost-effectiveness that we offer.”
Tags: browser-based, content, Desktop, encoding, enterprise, podcasts, publish, Quick Blogcast, solution, Sorenson Media, Sorenson Squish, Video
