Flash HTTP Streaming Another Wowza Feature

Posted by Derrick on November 25, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Flash HTTP Streaming another Wowza feature. Today the Wowza Media Server is much better in version 2.2.0 because now there’s support for Flash HTTP Streaming. This is great for those that have been wanting to implement the Flash HTTP Streaming for On-demand or Live Streaming. Wowza Media Server is always getting better and that’s why it’s the Streaming Server to buy. Wowza has already had Microsoft Silverlight Smooth Streaming support for a while now and many other features.

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Marvell Technology Integrates Sorenson Spark Video Decoder into Platform Solutions

Posted by Derrick on August 5, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Sorenson Media announced that the Sorenson Spark Software Developers Kit (SDK) has been licensed by Marvell Technology to incorporate the Sorenson Spark decoder in Marvell products. Sorenson Spark will be included in the company’s platform solutions designed to scale with set-top boxes, media players, e-readers, netbooks, smart phones, high-performance tablets and other advanced mobile devices.

Sorenson Spark is the industry’s most ubiquitous video codec and was the first codec used in Macromedia Flash, now Adobe Flash. The decoder exclusively enables the playback of hundreds of millions of videos on the Internet, including those on YouTube, the single largest online video destination today. The Sorenson Spark SDK allows developers to integrate the Sorenson Spark decoder into a wide array of programmable chipsets and semiconductors. The kit is designed to provide Sorenson Spark decoding on any platform, including custom silicon.

Marvell is a leading fabless semiconductor company with expertise in microprocessor architecture.   Marvell’s multiple platforms included networked Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, media players, mobile and wireless, and high volume storage solutions. These are used to power the complete value chain of mobile and wireless devices.

“Marvell is a technology leader, driving highly efficient and scalable platform solutions for consumers worldwide,” said Douglas Cebik, director of business development of Sorenson Media.  “Now, the company’s high performance mobile platforms will be able to play Internet video using the industry’s most common codec and consumers will enjoy more complete access to the full world of online video.”

Russia’s CDNvideo Partners with Wowza to Launch Video Delivery Services

Posted by Derrick on August 2, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Wowza Media Systems, the media server software company, announced that it has partnered with CDNvideo, a Moscow, Russia based content delivery services provider (CDN) that has deployed Wowza Media Server 2 platform to immediately offer a complete suite of video streaming services. The Wowza-based services include live streaming, as well as video-on-demand delivery of content such as movie trailers and full length movies to mobile and desktop users.

Wowza Media Servers are deployed in CDNvideo-owned points of presence spanning Russia, Ukraine and Western Europe, delivering services for small-to-medium size businesses and large enterprises with packages starting at 300 Rubles (app. €9 Euro). CDNvideo’s services benefit content owners with its high performance and the flexibility to monetize video via multiple self-administered channels, including paid SMS messages and embedded video advertisements.

“Our CDN was built with a goal of delivering a three-screen, secure, high-quality video experience, and as importantly, to offer economically attractive pricing to our clients” said Yaroslav Gorodetsky, Chief Executive Officer of CDNvideo. “Deploying Wowza technology enables us to accomplish these goals.”

Wowza Media Server, the unified media server, enables simultaneous streaming to any screen — the desktop, mobile and the living room — delivered to popular players and devices, including Flash, Silverlight, Apple iPhone/iPod, Android, Blackberry, IPTV set-tops and more

“Wowza Media Server has become the premier media server choice for service providers,” commented Alex Dobrushin, Chief Marketing Officer at Wowza. “Wowza-powered cross-platform services are in high demand and we are excited to bring its benefits to customers in Russia, CIS and beyond trough our partnership with CDNvideo.”

GS Neotek CDN Scores with Wowza Media Server 2

Posted by Derrick on July 11, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Wowza Media Systems, the media server company, announced that GS Neotek, one of the largest Content Delivery Networks (CDN) in South Korea and a Wowza Streaming Partner for more than a year, has upgraded to the Wowza Media Server 2 software. The upgrade has made an immediate impact for SBS (Seoul Broadcasting Systems), a GS Neotek customer that has successfully streamed the World Cup games to mobile customers on Apple iPhone/iPad and Android devices.

With Wowza Media Server 2, GS Neotek now has a unified delivery platform for live and on-demand video and audio streaming services encompassing a multitude of player clients and devices, including Flash, Silverlight, Android, and iPhone/iPad devices. Wowza’s industry-leading 10 Gbps per-server performance further enables GS Neotek to reduce its costs through lower media server and operating system licensing fees, and by eliminating the need for multiple client-specific media servers.

“GS Neotek has long been recognized as the best partner for delivering high-quality online video in South Korea and today we expand our vision,” said Nogi Yoon, manager of GS Neotek. “We chose Wowza Media Server 2 because it is easy to deploy, extremely cost-effective, and supports a diverse variety of players, platforms and devices. Wowza is the only solution we have encountered that offers high performance and an agile architecture that can evolve with the changing media delivery landscape. The result is that our customers can deliver reliable video to consumers on three screens — living room, mobile and desktop.”

Many companies in the media and e-learning markets, including such industry heavyweights as Naver, Ongamenet and Seoul Broadcasting Systems (SBS), rely on the GS Neotek-Wowza infrastructure for delivery of their content to multiple devices.

“Wowza’s partnership with GS Neotek illustrates our joint commitment to innovation and to providing customers with high-quality, enjoyable video streaming experience no matter the player or device platform they use,” said Dave Stubenvoll, CEO and co-founder, Wowza Media Systems. “We are very excited to expand our partnership with GS Neotek to further boost Wowza’s already formidable presence in the burgeoning South Korean market.”

As the industry’s first truly unified media server, Wowza Media Server 2 provides a cohesive software platform capable of simultaneously delivering video from a single encoded source to a multitude of clients and devices, including Flash, Silverlight, and QuickTime, IPTV set-top boxes, as well as the world’s leading video-friendly mobile devices including Android and Blackberry phones, as well as the Apple iPhone and iPad.

2 Day Training covers H.264 vs MPEG-4

Posted by Derrick on July 10, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Our 2 Day Training covers H.264 vs MPEG-4.  This is one of the benefits of our 2-Day Video Streaming and Compression Training.   Besides learning how to encode to Windows Media, Real Media, QuickTime, H.264 and Flash students learn about MPEG-4’s and H.264’s role in the MPEG-4 standard.  Our 2-Day Video Streaming and Compression class also provides students with fully functional web authoring templates for streaming video. Check our Video Streaming Training Schedule to participate in the next 2-Day Video Streaming and Compression Training. You can also call us at 407.477.5837 or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com to get more details.