Experience the World of Analytics with Sawmill Professional

Posted by Derrick on October 7, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Experience the World of Analytics with Sawmill Professional. If you haven’t had a chance to experience analytics you should really consider using Flowerfire’s Sawmill. Many organizations don’t even consider the option to analyze their Web Server or Streaming Server traffic. Some organizations have millions of web visitors within a 3 month period and can benefit from utilizing analytics with Sawmill. You can use reports generated with Sawmill to recognize successes, errors/problems, and understand your viewers better.  Many organizations in the U.S. that have websites or delivery streaming video content are likely to have many web and streaming viewers abroad but don’t realize it. Creating reports with Sawmill can help you take understand you international viewers better as well as improve your on-line content. What’s great about Sawmill is that it can process 853 log formats.  Attend one of our 1-Day Sawmill Professional Training classes to get a better understanding analytics with Sawmill.  Call Freeman Compression Inc. at 407.477.5837 for more information or E-mail us at info@freemancompression.com.

VP8 Video from Anystream Avalon and Agility 2G

Posted by Derrick on August 1, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Anystream, the leading provider of automated multi-platform media publishing solutions, announced that Agility 2G and Avalon products will produce VP8 video in support of the WebM initiative.

“A key factor in the web’s success is that its core technologies are open and freely implementable. Video is fundamental to the web experience, and developers and content publishers need an open video format option,” said Mike Jazayeri, Group Product Manager at Google. “We are excited Grab Networks is joining a broad coalition of industry leaders supporting the WebM project to bring a new era of open innovation in web video.”

“Avalon with VP8 automates media packaging for on-line distribution to YouTube.” said Jim Duval, Director of Product Management at Anystream.  “Avalon eliminates the complexity of manually assembling and validating media, metadata, graphics and other media elements that are required by YouTube and other digital media distribution outlets.”

Agility 2G automates and streamlines content production and delivery for television, web and mobile media applications.  In a single workflow, Avalon assembles and validates commercial metadata that is seen in the promotions and displays on video portals, electronic storefronts and electronic program guides.  Avalon also converts media into the specified formats and packages the content with the metadata into media products that conform to all of the delivery requirements.

Shipment of Agility 2G with VP8 will begin in the second half of 2010.

Sorenson 360 Enables Compuware Gomez to Deliver High-Quality Online Video Content

Posted by Derrick on July 1, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Gomez, the Web performance division of Compuware, was looking for an online video platform (OVP) that could scale flexibly with its growing online video needs. The company selected Sorenson Media’s OVP, Sorenson 360, to quickly create and deliver high-quality online video content for its website and integrate seamlessly with WordPress.

Gomez’s industry-leading solutions for optimizing the performance, availability, and quality of web and mobile applications are used by more than 3,000 customers worldwide, ranging from small companies to large enterprises – including 12 of the top 20 most-visited U.S. Web sites.

“Many of the world’s leading companies rely on Gomez to help them increase revenue, decrease costs and build brand loyalty by optimizing the performance, availability and quality of their Web and mobile applications,” said Kirk Punches, vice president of sales and business development for Sorenson Media. “Gomez chose Sorenson 360 to address the company’s online video needs and meet all of its website’s online video challenges.”

Gomez required an OVP that provides control of the management and hosting for its archived files, and a more effective way to implement its own registration process. In addition to its Archived Webinar video content, Gomez wanted reliable solutions for the development and online delivery of its marketing videos, which incorporate both Flash animation and traditional video images.

“Sorenson’s scalable product enabled us to enter into online video gradually,” said Tarah Cammett, director of marketing for Gomez. “We received excellent quality and results from the Sorenson Squeeze client-side encoding solution, so we decided to evaluate Sorenson 360 online video platform to address our online video challenges.”

Customers can use the gold-standard Sorenson Squeeze client-side encoding application to easily compress and upload videos directly to Sorenson 360, ensuring maximum control and industry-best online video quality.

The flexibility and scalability of Sorenson 360’s features and pricing enabled Gomez to seamlessly transition through three successive stages of video deployment on its site. In the first, exploratory stage, Gomez added a few smaller videos to its site, which enabled the company to minimize expenses while evaluating the response and viewing patterns of site visitors.

Encouraged by brisk viewership during this first stage and Sorenson 360’s ease of use, the company upgraded its service to include more and larger video files to accommodate increasing numbers of viewers. The accelerating viewership and the seamless transition with Sorenson 360 emboldened the company to enter its third and current stage, with an increasing emphasis on customized videos and the incorporation of RTMP streaming. This final stage of heightened video content and quality has driven significant increases in video views and overall site traffic for Gomez.

Limelight Networks Announces HTTP Dynamic Streaming Support for the Adobe Flash Platform

Posted by Derrick on June 9, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Limelight Networks, Inc. extended its longstanding strategic relationship with Adobe by announcing support for HTTP Dynamic Streaming for the Adobe(R) Flash(R) Platform. Through this relationship, Limelight Networks will be first content delivery service in production with the solution. The announcement was made at the Streaming Media East trade show (May 11-13, 2010 in New York, NY), where Limelight Networks and Adobe were demonstrating.

Content publishers can begin working with Limelight Networks today to prepare their infrastructure and design their content distribution strategies for HTTP Dynamic Streaming. They can use the beta of Adobe Flash Player 10.1 to experience the high-quality streaming that this innovative platform provides for their online audiences, and then be ready for immediate service deployment when the final version of Flash Player 10.1 is released which is expected in the first half of 2010.

“Limelight Networks and Adobe engineering resources have collaborated over the past few months to integrate the innovations of HTTP Dynamic Streaming and Adobe Flash Media Server with our global delivery platform. Together, we have developed a finely-tuned delivery service that supports standards-based HTTP streaming,” said Peter Coppola, vice president, Limelight Networks, Inc. “We are pleased that through our collaboration with Adobe on this project, we have first-mover advantage in helping our customers create brilliant HTTP Dynamic Streaming experiences on a global basis.”

“Our close collaboration with Limelight during the pre-release of HTTP Dynamic Streaming has well positioned us to meet early demand by proving and demonstrating the technology to customers like DirecTV. With the upcoming release of Flash Player 10.1, customers will be able to enjoy all the benefits of the Adobe Flash Platform while also taking advantage of the proven, global HTTP infrastructure and software innovations of the Limelight Networks content delivery service,” said Doug Mack, vice president and general manager, Digital Imaging and Rich Media Solutions at Adobe. “The Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP) in Adobe Flash Media Server remains the leading protocol of choice delivering video on the Web. However, HTTP Dynamic Streaming complements RTMP and provides additional streaming functionality such as adaptive bit rate technology and intelligent content caching.”

Limelight DELIVER support for HTTP Dynamic Streaming is expected during Q2 2010.

Datasat Technologies and Network Foundation Technologies Announce Strategic Alliance

Posted by Derrick on April 27, 2010 under Video Streaming and Compression | Be the First to Comment

Datasat Technologies, Inc. is pleased to announce their strategic alliance with Network Foundation Technologies (NiFTy).Working together, the companies plan to further develop high-speed broadband technologies and the delivery of video content.

“High-speed broadband is the future and we are in the right place at the right time,” stated Chris Thomas, President and CEO of Datasat Technologies. Utilizing wireless 802.11n technology, Datasat Technologies’ suite of products allows for high definition video content delivery, providing new solutions for interactive media and live streaming events.

“Through our shared commitment to technology we embark on this collaborative venture and anticipate many successes in the years to come,” said Marcus Morton, NiFTy’s President and co-founder. NiFTy provides complete end-to-end online broadcasting services with a patented technology that is optimized for live and long-play content.

Datasat Technologies and NiFTy both currently offer technology systems that are scalable and cost effective.

NiFTy was the first and only broadcaster to offer live broadcasting for professional sports leagues, that included all games, all teams, for entire seasons, completely Free-For-View to the viewer. Earlier this month, NiFTy announced their renewed partnership with the Arena Football League to air the 2010 season on the AFL Live online broadcast network, beginning April 2nd. And most recently, NiFTy received the Governor’s Award for Technology Company of the Year by the Louisiana Technology Council in recognition of the company’s advanced technology applications.

The Datasat Technologies’ solution allows for the reliable, high-speed delivery of digital communications using 802.11n wifi technology to deliver – broadband internet, cellular telephony and interactive media. The entrepreneur behind Datasat Technologies, Phil Emmel, also established Datasat Communications, a global leader in satellite network solutions. Datasat Technologies recently participated in the FCC’s panel on Address Challenges to Broadband Deployment Financing.

Through their strategic alliance, Datasat Technologies and NiFTy look to provide new solutions for video broadcasting and web content delivery.