As CDNs commoditize and streaming grows up, companies are gobbling up patents in an attempt to stay competitive. Who will come out on top?
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Posted 08 Aug 2008
Things to consider and questions to ask when writing a request for proposal for a corporate webcasting system
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Posted 08 Aug 2008
A walk through some of the new encoding features of Microsoft’s new Expression Encoder 2 product for high-quality compression, authoring with Silverlight skins, and publishing to the Silverlight Streaming service.
Fri., Sept. 12, by Ben Waggoner
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Posted 08 Aug 2008
Making a case for intuitive mobile device design
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Posted 08 Aug 2008
The 2008 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards and other announcements from the editor's desk
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Posted 08 Aug 2008
 What's the difference between digital rights management and conditional access technologies? What are the DRM strategies in use today? And why should you care? This DRM primer breaks it all down.
Thurs., 7 Aug, by Dom Robinson
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Posted 07 Aug 2008
 Through acquisitions and partnerships, Thomson’s Technicolor is growing its business smartly in the United States and Europe, with an eye on Latin America and Asia for 2009.
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Posted 05 Aug 2008
 In this week's podcast, Tim Siglin talks to Benjamin Wayne, CEO and Founder of Fliqz, who shares his opinions about what's wrong with video advertising CPM rates, agencies and the cost of content production.
Thurs., July 31, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 31 Jul 2008
 Voting opens today for our second annual awards. Almost 200 products and services have been nominated in 20 categories. Each voter will be entered to win an 8GB iPhone.
Mon., July 28, by Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen
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Posted 28 Jul 2008
 The NewsMarket, which supplies royalty- and rights-free video clips to media outlets, started a Beijing 2008 Olympics channel in April and has already supplied clips to more than 350 news organizations worldwide.
Thurs., July 24, by Bill Greenwood
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Posted 24 Jul 2008
 Highwinds RollingThunder CDN has chops, but also doesn't compete with its customers, as proven by recent deals with Castfire and Technicolor.
Tues., July 22, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 22 Jul 2008
Due to popular demand, the nominations process will now remain open until Friday, July 25, and reader voting will begin on Monday, July 28.
Tues., July 22, by Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen
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Posted 22 Jul 2008
Chinese streaming broadcaster rights now licensed to several interested parties, and On2 is getting into the act, announcing that Chinese Central Television’s CCTV.com will be using the Flix Engine to encode content with VP6.
Thurs., July 17, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 17 Jul 2008
The first in a series of podcasts with Streaming Media All Stars, this spirited discussion with Nico McLane includes Jan Ozer and several opinions on Windows Media, Flash, H.264 and the needs of enterprise user.
Fri., July 11, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 11 Jul 2008
The Flip Video Ultra is so much more than it at first seems to be. It is so simple that for the first time in years I have been able to focus on what I am filming rather than how to improve the image. The output is simple and effective and the extra software, although simple, actually turns it into a great communications tool.
Thurs., 10 July, by Dom Robinson
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Posted 10 Jul 2008
Last year, more than 3,000 people voted in the inaugural Readers' Choice Awards. This year's awards feature a new, expanded list of categories. Nominations are due by July 21, so get yours in today.
Thurs., July 10, by Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen
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Posted 09 Jul 2008
 This year's Connections conference highlighted the paths and pitfalls to streaming in the home, with competing approaches offering simplified user experiences. And while there's a push towards a unified standard, its realizations seems a long ways off.
Tues., July 8, by IdaRose Sylvester and Tim Siglin
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Posted 08 Jul 2008
Today's media players are advancing broadcast media by leveraging the internet as a delivery medium. As such, these technologies are now becoming disruptive far beyond the confines of the web.
Thurs., July 3, by Ezra Davidson
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Posted 03 Jul 2008
 Adobe has released code to search engine giants Google and Yahoo! that allow them to index content ins SWF files, including metadata about Flash Video embedded in the SWF file.
Tues., July 1, by Tim Siglin
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Posted 01 Jul 2008
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