Autumn 2008

Magazine Features

Case Study: Jyske Bank Serves Espresso, Enterprise Video

With the help of Media Publisher, Envivio, Stratacache, and IBM Services, the Danish bank offers customers a dazzling video experience in addition to more traditional financial services.

Class Act: What's Your Digital Media Strategy?

These days, most learning institutions take the necessity of investing in their websites seriously. But when it comes to digital media, I feel like it’s 1998 all over again.

A Crash Course in Flash Video

If you're not using Flash Video, chances are you soon will be. Here's an overview of what Flash Video is, what it can and cannot do, and why you'd want to choose it over other formats.

Webcasting With Windows Media

Tips, tricks, and best practices for getting the most out of WMV webcasts.

Review: Sorenson Squeeze 5

With Squeeze 5, Sorenson took baby steps in some critical new directions. Unfortunately, unless it's your child, baby steps are seldom graceful or particularly effective, and that's the case here.

Review: Inlet Technologies Spinnaker S3000

Another winning real-time encoder from Inlet

When Should You Choose P2P?

With potential to upend the economics around and ultimately enable high-quality video delivery, P2P holds such promise that if you don’t already have a P2P strategy, rest assured your competition does.

Producing Content for Mobile Delivery

Producing video content for wireless networks can be as complicated as delivering it successfully. To make video work effectively, we need a new understanding of production processes, driven by the realities of the wireless delivery channel.

Editor's & Publisher's Note: Growing Up

As Streaming Media magazine expands into Europe, its editor and publisher look back at its past an forward to its future.

Flashpoint: Live Flash Video—Ready for Prime Time?

Flash video has achieved widespread popularity, but how well can it handle live streaming?

Industry Perspectives: Fast-Forwarding to the Video Web of the Future

An examination of the issues that will make or break online video as it attempts to adapt to increasingly difficult viewer demands

London Calling: Streaming Media Europe Preview

Four high-profile keynote speakers—from the BBC, Vodafone, MTV, and Dailymotion—lead the way as Streaming Media Europe moves forward.

New Media Challenges: Lessons From the Good Old Broadcast Industry

Three ways in which the broadcast industry will impact the new media market

No Turning Back: The State of the European Content Delivery Market

After more than a decade of fits and starts, the content delivery market in the U.K. and Europe is poised for major growth.

Streams of Thought: H.264 Wins—Now What?

WIth Microsoft's announcement that it's adding H.264 playback to Silverlight, some would argue that H.264 has emerged triumphant in the codec wars. So what does that mean for the future of online video?
Tues., Sept. 9, by Tim Siglin