Autumn 2009

Magazine Features

Editor's Note: Blame It on the Blockbuster

Why do we focus on what online isn't built to do—the big blockbuster video event?

Conference Preview: Streaming Media Europe 2009

Keynotes from Disney, ITN On, informitv, and the IAB UK highlight this year's event, coming up in London in October. Click here for video interviews with two of the keynoters.

Online Video Advertising: What's Wrong With This Picture?

Online video is hotter than ever. So how come online video advertising success stories are so hard to find?

Case Study: Making Outside Broadcast an Affordable Reality

As shown by the webcast for the Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Global-MIX has set out to make outside broadcast accessible and affordable.

Streaming Gets Smarter: Evaluating the Adaptive Streaming Technologies

With adaptive bitrate streaming, companies can post a video and let the technology sort out the rest. So which product is best for you?

Review: Flumotion Streaming Server

As Fluendo goes commercial with its Flumotion Streaming Server technology, it may have created a product that will rival Wowza's Media Server Pro.

Class Act: On Production Values and Flipping Burgers

There's a tangle of ideas embedded in the concept of production values.

Case Study: FLIMP Gives Sony Ericsson WTA Tour a Boost

Encoding in the Cloud

Is it time to put cloud encoding on your radar?

Streams of Thought: Too Much of a Good Thing?

A supply-demand imbalance between advertisers and content distributors has inundated the web with ads. So what does this mean for the future?

Spicy Ideas: Hey, You! Pay Attention!—Three Reasons Why We Ignore Video

Lack of engagement opportunities, information overload, and physiology are some of the factors keeping viewers from focusing on videos.

Industry Perspectives: Chasing the Long Tail of Distribution

Maximizing Return on Premium Video