Winter 2015

Magazine Features

Streaming Forum Returns as Part of London Entertainment Week!

After taking a year off to focus on creating a bold new experience, the celebrated streaming video conference returns in February.

Apple Loses Innovation Edge in Video; Now Amazon Takes the Lead

What happened to Apple as an innovator? For truly innovative streaming video hardware and software, look at what Amazon is doing.

The Coming Disruption: Uncapped Mobile Will Be Unstoppable

Online access could look greatly different in the near future. No industry is too big to fail, and that includes today's biggest telecommunications companies.

What Esports Can Teach Video Creators About Attracting Viewers

Through a series of smart moves, esports organizations have built a global audience of millions of enthusiastic fans. Here are three takeaways for savvy content creators.

HEVC's Journey in 2015: Going Downhill and Gaining Speed

This year, HEVC has gone from the heir apparent to an unmanageable mess. Meanwhile, open source codec efforts are focused and progressing. What happened?

The 2015 Streaming Media Europe 101

This year's list features 21 new entrants, highlighting an industry that's not only thriving but growing faster than ever.

HbbTV 2.0: Could This Standard Become the Future of Television?

The next version of HbbTV is bringing a much more powerful toolset with it, and has the potential to change the current worldwide television landscape.

Resistance Is Futile: How Broadcast and Cable Are Embracing IP

Broadcast is moving to an IP-first, software-defined video infrastructure, and in the process reducing costs and creating new editorial opportunities.

Choosing a Capture Card for Multicamera Live Production

To choose the best capture card for mixing live events with PC-based software, pursue a multi-part analysis. This article teaches shoppers the crucial features to look for.

Testing the Vitec MGW Ace and MGW D265 for HEVC Encode/Decode

While Vitec's latest encoder and decoder are strong products by themselves, they're even more impressive when used together in a complete end-to-end solution.