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The Evolution Of Content Delivery: From Bits And Bytes To Integrated Workflows

The Business Of Online Video - Sun, 05/19/2013 - 11:08

Getting content from point A to point B is only half the problem. The other half is addressing the complexity of making sure that the right content is delivered to the right audience. Content delivery is evolving by converging the physical delivery with the workflow pieces required to create and manage the content that enables customers to capitalize on a heightened level of efficiency to their business.

On Monday at the Content Delivery Summit in NYC, Limelight Networks explores how content delivery is evolving into an “outsourced business process” that includes content workflows and how businesses can benefit from the value provided by the integration of content and delivery workflows.

Now in its fifth year, the Content Delivery Summit is a one-day conference designed to bring together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration. Online registration is now closed, but readers of my blog can still register onsite using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a ticket to the show for only $395.

Speakers and presenters include: Netflix, eBay, LinkedIn, Redbox, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, TeliaSonera, Comcast, Charter Communications, Telstra, Pacnet, Telin as well as many of today’s leading solution providers. (#cdnsummit)

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Learn About Infrastructure Cost Management at The Content Delivery Summit

The Business Of Online Video - Sun, 05/19/2013 - 09:05

As content delivery services become increasingly complicated and diverse with dominant IaaS players, multi-CDN strategies, private cloud deployments, and 3rd party SaaS platforms, trying to track operational costs per delivery service and region can be very difficult. On Monday at the Content Delivery Summit in NYC, Stackpop will showcase a new platform designed to specifically address the pain points of Ops and IT professionals who manage the technical infrastructure that makes their companies run smoothly. See the latest tools that allow you to simplify managing, sourcing and optimizing infrastructure services from multiple vendors, while providing visibility into costs and contract terms for managing your IT deployments.

Now in its fifth year, the Content Delivery Summit is a one-day conference designed to bring together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration. Online registration is now closed, but readers of my blog can still register onsite using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a ticket to the show for only $395.

Speakers and presenters include: Netflix, eBay, LinkedIn, Redbox, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, TeliaSonera, Comcast, Charter Communications, Telstra, Pacnet, Telin as well as many of today’s leading solution providers. (#cdnsummit)

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Deploying an Operator CDN to Enhance Customer Experience

The Business Of Online Video - Sun, 05/19/2013 - 03:59

On Monday at the Content Delivery Summit in NYC, Akamai and Charter Communications will discuss industry trends leading network operators to evaluate and implement CDN software, and will showcase Charter Communications’ successful implementation of CDN. Charter will explain its decision to utilize a standard CDN approach to video, the challenges and best practices for implementation, its architecture, rollout process, results and next steps.

Now in its fifth year, the Content Delivery Summit is a one-day conference designed to bring together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration. Online registration is now closed, but readers of my blog can still register onsite using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a ticket to the show for only $395.

Speakers and presenters include: Netflix, eBay, LinkedIn, Redbox, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, TeliaSonera, Comcast, Charter Communications, Telstra, Pacnet, Telin as well as many of today’s leading solution providers. (#cdnsummit)

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The Future Of CDN And Cloud Delivery At Telefonica

The Business Of Online Video - Sat, 05/18/2013 - 11:54

On Monday at the Content Delivery Summit in NYC, Marta Garcia Lopez, Senior Manager of CDN Strategy and Marketing will give an in-depth look into Telefonica’s CDN initiatives and their present and future CDN strategy and deployments. Hear Telefonica´s view on the evolution of the CDN market and potential solutions for a converged CDN and cloud delivery scenario where telco’s play a key role in end-to-end delivery in the market. Analysis of different strategic solutions, including assessment of the future of interconnection models and partnerships will also be discussed.

Now in its fifth year, the Content Delivery Summit is a one-day conference designed to bring together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration. Online registration is now closed, but readers of my blog can still register onsite using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a ticket to the show for only $395.

Speakers and presenters include: Netflix, eBay, LinkedIn, Redbox, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, TeliaSonera, Comcast, Charter Communications, Telstra, Pacnet, Telin as well as many of today’s leading solution providers. (#cdnsummit)

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Hear About Operator Strategies for OTT Video Delivery at The CDN Summit

The Business Of Online Video - Sat, 05/18/2013 - 09:51

Many service providers are exploring ways to adapt their networks for the rapidly growing tidal wave of over-the-top video. While OTT offers a tremendous new opportunity, it also presents operators with a great challenge of scaling their networks. On Monday at the Content Delivery Summit in NYC, (#cdnsummit) learn the different content delivery solutions and technologies available for network operators to prepare their networks for the future of online video. This presentation by Qwilt will cover both traditional long-haul transit delivery solutions, as well as the technical requirements for new subscriber edge video delivery solutions targeted at the short-haul network backbone. Lastly, it will look at how the different solutions can work together in a symbiotic manner.

Now in its fifth year, the Content Delivery Summit is a one-day conference designed to bring together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration. Online registration is now closed, but readers of my blog can still register onsite using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a ticket to the show for only $395.

Speakers and presenters include: Netflix, eBay, LinkedIn, Redbox, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, TeliaSonera, Comcast, Charter Communications, Telstra, Pacnet, Telin as well as many of today’s leading solution providers.

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Latest Backbone Router Data: Massive Ongoing Changes in Content Distribution

The Business Of Online Video - Sat, 05/18/2013 - 04:44

On Monday at the Content Delivery Summit in NYC, (#cdnsummit) Craig Labovitz, Co-Founder of DeepField presents the latest numbers on multi-terabits per second of traffic data from backbone routers and exchanges points to explore ongoing large-scale changes in content distribution infrastructure over the last year. Learn about growth of newer entrants like Amazon as well as market changes from the established players including Akamai, Limelight, Level 3 and EdgeCast. The data presented will also provide an insight into the impact of new, service specific caches from Netflix and Google on the CDN market.

Now in its fifth year, the Content Delivery Summit is a one-day conference designed to bring together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration. Online registration is now closed, but readers of my blog can still register onsite using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a ticket to the show for only $395.

Speakers and presenters include: Netflix, eBay, LinkedIn, Redbox, Telefonica, Deutsche Telekom, TeliaSonera, Comcast, Charter Communications, Telstra, Pacnet, Telin as well as many of today’s leading solution providers.

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Redbox Instant is coming to Google TV soon, Roku up next

NewTeeVee - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 15:22

Redbox Instant by Verizon is going to bring its streaming service to Google TV devices soon: The company demonstrated a prototype of its app at Google I/O Friday, and a representative told me that the app will launch in earnest within the next few weeks. After that, the company is going to launch a channel on Roku media streamers.

Check out a photo of the app UI below:

Redbox Instant by Verizon’s prototype app was on display on an LG Google TV that ran the next version of Google TV that is based on Android 4.2.2, or Jelly Bean. That version will come to Google TV devices in the third quarter of this year, but I was told that the Redbox Instant app will be available before that, and that is going to work just fine with the current version of Google TV. However, the service won’t be available on Google TV devices using an Intel processor, which means that owners of the Logitech Revue and other first-generation devices won’t be able to use it.

Redbox Instant first launched on select Samsung TVs and Blu-ray players as well as PCs and mobile devices in March. The joint-venture between Redbox and Verizon has since added support for Microsoft’s Xbox 360 as well as select LG Smart TVs. I was told by a representative Friday that the company is looking to add support for Roku players soon after rolling out the Google TV app.

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A sneak peek at YouTube’s future as it rolls out new channel design for everyone

NewTeeVee - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 13:37

YouTube announced this week that it is going to roll out its new channel design to all of its publishers at the beginning of June. All channels that still use the previous design will automatically be converted on June 5 — but the new channels are just the first step towards a bigger goal of unifying YouTube’s design across all platforms.

YouTube Senior UX Designer Josh Sassoon and his colleague Tom Broxton, who leads the Monetization UX team at YouTube, gave a sneak peek at the multi-screen design principles that will guide YouTube’s future looks during a session at Google’s I/O developer conference in San Francisco Thursday. The big theme was eerily familiar to anyone following our I/O coverage this week: YouTube wants to unify its experience across all screens, the duo explained, while paying attention to the specific use cases for each and every screen.

The duo showed off some design concepts during their presentation, with some featuring the same kind of tile-based design that has been dominating Google’s mobile design language lately brought to the desktop, and at least one playing with the same kind of multi-column design that Google just launched with Google+ for a possible redesign of YouTube’s homepage.

Many of these things were just presented as examples of the design process, which is very data-driven and based on both A/B testing and traditional user research. Fun fact: YouTube has been passing out paper assignment booklets to select users, asking them to track when in the day they’re accessing the site and with which devices.

However, Sassoon and Broxton also shared a few slides of what they called sneak peeks — not necessarily final versions of what YouTube will look like, but definitely explorations that hint at where things are going:

Worth noting in this shot is that YouTube is trying to unify the subscribe button across platforms — which makes a lot of sense, given how much of a focus the site has put on channels.

Also, take a look at how gorgeous this TV UI looks. And once again, there’s a theme of unification across its desktop, tablet, Android, iPhone and ultimately TV platforms.

As for the current redesign: YouTube first introduced the newly designed channel page, dubbed One Channel, in February, and the site said that it has seen a 20 percent growth in page views on participating channels. All in all, more than 100 million channels have already opted in to the new design, according to a post on the YouTube Creators blog.

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The Business Case For Deploying Multi-Language Video

The Business Of Online Video - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 12:08

Since only 5.5% of the world speaks English as its native language, there’s a big opportunity to grow your audience by moving rapidly into global markets. At the Streaming Media East show, taking place next week May 21-22 in NYC, we have a session that will focus on The Business Case For Deploying Multi-Language Video.

This panel is an opportunity to learn the economics and business case for producing and distributing video in multiple languages. Each participant will discuss best practices, what’s ahead, distribution options, and the economics of their investments in reaching the emerging world in video. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: David Orban, CEO, Dotsub
• Tim Tyler, eLearning Manager, Coldwell Banker
• Marc Osofsky, SVP, CMO, Lionbridge
• Santiago Muro, COO, HSM USA

It’s not too late to get a pass to the show and readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a two-day ticket to the show for only $695 and gives you access to 40 sessions and how-to presentations and 100+ speakers. You can also register for an exhibits only pass and get access to the show floor, both keynotes from CBS and ESPN and all the networking events, at no charge. #smeast

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Learn How Old Media Is Embracing Online Video and New Media at #smeast

The Business Of Online Video - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 09:03

At the Streaming Media East show, taking place next week May 21-22 in NYC, we have a session that will discuss how converging media technologies are redefining traditional distribution methods; how interactive and on-demand services are changing; and how entertainment and news video is being consumed. Come hear from publishers, and advertisers about the impact that video and new media is having upon their business models. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Jose Castillo, President, thinkjose
• Erin Gargan, President and CEO, Socialite
• Mina Seetharaman, Senior Partner, Advanced Video Practice, OgilvyOne
• Steven Siegel, Specialist Sales Executive, Video, Microsoft Advertising
• Max Haot, Co-Founder, CEO, Livestream

It’s not too late to get a pass to the show and readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a two-day ticket to the show for only $695 and gives you access to 40 sessions and how-to presentations and 100+ speakers. You can also register for an exhibits only pass and get access to the show floor, both keynotes from CBS and ESPN and all the networking events, at no charge. #smeast

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Binge-watching forces “One Life to Live,” “All My Children” to cut back on new episodes

NewTeeVee - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 08:50

The original idea behind soap operas was that daily episodes would keep viewers hooked and advertisers happy. But few people have time to devote to mid-day TV any more, and as TV viewing shifts online, the model is changing.

It’s been just two and a half weeks weeks since popular soap operas One Life to Live and All My Children were reborn as online-only shows — but production company Prospect Park has already decided to cut back on the number of new episodes released online each week. The change in schedule, the company claims, is due to the fact that viewers are “binge-watching” instead of watching one episode a day, and this makes it too hard for them to keep up.

Starting on April 29, Prospect Park — which licensed the soaps from ABC — ran new, 30-minute episodes of each show every Monday through Thursday, followed by a recap on Friday. The shows are available on Hulu and Hulu Plus, or can be downloaded from iTunes. They’ve received “millions” of views, Prospect Park cofounders Rich Frank and Jeff Kwatinetz wrote in a letter to fans (PDF) this week, and have “consistently been in the top ten shows viewed on Hulu.”

But most viewers aren’t watching these shows the way they traditionally watched soap operas on TV. Instead, as with other TV shows online, “our shows are primarily consumed on different days than when they originally air,” Frank and Kwatinetz wrote:

“Primarily, fans have been binge viewing or watching on demand, and as a result, we feel we have been expecting our audience to dedicate what has turned out to be an excessive amount of time to viewing these shows. (As an example, for the substantial audience only watching on the weekends, we are currently asking them to watch five hours of programming to keep pace with our release schedule).”

In addition, viewers aren’t adhering to traditional soap-watching habits. When the shows were on ABC, “viewers watched only 2-3 episodes on average a week and picked up with whichever day’s episode it was.” By contrast, online viewers “seem to primarily start with the first episode and then continue forward episode by episode…yet starting from the beginning with the amount of episodes we are releasing is asking too much for viewers who need to catch up.”

Prospect Park is also concerned by the fact that, when the shows aired on ABC, viewers often watched both — but online things are different:

“The majority of our viewers are watching one show or the other, not both, and they aren’t viewing the shows when they did before. Part of the reason for choosing between the shows may be that the largest viewing takes place either between 12 PM and 1 PM (when people generally can only fit one episode during lunch time) or between 5 PM and 7 PM (when the vast majority of competing shows are a half hour long). We are finding that asking most people to regularly watch more than a half hour per day online seems to be too much.”

Overall, Frank and Kwatinetz conclude that “When it comes to online viewing, most of us are just trying to find time to watch series comprised of 13 to 22 episodes a season — so asking viewers to assign time for over 100 episodes per show is a daunting task.”

So starting Monday, May 20, the schedules will change. Each soap will now air just two new episodes a week: New episodes of All My Children will air online on Mondays and Wednesdays, and new episodes of One Life to Live will air on Tuesdays and Thursdays, with a recap episode on Friday. “Because Hulu agrees with our findings,” the founders wrote, “for the meantime they will keep all of our episodes on Hulu.com for free to give viewers the opportunity to find us and catch up.”

Frank and Kwatinetz acknowledge that “our most dedicated viewers will be upset,” but “we need to devise a model that works for all viewers and follows how they want, and are actually watching, online” in order to ensure that the shows “not meet the fate they experienced previously.” The

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LAST DAY for Early Bird Discount - June 4th Video Ad Summit

VideoNuze.com Analysis - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 08:10

Today is the last day for discounted early bird registration for the VideoNuze 2013 Online Video Advertising Summit on Tues, June 4th in NYC. Sign up now to save on the standard rate. As an added bonus, all early bird registrants will be eligible to win a Samsung 40-inch Smart TV, presented by VideoHub. For startups/students, note there's a special $195 ticket to make the event more affordable. Contact me for the discount code.

The 3rd annual Video Ad Summit is shaping up as a must-attend event for industry executives. There are over a dozen sessions and over 40 speakers from leading companies such as YouTube, GroupM, CBS Interactive, Nielsen, NBCU, Digitas, Viacom, LG, Scripps, Time, AOL and many others. If you need up-to-date insights on online video and advertising, the Video Ad Summit will be the place to be on June 4th.

Thanks to all 18 industry-leading companies that are supporting this year's Video Ad Summit: Premier Partners Adap.TV, Adobe, Akamai, TubeMogul, ValueClick and YuMe; Headline Partners Altitude Digital, AOL, BlackArrow, Collective, Innovid, LiveRail, VideoHub and Videology, plus Branding Partners EXPO, Extreme Reach, Mixpo and Real Media. All of them will have representatives at the event and it will be a great opportunity to engage with them.

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VideoNuze Podcast #180 - Does Live Streaming TV Make Sense?

VideoNuze.com Analysis - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 07:15

I'm pleased to present the 180th edition of the VideoNuze podcast with my weekly partner Colin Dixon of nScreenMedia. There was a rush of interest around live streaming this week. Among the news items: ABC,TNT and TBS announced live streaming of their linear feeds; YouTube expanded its live feature and Brightcove launched a new live module, which followed thePlatform doing the same last week.

For live streaming TV, neither Colin nor I believe it will have broad appeal, with the possible exception of sports and maybe certain breaking news/events. It's no secret that on-demand, time-shifted viewing has surged in popularity, due to DVR penetration above 50% of U.S. homes and the widespread availability of TV programs online for on-demand use. So in a way live streaming TV is trying to put the genie back in the bottle - getting on-demand viewers to go back to linear.

The fundamental inconsistency to me in this is that if you're tech-savvy enough to be drawn to live streaming on an iOS device, you're even more likely to now be a mainly on-demand viewer. And for those not tech-savvy, who still do enjoy linear viewing, well, why do you need an live streaming app when you can just watch on your TV as you always have? Even the sports use case is a bit thin as watching out-of-home for most will be very expensive given mobile data rates, and most mobile device viewing happens in the home anyway.

Nonetheless, Colin and I describe all the reasons we think other TV networks are likely to roll out live streaming in the coming months as well. Maybe we're missing something, but it strikes us that these will have more to do with PR (countering Aereo for example) and supporting TV Everywhere/retransmission consent negotiations and won't end up resonating broadly with users. More interesting I think is the CW's move to make its shows available free next day on-demand via Apple TV and other devices which seems in synch with users' expectations.

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The Future of Digital Entertainment in a Multiscreen World

The Business Of Online Video - Fri, 05/17/2013 - 06:50

In the last five years, the advent of an ‘always-on, perpetually-connected’ culture has fundamentally altered the face of media products. As this evolution accelerates, what will premium media products look like in 2018? At the Streaming Media East show, taking place next week May 21-22 in NYC, we have a session entitled, “The Future of Digital Entertainment in a Multiscreen World“.

With a panel extending across media domains – sports, broadcast, film, cable programming, and social platforms – we will explore the evolution of data-driven product and distribution strategy for marquis media brands, including insight on the operational challenges associated with realizing an application-driven future that actively responds to a direct connection with individual audience members. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Andrew Grant, Sr. Manager, Online Services, Dolby
• John Pacino, VP, Digital Design and User Experience, NHL
• Tony Petersen, VP, Digital Products, Viacom Media Networks
• Greg Philpott, Founder & CEO, mDialog
• Domenico DiMeglio, VP, Distribution and Operations, CBS Interactive

It’s not too late to get a pass to the show and readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a two-day ticket to the show for only $695 and gives you access to 40 sessions and how-to presentations and 100+ speakers. You can also register for an exhibits only pass and get access to the show floor, both keynotes from CBS and ESPN and all the networking events, at no charge. #smeast

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YouTube Rolls Out Shoppable Videos Through Tresemme

VideoNuze.com News - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 22:00

http://www.tubefilter.com/2013/05/17/youtube-shoppable-video-tresemme/

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Generating Revenue From The CDN Value Chain

The Business Of Online Video - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 20:01

On Monday May 20th, at the Content Delivery Summit in NYC, (#cdnsummit) we’ve got a session that will focus on real world scenarios for the virtualization of caching and CDNs in operator networks. Experts will discuss industry initiatives across the CDN ecosystem that are changing the cooperation between operators and CDNs and helping to define new ways to extend and scale content delivery services more easily and cost effectively. Examples of cloud computing, IT data center and software defined networking (SDN) concepts will be used to illustrate how operator-owned resources can be used for revenue generation from content delivery. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Charlie Baker, Director of Product Management, PeerApp
• Jon Vestal, VP, CDN Products, Pacnet
• Henri Setiawan, VP Innovation Management, Telin
• Ian Van Hoven, Director, Technical Operations, LinkedIn
• Kyle Okamoto, Director of Product, Verizon Digital Media Services

Now in its fifth year, the Content Delivery Summit is a one-day conference designed to bring together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration. Readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a ticket to the show for only $395.

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Best Practices For Live Streaming Production

The Business Of Online Video - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 14:33

At the Streaming Media East show, taking place next week, May 21-22 in NYC, we’ve got a session that will discuss tips and tricks, best practices, and lessons learned regarding the technical setup of live streaming production. Learn how to stream multiple formats from a single encoder, use social networking overlays, leverage adaptive bitrate streaming, and transition between live streams from multiple camera angles using multi-encoder synchronization. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Philip Nelson, SVP, Artist and Media Relations, NewTek
• Erin Bigelow, Technical Director, St. John’s University
• Kathryn Jones, CEO, Virtual Arts TV
• Andrew Lipson, VP, Operations, Synaptic Digital
• Mitch Jacobson, Author, Mastering MultiCamera Techniques

It’s not too late to get a pass to the show and readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a two-day ticket to the show for only $695 and gives you access to 40 sessions and how-to presentations and 100+ speakers. You can also register for an exhibits only pass and get access to the show floor, both keynotes from CBS and ESPN and all the networking events, at no charge. #smeast

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TeliaSonera Announces Managed CDN and Site Acceleration Deal With EdgeCast

The Business Of Online Video - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 13:26

Earlier in the week, TeliaSonera announced a deal with EdgeCast to do a large managed CDN and site acceleration deployment in 3-4 countries where they are the incumbent telecom and have built a specialized sales team of CDN professionals to sell the solutions. For EdgeCast, this is the second large managed CDN deal they have done this year – PT Telekom and now TeliaSonera.

This is another example of two very large telcos, who are going about this the right way in markets where there is ample demand for these services. These are real deals that are signed and have already launched in market, as compared to many others who have announced managed CDN partnerships, but have yet to launch actual services, outside of beta. Unlike some of the other managed CDN announcements where the telcos have competition in those regions, TeliaSonera has a powerful global backbone network and dominant enterprise market position in their home markets, so they have no real competition. The fact that EdgeCast already uses their global backbone to connect their pops around the world and now has embedded pops inside their network makes for a good combination.

If you want to hear more about the managed and licensed CDN market, don’t miss the Content Delivery Summit this Monday, May 20th in NYC.  Now in its fifth year, this one-day conference brings together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration. Readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a ticket to the show for only $395.

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How To: Evaluating the Effectiveness Of Your H.264 Encoder

The Business Of Online Video - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 12:00

Not all video encoders are created equal. And at the Streaming Media East show next week, you’ll learn how to evaluate the effectiveness of your H.264 encoder. See the real-world video outputs of top commercial H.264 encoders compared, including those from Telestream, Harmonic, Sorenson, and Adobe, as well as open-source options such as FFmpeg and x264. Learn what features you should have available in an encoding tool before you invest your organization’s budget in a solution.

It’s not too late to get a pass to the show and readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a two-day ticket to the show for only $695 and gives you access to 40 sessions and how-to presentations and 100+ speakers. You can also register for an exhibits only pass and get access to the show floor, both keynotes from CBS and ESPN and all the networking events, at no charge. #smeast

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Using File-Based Workflows With Live Streaming To Replicate The Linear TV Experience

The Business Of Online Video - Thu, 05/16/2013 - 10:27

If you want to learn how to make a broadcast channel from VOD assets and the methods for distributing live streams to desktops and portable devices for all co-viewing opportunities, then don’t miss the Streaming Media East show next week. Vevo and Level 3 will walk you through the process of turning your video on demand (VOD) library into an online broadcast channel in a presentation entitled, “How To: Using File-Based Workflows With Live Streaming To Replicate The Linear Television Experience.” Get detailed specifics on encoding, leveraging your CMS to integrate metadata, how to set up a playlist mechanism, and how to turn the file-based encodes into live HD streaming.

It’s not too late to get a pass to the show and readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a two-day ticket to the show for only $695 and gives you access to 40 sessions and how-to presentations and 100+ speakers. You can also register for an exhibits only pass and get access to the show floor, both keynotes from CBS and ESPN and all the networking events, at no charge. #smeast

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