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Oxymoronic?
2007-09-18 06:50:00 According to a recent Business Week article MySpace Goes Hollywood, MySpace was tossing the term ?Network Quality? around without much understanding what it means. They were referring to Quarterlife , a series of eight-minute videos, created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick which is being touted in the article as the first network quality show produced for the on-line viewing, really? As someone who has shot content for ?Broadcast?, the term is specific to certain technical parameters for transmission of SD or HD signals...for another post. Considering that many people view on-line content using a laptop, desktop monitor or mobile device such as an iPod they are not going to see the difference between a five thousand dollar DV camera verses its sixty-thousand dollar cousin. In addition, most content today is not yet encoded at VC1 specs, which seems to render this point moot. Quarterlife, the thread for the series is about a group of twentysomething writers, actors and... More About: Oxymoron
Ask a simple question - don't expect a lot of knowledgeable answers
2007-09-17 06:35:00 Recently I setup a poll on my Facebook page using Pollection, an interesting application which allows people to conduct polling along with the aid of video and or still images. I asked a simple question, which I knew, had no easy answer, namely; do you agree with the concept of the Inverted Pyramid where niche markets of five or ten thousand viewers can sustain video content? The response was right down the middle with 66% saying No and 33% Yes; here is how the Demo broke down. Some of the data was surprising and some suggests polling is not an exact science. For instance, I would not have expected the gender split to be as close. On the other hand, the numbers did not match up between those who were high school age, their educational background and income for that same demo. I gather high school students do not earn 25k and over, more likely they embellished, ya think? In any event, (all polls incur a sampling error rate) the data was interesting. The answer... More About: Question , Answers , Expect , Simple
Interview with Burhan Fatah of SIVOO
2007-09-07 13:54:00 I interviewed Burhan Fatah , CEO of SIVOO.com last month about what it takes to be at the fore of content delivery in the multicultural and non-English language content space through ITV and closed IPTV systems. As OTA and cable barely cover cultures past Spanish in the U.S. Sivoo currently has 20,000 hours of programming in Spanish, Chinese, and Hindi and Burhan sees this as a Greenfield opportunity for content and Sivoo. Note: We are evaluating a new audio player platform to provide sliced Q&A for faster access for our readers, while we are still tweaking it, please let us know what you think of it. More About: Interview
Silverlight 1.0 and Expression Media Encoder Available, If you build it wil
2007-09-05 14:50:00 Microsoft has released 1.0 of Silverlight and of special interest is their Silverlight? Streaming by Windows Live? which gives small content producers and developers 4GB of server space from which to experiment with the platform. The service offers web designers and developers a free and convenient solution for hosting and streaming cross-platform, cross-browser media experiences and rich interactive applications that run on Windows? and Mac. Combined with the ability to create content with Microsoft® Expression Studio and other 3rd party tools, Web designers and content publishers wishing to integrate Silverlight applications into their online properties can enjoy complete control of the end user experience. Currently, video must be less then 22 MB which works out to 10mins of content encoded at 300Kbps. VC-1 and WMV are the supported video formats. Microsoft has got its work cut out for itself beyond creating the tools, For if you build it will they come? I am referring to th... More About: Media , Build , Encoder
The Art Of The Start
2007-09-04 04:17:00 The road for content creators interested in navigating the ITV/IPTV landscape is no different then starting any other new business idea or product, it requires guts, planning and luck. Guy Kawasaki is one of the great thinkers for the new era of innovation and planning. The Art Of The Start is a must read and we have a signed copy we are giving away. drop an email or reply to this post and let us know what changes, innovation you foresee for Internet TV in 2008, we will pick from the most interesting and the winner will receive the book. Deadline for entry is by September 15th. More About: The Star
LATV Festival 2007 Interviews
2007-08-22 01:04:00 Interviews from this year's LATV Festival . Levi Shapiro of IPTVe sat down with Sharon Lawrence, Jon Vlassopulos, Lori Schwartz and Frank Chindamo. Sharon Lawrence Executive Producer of Buzz Cynergy Films Jon Vlassopulos VP Business Development Endemol USA Lori Schwartz SVP Director of Emerging Media IPG Frank Chindamo Chief Creative Officer Fun Little Movies More About: Interviews , V Festival
Juniper Networks, Rolls out Smaller Intelligent Router
2007-07-13 22:42:00 Juniper Networks has added the E-120 Router to their E-Series which offerers providers the ability to give media agencies and programmers viewing data with a level of detail that even Nielsen can't provide," said Gary Southwell, Juniper's director of multiplay solutions. "It's no longer a sample of subscriber activity, it's a per channel, per time slot, per ad slot view of actual IPTV usage." "The E120 addresses a major concern for service providers, specifically how to cost-effectively scale their IPTV services to reach a larger subscriber base served by smaller, space and power-constrained sites," said Jeff Heynen, directing analyst, Broadband and IPTV, Infonetics Research. "Furthermore, the E-series multiplay ad solution will allow IPTV providers to deliver highly-targeted and context-specific ads to their subscribers across the 3 screens?TV, PC, and mobile phone?giving them a huge advantage over their competitors in the eyes of advertisers and ad buying agencies." Gary S... More About: Intelligent , Juniper , Gent
iPhone Web - Flash Video, Sorry Your Not On The List.
2007-07-07 22:33:00 I found myself in an Apple store today, no not to purchase an iPhone; I needed their Hi-Fi speaker system for a party. However, I could not resist a few minutes surfing through the OS to touch, feel, and most importantly see how websites would appear on this device. I went to our site, a bit apprehensive to see if it would all load normally. A slight pause as the main page loaded, I was heard saying cool out loud as people lifted their heads and smiled. Pages loaded quickly for horizontal or vertical viewing, even if selecting links required miniature fingers. Then came the acid test for any site using Flash video, was the phone loaded with Flash? NO. I was prompted to load Flash and while I was nicely sent to the Adobe site, the phone does not allow for installation of additional applications. Until Apple decides to open, their OS to act like ever other computer on the planet you are stuck. I mean the iPhone is really a computer so it should behave like one.... More About: Video , Iphone , List , The List
The Inverted Pyramid for content distribution
2007-07-05 05:11:00 Steve Solomon of SJS sport discusses the premise behind the inverted pyramid of delivery content to niche markets.http://link.brightcove.com/servic es/link/bcpid1155184384http://www.brightc ove.com/channel.jsp?channel=14549041 var config = new Array(); config["videoId"] = null; config["videoRef"] = null; config["lineupId"] = null; config["playerTag"] = null; config["autoStart"] = false; config["preloadBackColor"] = "#FFFFFF"; config["continuousPlay"] = "false"; config["useOverlayMenu"] = "false"; config["playerId"] = 1155184384; config["width"] = 300; config["height"] = 361; createExperience(config, 8); More About: Distribution , Content , Pyramid , Tent , Vert
12 Hours and Counting to iPhone, should we care?
2007-06-29 07:00:00 Its now 12am on Friday the 29th and at 6pm the iPhone will go on sale. I am sure people are sleeping on line on Prince Street in Manhattan. Now, I don?t wait on line for phones, TV shows or PSP?s, The Allman Brothers well that?s a different story. I am not interested in rate plans or battery life or being the first one in my office to have a phone I can?t use on our corporate network. I have an ipod so I am set for music thank you very much. So what is important from my perspective with the iPhone? Beyond the hype, beyond the design of an all glass screen is the premise that a phone should be more intuitive (à la an OS) and more fun to use then, well a phone. What interests me is that Apple once again has raised the stakes and challenged the status quo. In an industry, which?s most celebrated and memorable product last year was the Razr; the iphone is a tectonic shift. Yes, Apple should be on a 3G network for data and video delivery even if that means fewer markets in the ... More About: Iphone , Care , Hours , Counting
Stephen J. Solomon, President SJS Sports
2007-06-26 13:59:00 Steve Solomon is President of SJS Sports , a NY-based sports media-consulting firm. Steve is former COO of the National Hockey League, and a former executive of ABC Sports. Steve and I spoke a number of months ago about issues facing rights holders, user generated content and how to monetize content without diluting a companies brand. Steve's insight into the issues facing rights holders and the on-line space is as relevant and on target today as it was when we spoke... More About: Content , Stephen , Ports
KULAbyte Encoding System Overview
More articles from this author:2007-06-21 03:22:00 Demo of KULAbyte Encoding system with Christopher Gottschalk ? Co-Founder & CTO Christopher GottschalkkCo-Founder & CTO KULAbyte Chris provides an overview of their software based encoding system, which is designed to accelerate single and batch encoding as much as a factor of 16x over that of regular encoding. The system divides a file into short time slices and encodes each slice independently in a 2-pass VBR process. For example, I've encoded 20min RT content with file sizes of 90-100MB files into SD multi bitrate output files with an encode time that averages 25-30mins, it will be interesting to test their system to see the timesaving?s and quality increase. In addition, as HD content becomes more prevalent in the living room via IP enabled boxes to TV's the importance of an increase in quality will become paramount. More About: System , Byte , Stem , Overview 1, 2, 3 |
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