“The Television Academy is using Video Cloud to let voting members view Emmy nominated content on any device.”
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Daily Archives: May 9, 2012
To Level the Internet Video Playing Field, Must You Dismantle Traditional Pay-TV? – BIT RATE | Blog on Multichannel News
“If Netflix CEO Reed Hastings has his way, AT&T’s U-verse TV subscribers could suddenly find themselves having to pay usage surcharges if their monthly TV viewing exceeds a certain amount.
That’s because, according to Hastings’ argument, if a broadband provider applies bandwidth-usage caps to Internet-delivered video — like his company’s service — it should be forced to also apply those to its own IP video services under the FCC’s network neutrality principles.”
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The Schism Between Free-to-Air and Free-to-Online Deepens – TDG Opinions
“In the last few weeks, the line between broadcast and online video has become much more sharply drawn. Free-to-air broadcasters continue to step back from the opportunity of free-to-online distribution, while some of the largest online video companies are stepping up to the opportunities of advertising-supported, broadcast-quality online video. Both camps are betting they can capture or retain a significant audience for their shows; at stake are the billions of ad dollars wrapped up in the television market.”
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SeaChange boosts set-top performance with Nitro Now software » Digital TV Europe
“The company claims that Nitro Now enhances QAM-based set-top boxes with a user interface that can compete with more advanced receivers. The software includes fast launch and screen rendering, high-resolution graphics along with intuitive search and discovery.”
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Harmonic transcoder solution powers Zon multiscreen OTT play – FierceOnlineVideo
“Portuguese cable and satellite provider Zon has tapped Harmonic’s ProMedia transcoders and ProStream 4000 real time transcoders to help it deliver live streaming and VoD services to its subscribers over the top.”
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Netflix lands multiyear content deal with 20th Century Fox for Latin America – FierceOnlineVideo
“Netflix has signed a multiyear licensing deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution that will expand its nascent streaming offering in Latin America.”
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CODOC Layered Web Video [video]
“The framework that powers what we’re calling ‘layered video’ we think it has the potential to change the way we tell stories forever, be that in news education, policy and even the way organisations and companies communicate with their consumers. So right now we’re looking for the seed funding to develop the back-end composer so that we can layer all of our content. Right now the prototype we have is a one-off and we’re seeking to get a lot of people excited so that they can help build the ‘layering composer’ that we can use for our upcoming shows.”
Website: http://www.codoc.org
Twitter: @codocmanifesto
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Virgin Media Pioneers — Videos — CODOC | 60SECOND PITCH2RICH: LAYERED WEB VIDEO
“We’re a young London start-up in a city that is really pushing tech. We’re currently developing an online video player that can overlay additional information and content over your web video.”
VOTE HERE: http://www.virginmediapioneers.com/video/guygunaratne/100371
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Best Practices for Transcoding & Video Workflow In The Cloud [webinar]- Dan Rayburn Blog
“Thursday at 2pm ET I’ll be moderating another StreamingMedia.com webinar, this time on the topic of “Best Practices for Transcoding and Video Workflow In The Cloud.”
via Olivier NOEL
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DIY Cloud Video Collaboration with Dropbox | ScreenLight
“As mentioned previously, over the coming months I will be presenting a number of alternative solutions for cloud video collaboration. There should be no surprise that ScreenLight will be the foil for these posts as it is near and dear to my heart. While I believe that ScreenLight is the best cloud video collaboration tool for many video producers and editors, there are a number of general purpose tools, one of which is Dropbox, that can be made to work if you’re willing to make some tradeoffs.”
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