Boxfish, television discovery startup, released an improved TV discovery app this past week. With the new release, Boxfish decided to make its technology available to third parties via an API. Boxfish allows the use of natural language to search for particular topics currently discussed on TV, or users can find out what is currently most popular on tv.
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“Zencoder’s Live Cloud Transcoding API enables content providers to deliver adaptive bitrate streaming to multiple devices from a single RTMP origin stream. Our powerful cloud transcoding platform reduces operational cost and complexity, eliminates bandwidth bottlenecks, and provides viewers with a high quality user experience on their device of choice.”
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“How to go about uploading videos is one of the most common questions we get from new customers at Zencoder. As a developer, implementing file uploads is something you’ve probably done a few times, but it’s always a pain.
Enter Filepicker.io
Filepicker.io makes file upload easy. Like, really easy. You’re not just limited to just local files either; they support a wide range of sources, from Dropbox and Google to even recording a video directly from your webcam. The best part is, you can do all of this without ever leaving the front-end.
Before we do anything else, you’ll need to sign up for a Filepicker.io account. Once you’ve done so, create a new App in your dashboard if one doesn’t exist. Take note of the API key you see, we’ll be using that later. Filepicker.io is nice enough to provide an S3 bucket for getting started, but take a second to set up a destination S3 bucket for your uploads.”
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“Ross McIlroy gives an overview of the new YouTube Android Player API. More information here: http://apiblog.youtube.com/2012/12/no-webview-required-with-native-youtube.html”
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“The Magisto API brings a mass real time editing platform to your customers, allowing them to upload home videos and create professional quality movies directly from your own website or application in minutes.”
Magisto video with GoogleDevelopers : http://youtu.be/RWiBAHv7sXs
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” After trying out several video encoding formats on Wii, we found that 360p WebM encoding performed the best. With the largest install base of current generation consoles, YouTube on Wii is the largest deployment of WebM video in the world today.”
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“If you have a development team within your organization, using an API to create the basis of your video solution can be incredibly powerful. The flexibility of an open source API can empower your team to build custom-made video solutions to wow your audience.”
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“Key to the update is improved audio and visual capabilities Among the upgrades is ‘track’ support for HTML 5 video playback, which Google states will allow for simple addition of video overlay features such as captions and subtitles. Also included in the new Chrome Beta is the addition of the MediaSource API, which allows for adaptable video playback. This will help those streaming on connections that can vary in quality still watch their video, without what the company calls ‘excessive buffering.’”
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“Our API directory now includes 50 television APIs. The newest is the Fliqz API. The most popular, in terms of mashups, is the BBC API. We list 28 BBC mashups. Below you’ll find some more stats from the directory, including the entire list of television APIs.”
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Second screen apps seem to be all the rage as of late, and Vobile’s freshly announced TVSync API platform can help developers ride that wave of popularity. Compatible with iOS and Android devices, PCs and some smart TVs, the API can be leveraged to supplement what’s on the silver screen with relevant content ranging from polls to products.
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