SEARCH RESULTS Sort by : Article Name Oldest Article Newest Article Votes Rating  CDNs Offering End-to-End Video Ecosystem Services Encoding, transcoding, DRM, and analytics are among the services CDN customers are now demanding. This Content Delivery Summit panel discussion explores how CDNs, telcos, and others are responding. What a difference a year makes. At the 2010 Content Delivery Summit, speakers still focused on delivering bits and whether or not telcos were going to get into the CDN game. At this year's event, held last month in New York, vendors and customers alike spoke more extensively about... Category Media Server Visitor Rating (0)  Creating a video sharing web application Adobe Flash has revolutionized the way people consume video today, and traditional media is just a small part of it. The revolution started with user-generated content—the dancing bird, the barking puppy, the latest news from the person who just happened to be at an event. The key for success of user-generated content is the ability to offer a very user-friendly experience to upload, share videos, and watch them without... Category Media Server Visitor Rating (6)  ESPN Chooses RTMP streaming ESPN Video Upgrade Moves to H.264 Encoding; Shuns HTTP for RTMP The leading sports website upgrades its video streams to HD and adaptive bitrate. Learn what motivated the changes. By Jan OzerPosted on August 25, 2011 Page 1 There's a running joke in my family that when my kids catch me watching sports highlights on ESPN.com during working hours, I smile and say "market research." Okay, not much of a joke, but a couple of weeks ago it actually became true when I noticed that ESPN had... Category Media Server Visitor Rating (79)  WA State Data Center Tax Bill Fails An attempt to extend the time in which companies thinking about data center construction in Washington State had to apply for tax breaks  has failed after the state house didn’t bring the bill to a vote. The legislation had previously passed the state senate by a margin of 41-1 and would have extended the time period until April 1, 2011. Under the current law, companies only have until July 1 of this year to file for the incentives. The initial bill had resulted from Yahoo failing... Category Media Server Visitor Rating (0)  Why Content Delivery is Important to You With most companies conducting business on the Web these days, it is crucial for websites to deliver dynamic content – streaming, VOD, games, etc. – rapidly and with zero impact on the load time of the page or viewing quality. A combination of increased site traffic and heightened customer expectations can quickly overwhelm a business’ website and the business itself. When website traffic exceeds capacity, site performance can suffer and customer satisfaction can often plummet.... Category Media Server Visitor Rating (0)