April 10, 2014

Featured News

Crackle Suspending U.K. Site at the End of the Month

It's no joke—on April 1st Sony-owned Crackle will stop showing its free, ad-supported movies and shows to U.K. viewers.

AOL On Launches in U.K.

First launched in the U.S. and Canada, AOL On now has a U.K. site that features original and partner videos targeted to the U.K. viewer

BBC Works With Unified Streaming on New iPlayer Backend

Strong success required the BBC to move to a cloud-based system, and one Amsterdam-based company is helping with the switch.

Mushroom Networks Announces Integration with NewTek TriCaster

TriCaster operators will be able to access Mushroom Networks Streamer control and feeback via the TriCaster user interface

Featured Articles

Microsoft, Adobe, and DASH: The State of the Union

With the rise of MPEG-DASH and the NAB-related announcements from both Microsoft and Adobe on the topic, we sat down with both companies to discuss the status of DASH support as well as their legacy ABR protocols, Smooth Streaming and HDS

The State of MPEG-DASH Deployment

MPEG-DASH is slowly but surely becoming the main competitor to HLS, driven by adoption by major players and intrinsic strengths. Here's who's using it now, who's going to be soon, and what challenges still need to be addressed.

A Buyer’s Guide to Multiformat Media Servers

4K and DASH muddy the waters, but the need for servers that can deliver multiple formats and handle closed captioning and ad insertion has never been clearer.

Take Our Second-Screen Application Trends Survey and Win an iPad

StreamingMedia.com and Unisphere Research want to know what streaming insiders think of companion viewing apps. Let us know and you could win an iPad Mini.

Industry News

intoPIX Showcases a SMPTE2022 Reference Design running on Xilinx FPGA and enabling Live Video over IP transport using JPEG2000.

intoPIX Bridges the World of Professional Video Production and Ethernet Networks with New AVB FPGA IP-cores

Dejero Announces Live+ Cloud Server

Cloud-Hosted Solution Provides the Power and Security of a Physical Broadcast Server for Cost-Effective and Seamless Streaming of Live and Recorded Video Content

Q-FOUNDRY and Venera Technologies Announce the Integration of Q-FOUNDRY’s Q-mediaFOUNDRY with Venera’s Pulsar file-based Automated QC

Pulsar Automated QC capabilities now available from within the Q-Foundry's Q-mediaFoundry workflow automation system

Dalet Acquires AmberFin

AmberFin’s world-class video processing and media transformation products add depth and breadth to Dalet’s portfolio