Esports and the Rise of Interactive Metaworld Events
01 Aug 2023
Are metaverse events that deliver consistent interactive and even immersive experiences that move with their audiences the future of event streaming? Media.Monks' Alan Bucaria, EdgeNext's Joshua Johnson, and Chris Pfaff of Chris Pfaff Tech Media discuss in this clip from their panel at Streaming Media East 2023.
How the Pandemic Has Affected Live Music Streaming
21 Oct 2021
PUSH's Larry Gale, 3Q's Andrew McCargar, and Fairmile's Ian Nock discuss the emergence of pay-per-view and SVOD models for live music consumption during the pandemic, and how they will impact the future of live music.
How to Licence Music for Streaming
26 Mar 2021
Want to stream music online? Be prepared to deal with a labyrinth of licensing regulations. Here's an overview of music licensing for streaming, and scenarios to help you figure out what you need to do.
The Streaming Media Europe 101
07 Jan 2021
Our annual list of the most innovative, influential, and interesting companies in the European online video market.
The 2019 Streaming Media Europe 101
13 Nov 2019
Our annual list of the most important, most innovative, and most interesting companies in the online video space
25 Years of Internet Radio, Part 2
22 Oct 2018
Back when online video was the size of a postage stamp, audio companies were changing the way the world heard radio. Here are reminiscences from RealNetworks and other pioneers.
25 Years of Internet Radio: Part 1
06 Sep 2018
Can you believe it's been a quarter of a century since the first internet radio broadcast? In this first installment of a two-part series, we talk to some of the trailblazers who started a revolution.
Vote Now in the 2018 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards
11 Jul 2018
It's time for you to cast your vote in one or all of our 17 categories in the only industry awards program in which the winners are decided by the people who use their products and services.
DIY: Live Audio Streaming Using Icecast with FFmpeg
15 Jun 2018
Building on previous DIY articles, this installment will walk you through capturing audio, encoding and packaging with FFmpeg, then playing out through the Icecast server you set up in the last article
Survey: Internet Radio
15 Jun 2018
We're putting together a deep dive into the past, present, and future of internet radio, and we need your help. Take our internet radio survey and enter a drawing for a $50 Amazon gift card.
DIY: Icecast Internet Radio Server
21 May 2018
In the latest installment of our do-it-yourself series, we'll look at how to set up an Icecast server on an AWS cloud instance.
Hey, Streaming Industry: Fix This!
21 May 2018
In which our resident crank opens his craw, unleashes the italics, and goes to town on problems with the cord-cutting experience, why industry pundits lie about latency, and what's wrong with advertising (hint: everything)
DIY: Rudimentary Audio Streaming
04 Apr 2018
For the second installment in our do-it-yourself series, we look at how to set up a very basic audio stream between two computers on the same LAN. While the coding is simple, the concepts underneath are crucial to an understanding of how streaming works.
New Video Meetup Features Streaming Media Editors
04 Oct 2017
The SMAdvancedForum video meetup looks to resurrect the spirit and substance of the Streaming Media Advanced Forum email list of yore, and launches this Thursday.
MP3: The End of the Beginning, or a New Dawn?
28 Aug 2017
MP3 may be the VHS to other audio formats' better-quality Betamax, but it's here to stay, especially now that the format is royalty-free.
If Taylor Swift Doesn’t Like Free Streaming, Then Turn Her Off
06 Nov 2015
Taylor Swift pulled off a publicity stunt when she complained about free music services. Maybe the industry needs a way to stop her from cheapening its technology.
Does the UAE Offer the Perfect Growth Model for the IP Age?
28 Jan 2015
IBC Content Everywhere MENA presents a stark contrast to the broader Amsterdam show, and offers lessons for streaming in Europe, particularly internet radio
2014 Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards Winners
24 Jun 2014
This was the biggest Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards yet, in terms of numbers of both nominees and voters. Here's who took home the big awards at Streaming Forum.
2014 Readers' Choice Awards Finalists
02 Jun 2014
The votes are in, and we'll be announcing the winners at the 2014 Streaming Forum later this month. Here are the finalists—the top three vote-getters in each of our 16 categories
2013 Streaming Media European Readers' Choice Awards Finalists
31 May 2013
Here are the top three vote-getters in all 16 categories of this year's European Readers' Choice Awards. We'll be announcing the winners on 18 June at Streaming Forum in London.