Summer 2011
Magazine Features
The 2011 Streaming Media Dream Team
Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen //
26 Apr 2011
As the Streaming Media Dream Team enters its third year, we find ourselves honouring more and more new faces while still finding that there are plenty of names from online video's "old guard" that deserve recognition.
My Kingdom for a Curator!
Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen //
27 Apr 2011
Curation is no longer the realm of academia, museums, and galleries. We're all curators now.
Video as a Force for Social Change
Jose Castillo //
11 Apr 2011
From Tunisia to Egypt to the rest of the Middle East, social media and online video are emerging as powerful tools for revolution
What if Google Didn't Drop H.264 in Chrome?
Dom Robinson //
18 Jan 2011
Pundits have pounced on Google for dropping H.264 support in favor of WebM in the Chrome browser. But what if an all-H.264 world isn't all it's cracked up to be?
Online Video E-Portfolios are Coming into Their Own
Paul Riismandel //
11 Apr 2011
Schools that provide a seamless, video-rich e-portfolio are giving their students a leg up in advancing to colleges and the job market
Online Video Collaboration Tools: A Buyer's Guide
Tim Siglin //
11 Apr 2011
Tools from Accordent, Adobe, Brainshark, HP, Market7, Mixmoov, VUELIVE, and Watchitoo each offer a different take on online video collaboration
Ooyala Leads the Way to Monetisation
Dom Robinson //
23 Mar 2011
By focusing on monetisation from the beginning, Ooyala has carved out a niche in the increasingly competitive online video platform market
Corporates Get Social: The State of Enterprise Video
Jake Ward //
27 Apr 2011
Social media and SEO are the keys to continued growth in enterprise video success
MyVideoRights Thinks Big as it Expands Into the U.S.
James Careless //
11 Apr 2011
After great success in the U.K., MyVideoRights is working to manage usage of major content libraries in the U.S., with clients including the Reda Archives
Assuring Video Quality
Tim Siglin //
10 Mar 2011
When we're at the point where all encoders work just as well, how do we measure quality? From PSNR to SSIM to ‘golden eyes,' here's a look at how video quality can be assessed.