Winter 2016
Magazine Features
Another Nail in Flash’s Coffin: CDN Support Rapidly Dwindling
Dan Rayburn //
17 Nov 2016
By this time next year, Flash support from the major content delivery networks will have virtually ended. Here's where Flash stands today.
The Shift to 4K Video: What Does it Mean for the Network?
Dom Robinson //
18 Nov 2016
Consumers are demanding 4K, so now it's up to operators to provide support. But how long will it take for everyone in the pipeline to get 4K-ready?
Thinking About Load Testing: It’s Not Just for the Enterprise
Robert Reinhardt //
08 Nov 2016
Even SMBs need to think about load testing these days to ensure they can serve audience demand. Here are three questions to consider.
Collaboration Is Critical to Reduce Latency in Online Video
Jason Thibeault //
08 Nov 2016
Ensuring broadcast quality for viewers is about more than just reducing buffering. Publishers need to improve the efficiency of back-end operations, as well.
The Changing Cloud Encoding Market Leads to Cost Savings
Jan Ozer //
09 Nov 2016
New offerings in cloud video encoding let companies both large and small find the option that makes the most sense for them.
What Online Broadcasters Can Learn From Video Game Streamers
Mark Alamares //
17 Nov 2016
Gamers attract viewers by the millions to their live streams. Enterprise could learn a lot about entertaining fans and creating regular, monetizable content.
The 2016 Streaming Media Europe 101
Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen //
15 Nov 2016
Presenting our fifth-annual list of the most important companies in the European online video market. This is one to bookmark.
2016 Streaming Media Europe Readers' Choice Winners
Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen //
15 Nov 2016
The votes have been counted and tabulated for 18 categories. Which products and services stood apart from the crowd in 2016? And the winners are…
Measuring Success: The Multiplatform Analytics Challenge
Tim Fore-Siglin //
31 Oct 2016
Counting viewers has always been a difficulty for streaming publishers, and today's multiplatform world makes the issue more demanding than ever. The answer is to radically rethink video analytics.
An Object Lesson in Personalized Streaming Video Experiences
Adrian Pennington //
07 Nov 2016
What custom content does each viewer want to see? As broadcast and broadband converge, object-based media is showing the way to the future, and the BBC is taking the lead.
The Top Ten Enterprise Video Trends: Where Business Is in 2016
Nadine Krefetz //
08 Nov 2016
User-generated content, moving to the cloud, and going live: Here are the ten biggest issues impacting corporate video strategy today.
Livestream Mevo Review: An Essential Tool for Social Video
Jan Ozer //
09 Nov 2016
While it has a few rough edges, the hotly anticipated Livestream Mevo lives up to the hype. Create the appearance of a multi-camera shoot with one small 4K device. After testing, we call it a must-have.