Solving the challenges of close captioning on the web is not optional anymore, but a requirement as part of the 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010. Without...
Accenture published a study called “Heart, Minds and Wallets – Winning the Battle for Consumer Trust”. It unveils some very interesting statistics. While technology is a key component of...
Version 4.5.2 of Flash Media Server is now available. Besides numerous bug fixes, it includes a major improvement – robust HDS/HLS failover for origins. ...
With a lot of conversations evolving around MPEG-DASH during NAB this year, including the joint Adobe / Akamai MPEG-DASH streaming demo, the question prevails: is MPEG-DASH more than a...
A new report confirms what we’ve suspected all along—watching TV is just too passé. Nielsen found that 88 percent of tablet owners in the US use their devices while...
The Open Source Media Framework 2.0 is now available as a free open source upgrade. The OSMF Adaptive Streaming provides two modes: i) Manual switching and ii) Automatic switching....
In case you are using RTMPe to protect your content, pRTMP is a new feature that is amazingly easy to upgrade to, and significantly increases your content protection. pRTMP is the equivalent...
By definition, standard bodies can only standardize on technologies that are royalty free, which is not the case with H.264. The non-profit Mozilla Foundation followed this principle in the past, but...
It’s time for March Madness, accessible again online, and on mobile devices. Interestingly it became a paid event this year for $3.99 for all games. Could this be the...
If you are interested in Adobe Access (formerly Flash Access), and are wondering what the announced support for native iOS video means for your workflow, check out my blog post...