My Online Video FAQ for Newbies
I have been writing about online video and mobile for many years now, and as part of that comes a rich pool of information – some of it remained...
Why It Is Finally Time to Endorse 60 Fps Web Video (Demo)
The frame rates for movies were defined over 80 years ago. In the year 1927, 24 fps was defined as the standard for 35 mm sound film. With the...
Stratos Jump with 8 Million Concurrent Streams – Online World Record?
Besides the jump itself, did YouTube just set a world record for the live streaming of the Red Bull Stratos free jump? Very likely if the stats on the...
BBC Olympics – Video Streaming, Protocols, and Adobe Media Server
In an insightful blog post Marina Kalkanis, Head of Core Services in BBC Future Media, Programmes and On-Demand, talks about the backbone of the BBC Olympics infrastructure – with Adobe Media Server...
NBC Olympics Is Most-Watched TV Event in US History
Some amazing statistics are available in the official NBCU press release – the NBC Olympics Live Extra application is believed to be the most downloaded “event- specific” App in Apple store history....
NBCU Research Guru Alan Wurtzel Shares the 3 Surprises of the London Olympics
Alan Wurtzel, President of Research and Media Development at NBC Universal, shares the 3 surprises of the London Olympics. #1 – Primetime London beats Beijing 12 out of 13 nights,...
Rover Curiosity Streams Live from Planet Mars with Adobe Media Server and AWS
Even though based on Star Trek, warp drive to enable interplanetary exploration won’t be invented until 2063, mankind is slowly continuing to explore at least its nearby planetary system, thanks to the smart engineers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion...
Lollapalooza 2012 Live Streaming from Chicago
YouTube is broadcasting Lollapalooza 2012 from Chicago this weekend. Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock and hip hop bands, dance and comedy performances....
Spiegel.tv Uses AIR to Bring Online Video to the iPad
“Der Spiegel”, a well know magazine in Europe, published their video offering “Spiegel.tv” to the iPad, which appears to be built with Adobe AIR. Der Spiegel (German pronunciation:[deːɐ ˈʃpiːɡəl], lit. “The...
NBC Olympics Live Extra Reviews
EverythingiCafe (9/10) The fluid design, original thinking, and creativity put into the User Interface for NBC Olympic Live Extra is second to none. The fact that you are being provided...
