November 19, 2012

Online Video News

ViewCast Introduces Niagara 9100-4D System

The latest addition to ViewCast's streaming media system lineup can handle four streams at the same time.

Tablet Owners Heavily Into Long-form Video, Finds Ooyala Report

Quarterly report also charts the rising popularity of live video streaming, suggesting revenue strategies.

Adobe's Project Primetime Takes Four Steps Forward

The online delivery platform for broadcasters launches in beta with major workflow and ad-insertion improvements.

Haivision Launches Makito X2 Line, Gets 'Seriously Stupid' About Encoder Densities

Visitors to the Content and Communication World expo in New York City can get a first look at Haivision's high-density lineup.

Rovi Research Sees Strong Growth for Connected TV Advertising

Rovi and Parks Associates find enthusiastic use of connected TV features, as well as a desirable demographic.

Inxpo Delivers New Version of Social Business TV Platform

By keeping audiences occupied with social elements, Inxpo says they'll be more engaged in the webcast.

Qumu Offers Hybrid Cloud Solution for Business Video

By moving to the cloud, businesses can save money on a video communications system, Qumu says.

Frustrated Video Viewers Often Don't Come Back, Finds Study

A large-scale study using Akamai data quantifies how often disappointed viewers leave a site for good, and how long they're willing to wait for video.

Featured Articles

Closed Captioning for Streaming Media

Whether you're required by law to offer closed captions or not, there's good reason to add them to your online video workflow. Here's how.

Superstorm Sandy a Watershed for Online News Coverage

When the storm hit and the power went out, broadcast and online news organizations took their cues from connected viewers.

Wowza Media Server 3.5 Includes Support for Closed Captioning, Transcoder Overlays, and More

Modifications to the server also include HTTP origin delivery of ABR content into caching networks

Industry News

Vidyard Launches Integration With Eloqua, Opens Up Black Box Of Video To Expose Customer Behavior

Y Combinator Startup cracks the code on visibility into customer video behavior for Eloqua users, continues to create impressive breakthroughs for marketers using video content

MeFeedia Launches a New Video Discovery Experience on Mobile

MeFeedia 2.0 Makes Mobile Video Mainstream for "On-the-go" Consumers - Introduces New Channels and Multi-Device User Experience

Brightcove App Cloud Unleashes Second Wave of Hybrid App Innovation, Leapfrogging PhoneGap and Other First-generation Solutions

Native plugins, third party support for Google and comScore, personalized push notification API and more underscore second wave of hybrid app platforms

Telestream and Matrox Release Multi-Camera Recording and Live Streaming Production Solution

Telestream® announces availability of turnkey, live video streaming solutions based on the Matrox VS4 four-channel video capture card and Telestream® Wirecast® for Windows live streaming production products

Pivotshare Announces Self-Service Embeddable Pay-Per-View Video Player

Pivotshare creates a solution allowing filmmakers to offer their films as rentals on their own website and begin selling direct to audience without starting or monthly fees.

GCS Brings Microsoft® Lync™ Video to the iPad™ and iPhone™ Through New Cloud-Based Service Offering

Expands Lync Connectivity and Enables New MultiPoint Video Functionality

Eyepartner’s New WordPress Widget Allows Users to Start a Social Broadcasting Site

Eyepartner’s new HD broadcasting WordPress widget allows users to operate a complete social broadcasting website under their own domain using the TikiLIVE WordPress widget in a matter of minutes. Users can also use the social widget to instantly merge all

Turner Broadcasting Selects Digital Rapids' Kayak Workflow Platform for Multi-Screen Media Operations

The companies have also forged a strategic partnership, collaborating on advanced workflows to bring Turner's content to audiences across an expanding range of viewing platforms.