May 13, 2020

Online Video News

More Than 90% of Self-Isolating Families Have at Least One OTT Service

New survey data from Hub Entertainment Research reveals the impact of COVID-19 on OTT services and pay TV

Defining Brands with Streaming Video in Challenging Times

Communications agency Brand Definition was ready to go live with their brand-new production studio when COVID-19 shut everything down. Here's how they pivoted to remote production to meet their clients' shifting needs.

Featured Articles

All In On NDI

Many people have gone all in on NDI. But how they use it can be very different from how you might want to use it.

How to Master the Art of Digital Audio Mixing for Hybrid Events

Mixing audio for a video recording or live stream involves many of the same techniques and equipment, but each has different production standards and you don't have to worry with live sound reinforcement using loudspeakers. In this article, I explain my approach to mixing audio for both of these environments at the same time.

Short Cuts

What Does 'High Availability' Mean in Live Streaming?

id3as Directors Steve Strong and Adrian Roe explain that high-availability content delivery isn't just about meeting SLAs with overall uptime as not having your streams go down at critical moments.

Monolith or Microservice?

Twitch's Tanu Aggarwal and EZDRM's Olga Kornienko debate the relative merits of microservices and monoliths in this clip from Streaming Media West 2019.

Industry News

Rexcel Nippon Launches Simple LaaS (Livestream-as-a-Service) using Videon’s EdgeCaster to Successfully Livestream Historic Taipei Opera to Over 50,000 Viewers Worldwide in a Month

Rexcel Nippon launched Simple Laas using Videon's EdgeCaster to successfully live stream the historic Taipei Opera to over 50,000 viewers worldwide. The Taipei Opera’s historic performance, a Taiwan premiere of “El amor brujo” (ballet) and “La vida breve”

latakoo Redefines Collaborative Video File Transfer With latakoo Manifest, Enabling Intelligent Broadcast Story Tracking

latakoo,a leading developer of software workflow solutions for the broadcast and production industry, today announced the launch of latakoo Manifest, a tool for intelligent indexing of content before it is collected. This index facilitat

Focal Point Productions Uses ATEM Mini to Live Stream Interviews for GBMC HealthCare System

Blackmagic Design today announced Focal Point Productions is using a Blackmagic Design live production workflow to produce educational content for GBMC HealthCare System.

Project OAR Expands Consortium with Scripps and ViacomCBS as Addressable TV Advertising Standards Solidify

Panasonic Withdraws from Participation in IBC 2020

Supports partners and customers with online initiatives to address new ways of working

Delta Digital Video’s Rugged Encoders Support General Atomics’ UAV

General Atomics Aeronautical Systems contracts with Delta Digital Video for delivery of rugged airborne video encoders in support of continued production for the MQ-9 Reaper and MQ-1C Gray Eagle UAS avionics, datalinks and software.

MediaPlatform and Peer5 Partner to Provide High Scalability Live Webcasting via WebRTC

Clientless Peering Solution Provides a Powerful Option for Global 2000 Companies Looking to Replace or Supplement Existing Peering, Multicast and Edge Caching Delivery Technologies

BuyDRM Delivers Over 10B Licenses in 2019

ZEE5 Selects BuyDRM’s KeyOS Multi-DRM Platform