February 03, 2020

Online Video News

Only 13% of Viewers Watch the Super Bowl on Connected TVs, Says AdColony

The ad platform's survey finds that 72% of viewers plan on watching the game on TV, while the number of smartphone viewers has gone up to 11%

Kaltura Expands Enterprise Capabilities with Newrow Acquisition

Newrow gives Kaltura's Meeting Solution increased collaborative features like group white board, synchronized viewing, and real-time quizzes and polls

Featured Articles

The Algorithm Series: The Math Behind the CDN

Delivering content at scale requires a number of precise, discrete, yet interconnected steps, starting with an acute awareness of server loads.

8K and Beyond: How Much is Too Much?

With higher-quality source material, new forms of content can take shape, from top-shelf VR to immersive live event viewing, as home TVs morph into giant, modular, wall-sized viewing platforms.

Short Cuts

What Differentiates Gen Z as Content Consumers?

Awesomeness Co-Heads Shelley Zimmerman and Rebecca Glashow discuss the challenges of connecting with a digital-first generation with OTT and online video in this clip from their fireside chat with Streaming Media VP & Editor-in-Chief Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen at Streaming Media West 2019.

The Value of Deep Integration in OTT Navigation

Streaming Media's Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen and Amazon's Sandeep Gupta discuss how deep integration with multiple content partners improves discovery and the Amazon Fire TV Cube user experience in this clip from their fireside chat at Streaming Media West 2019.

Technical Challenges of Streaming TV at Scale

Streaming Media's Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen and Philo's Ben Chambers discuss the engineering challenges of scaling live linear across multiple platforms in this clip from their fireside chat at Streaming Media West 2019.

Industry News

Vewd Wins Emmy Award for Pioneering TV Work

One of the select few to be honored with a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for "HTML 5 Development and Deployment of a Full TV Experience on any Device"

Newsmax Launches New Cloud TV Service, Powered by Kaltura TV Platform

News channel launches new Cloud TV apps for Apple TV, Roku, Android and iOS devices

Magewell Debuting Versatile, Multi-Protocol Live Stream Decoder at ISE 2020

New Pro Convert H.26x to HDMI transforms H.264 and H.265 streams into HDMI output with support for wide range of protocols including SRT