Microservices – Good on a Bad Day [podcast]
Live streaming is arguably the least forgiving industry in today’s market. Anyone involved with live streaming workflows understands the…
Are viewers the new content aggregators?
Consumer spending on video streaming services is expected to rise 39% this year to about $13 billion, according to the Consumer Technology…
CES 2018: Connected TV Tunes into the User Experience
As we roll into 2018, almost half of all US broadband households (45%) now own a smart TV, according to Parks Associates research – and it’s…
How to deal with the tension on the mobile network – part 2 (VIDEO Interview)
In late July, I reported on the “news” that Verizon was throttling video traffic for some users. As usual, the facts around this…
The Need for Speed: x265 & Beamr 5 Epic Face Off
UPDATE 11/15/2017: Be sure to check out part 2 of this post which covers Beamr 5 performance on the new Intel Scalable Platinum processor.…
How to deal with the tension of video on the mobile network – Part 1
Last week, the Internet erupted in furor over Verizon’s alleged “throttling” of video streaming services over their mobile network. With a…
2016 Paves the Way for a Next-Gen Video Encoding Technology Explosion in 2017
2016 has been a significant year for video compression as 4K, HDR, VR and 360 video picked up steam, paving the road for an EXPLOSION of HEVC…
Before you evaluate x265, read this!
With video consumption rising and consumer preferences shifting to 4K UHD this is contributing to an even faster adoption rate than what we…
The State of Commercially Available 4K UHD Services
In a recent article we did a little investigative research on the state of 4K and four significant trends: The upgrade in picture quality is…
4 Facts about 4K
We recently did a little investigative research on the state of 4k and here are four highlights of what we found. To start, as an industry,…