Do You Really Get Double Performance from Hyper-threads?
No. Not even close. Hyper-threading Technology (HTT), created by Intel almost 15 years ago, was designed to increase the performance of CPU…
Any Content, Anytime, Anywhere – Priceless?
Achievement #1 Wireless carriers are offering broadband speeds of 5-12 Mbps. These kinds of speeds are enough to accommodate most OTT recipes…
Perceptual Content-Adaptive Transcoding: Going Beyond Preset ABR Recipes
In the early days of video on the Internet, encoding video for streaming was quite simple: You created a 320×240 video file encoded at…
Going Consumer Direct in the World of Binge On
Fresh back from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where it seemed everything that can be connected will be – and anything that…
CES – Not Just to Impress
The future of TV displays I want to begin with a conclusion: CES 2016 further validated that Media Optimization is perfectly in line with the…
Video Compression: 2015 Year in Review
It’s been pretty busy 2015 has been a very busy year in video compression, driven by the launch of 4K HEVC streaming services on the one hand,…
Netflix Assumes Leadership Position for OTT 2.0, Proving More Bits is Not Always Better
In a move that highlights the value of media optimization, online streaming giant Netflix announced that it is experimenting with ways to…
T-Mobile’s Bold “Binge On” Promise Compresses the Competition
Introduced to applause from consumers and confusion from competitors, the T-Mobile® Binge On plan enables subscribers to view video from 15…
It’s Unreasonable to Expect ISPs Alone to Finance OTT Video Traffic
The opposing forces at the core of data caps Data usage caps have nothing to do with technology limitations, but they have everything to do…
Is HEVC Ready for Prime Time?
You’re home from work, ready to kick back, relax and catch a new show or movie on Netflix – the service that streams over 90 million hours of…