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WeVideo Review

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:22:40 +0000

OnlineVideo,net features a review of Flash based on-line vide editor, WeVideo.net. Apart from the issues inherent in using Flash (lack of iPhone/iPad support mainly), the review seems broadly favourable: “We’re in the baby steps phase of the online video editing market. WeVideo has a solid interface and is the closest I’ve seen to a desktop [...]

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Adobe Acquires Auditude: Integrated Video WCM/DAM Opportunity Or Another Potential Failed Acquisition?

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 19:04:27 +0000

Adobe, owner of both Day Software and Scene 7 DAM/ECM vendors announced yesterday that they had bought up Auditude, developers of a video advertising platform: “Adobe also plans to integrate Auditude with the Adobe Digital Marketing Suite, which consists of integrated analytics and optimization products to collect and unleash the power of customer insight. For example, using [...]

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Review Of Video Transcoding And Encoding Products

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:52:32 +0000

OnlineVideo.net carries a review of various video transcoding products. The post is divided into three major categories: Hardware , Software , Cloud & Hybrid Solutions and the following tools are assessed: Hardware Harmonic/Rhozet Inlet Technologies/Cisco Elemental Technologies Digital Rapids ViewCast Software Telestream Episode Sorenson Squeeze Microsoft Expression Encoder Adobe Media Encoder Cloud Encoding.com Sorenson Squeeze [...]

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Video DAM: Advice And Recommendations

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:26:53 +0000

Edward Smith, writing on the Extensis sponsored “DAM Learning Center” explains some of the basics of video terminology and offers some best practice tips for including it in your DAM. The main advice is: Select a common, accessible video asset format* Use proxy clips (previews) Be prepared for cataloguing and processing to take longer than stills [...]

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45% Of Advertisers Expect Digital Video Ad Spending To Increase In 2011

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 15:14:43 +0000

According to this Digidaily.com article, almost half the agencies and advertisers and agencies in one of their recent surveys are planning to increase their spending on on-line video advertising, with roughly 30% predicting a double digit rise: “More than half of the more than 100 responding advertisers and agencies who don’t currently buy digital video [...]

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A Technical Overview Of H.264

Nick Brookes — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:42:01 +0000

Strictly one for the techies, but a comprehensive and confidently written article by Jan Ozer on Streamingmedia.com nonetheless. Jan covers the H.264 specification, codec implementations, licensing and quality relative to other competing technologies plus a number of other fundamental topics. This is taken from the adoption and support section and explains why H.264 has become [...]

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Choosing A User Generated Video Content Site

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 09:59:30 +0000

OnlineVideo.net has a 6 part article where they evaluate different options for hosting user generated video content. The sites considered are: Metacafe VidedoPress Dailymotion Viddler Vimeo YouTube “There are two reasons to post videos to a user generated content (UGC) site; first, to reach the constituency of members, second to use the platform to post [...]

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HTML5 Video Resources

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 15:19:37 +0000

OnlineVideo.net has compiled an “Ultimate Guide” to HTML5 video with links to FAQs, features, video and news. The features section includes articles about H.264 and WebM, sections on encoders and a variety of other useful stuff. If you need to get to grips with HTML5 for a project (or to upgrade your DAM system to [...]

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Netflix Accounts For 20% Of US Peak Time Downstream Broadband Traffic: What It Could Mean For Video DAM

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:41:11 +0000

Online video distribution business Netflix accounts for 20% of all peak time traffic and their business is now giving some Hollywood executives cause for concern about the amount of leverage they are acquiring according to this Hollywoodreporter.com article: “”…just about every major content creator now has a streaming deal with Netflix. The company secured streaming [...]

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68% Of US Consumer Internet Connections Are Not Ready For HD Video

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 16:40:27 +0000

StreamingMedia.com carried an article last week on the poor performance of the majority (68%) of US consumers broadband connections were not meeting the definition of true broadband speed (4Mbps down, 1Mbps up). The article was based on a US FCC (Federal Communications Commission) report from 2009. Tim Siglin, the author of the article extrapolated from [...]

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Video CDN Pricing Trends & Potential Implications For The DAM Market

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:52:22 +0000

Dan Rayburn, writing on Streamingmedia.com reports that the average reduction in CDN video delivery charges was on average down by 20% in 2010, as compared with 45% in 2009. While a decline, the trend appears to be slowing suggesting demand for online video delivery is resilient despite the tighter global economic conditions. Rayburn also expects [...]

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Constructing Your Own Video Platform: Build vs Buy And Other Decisions

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 12:02:08 +0000

The Limelight blog has an article on what to consider when adding video content to your web presence: “Build or buy. The choice to build your own video platform or outsource video publishing depends in part on your ability to make educated decisions about video player technology, transcoding needs, and device support. It also depends [...]

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Adobe Release HTML5 Video Player Widget Based On Kalutra

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 10:47:49 +0000

Adobe have released a Dreamweaver widget based on the Kalutra HTML5 video library which simplifies the task of switching between Flash and HTML5 video players to support video playback across multiple browsers or devices: “HTML5 has received a tremendous amount of buzz, much of it driven by the potential for plugin-free video. However, the limited [...]

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FLV “Not Dead” But “On Life Support”

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:06:06 +0000

As revealed by transcoding services provider, encoding.com, demand for FLV (Flash Video) remains despite the ongoing debates over HTML5 and the transition to H.264. As many commentators have pointed out, while the iPad and iPod may be FLV-unfriendly, in the corporate world, many users still cannot view anything other than FLV and it remains the [...]

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Comparing WebM And H.264

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 06:00:04 +0000

Jan Ozer, writing on Streamingmedia.com has carried out some in-depth testing of the Google supported WebM and H.264 video codecs: “This article compares H.264 to WebM, Google’s implementation of the VP8 codec, using three variables, encoding time, compressed quality and CPU requirements for playback on three personal computers. Here’s the Cliff’s Notes version of the [...]

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RIAs = Beta Internet Applications?

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 11:00:13 +0000

Writing on the Streamingmedia.com blog, Dom Robinson considers whether the developers of Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) have effectively been acting as beta testers for browser developers to help them decide what features are likely to be in demand or not: “While the prevalence of Internet Explorer will be a fallback position for Microsoft should Silverlight [...]

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Video DAM: Increasingly Important For Enterprises

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 04:00:53 +0000

In this article in the June/July issue of StreamingMedia.com, Michael Baumann discusses the increasing significance of Video Digital Asset Management and has obtained a number of quotes from industry insiders and solution vendors which suggest there is an on-going exponential growth in Video DAM. Also of note is the recognition for solutions to integrate and [...]

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12 Crucial Points About Video DAM

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:23:35 +0000

DAM vendor, Daydream, have released a report, Video Digital Asset Management: 12 Crucial Points which covers a range of different topics about handling video in DAM systems. Although authored by a DAM solution supplier, the report appears to be written from a reasonably neutral perspective and should be of interest to anyone looking into Video [...]

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FCC Decision: Netflix Face Increased Competition

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 22 Jun 2010 13:00:59 +0000

As reported on Seeking Alpha, Video on Demand provider, Netflix potentially face increased competition as a result of a US FCC (Federal Communications Commission) decision: “A recent Federal Communications Commission (FCC) decision is likely to increase competition for Netflix as it clears the way for new films to be made available on-demand before such films [...]

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10 HTML5 Video Players

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:00:38 +0000

Now everyone is talking about HTML5, many DAM vendors will be looking to extend their Flash video support with an HTML5 compatible player also to add to the ever-growing stack of video delivery platforms which many need to support (including QuickTime and Silverlight in a number of cases). The template.com blog features 10 candidates, all [...]

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Navigating The Video Format Battlefield

Nick Brookes — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 16:00:51 +0000

As the tech leviathans, including Google, Adobe and Apple, fight it out in the global arena for video format supremacy, the rest of us are left with a bewildering array of choices and incompatibilities to factor into the design of our video workflows: “For content publishers and consumers, there is chaos in the video ecosystem, and it’s going [...]

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Netflix: Threats To Pay Per View Streaming Model

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:00:52 +0000

Video On Demand and more recently TV and video streaming operation, Netflix, has revealed that it expects the DVD rentals by mail market (which it pioneered) to peak by 2013 and to be gradually replaced by direct streaming of video content direct to consumers. The slideshow highlights a number of key threats to the pay [...]

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Introducing WebM, VP8 And Possible Implications For Video DAM

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 20 May 2010 05:00:41 +0000

Yesterday (May 19th), Google made the VP8 codec open source and contributed this code to The WebM Project. WebM is a new multimedia/video format designed specifically for web based use.. Being modern, open source and interoperable with HTML5, VP8 could quickly usurp many of the competing web video technologies as it has some very tangible [...]

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Preparing Video for Web Delivery

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 14 May 2010 14:00:05 +0000

Vendor Merlin One present some tips for preparing video prior to web delivery in this article: “The most important thing to remember when encoding anything is: “garbage in – garbage out”. It’s very important to start with the highest quality video as your source. Archiving your video to DVD video and then encoding from that [...]

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The Next Generation Of Active Video Archives

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 08:00:34 +0000

In this article, Jeff Boles examines the next generation in video archiving technology for the video production industries and highlights the criticality of these systems for any organisation engaged in the production and delivery of video-based content. “With the challenges of both creating and then storing enormous amounts of video at the forefront, video organizations have [...]

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The Trouble With Getting High…

Naresh Sarwan — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 08:30:49 +0000

In this article, Philip Speigel discusses the ongoing issue for media archivists of managing legacy standard definition (SD) video in DAM systems geared toward high definition (HD) formats. “The transition to High Definition video as the accepted standard is basically over. But media archives are still sitting on acres of shelf space filled with Standard Definition (SD) content produced and [...]

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HTML5 vs Flash – Confusing Times Ahead For Web Video Delivery?

Naresh Sarwan — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:23:45 +0000

Interest in HTML5 and in particular its support for video (bypassing the need for Flash and other non-native plugins) is gaining momentum. The status quo that has enabled Flash to assume the role of de facto video delivery method of choice looks set for a serious challenge with HTML5. In this article on ScribeMedia.org, Michael [...]

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Go TV & Kit Digital Partner To Reach Mobile Video Markets

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 09:30:49 +0000

North American mobile media network and services provider Go TV Networks, will team up with video asset management vendor KIT Digital Inc. to meet the rapidly increasing demand from North American mobile carriers for better video content management and delivery, it has been announced. “Under the terms of the agreement, GoTV will be a distributor and [...]

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Five Steps To Better Video Management

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:55:54 +0000

In this article George Grippo, vice president of media asset management at North Plains, provides five steps that organisations can take to better video management. “Most companies do not have a formal approach to create and manage this video. The lack of a formal approach, a video management strategy, results in inefficiency, confusion, increased costs, lost opportunities, [...]

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Video Asset Management: What Will This Mean For Your Business?

Naresh Sarwan — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 09:57:46 +0000

In this article, CMS Watch’s Kas Thomas considers video asset management and what it might mean for the organisation. He identifies that video asset management will become increasingly more important for all businesses in the future, not just those specialising in video production or distribution. “Depending on the business you’re in, your use of video [...]

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Wowza 2 Launches: Another Nail In the Coffin For Flash?

Naresh Sarwan — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:34:06 +0000

The widely anticipated version 2 release of Wowza Media Server has finally arrived. Offering support for Silverlight, iPhone clients and increases in bandwidth and capacity, Wowza look to be consolidating their position as the H.264 streaming server vendors of choice. For most industry watchers, the key point of interest is Wowza’s ending of their dependency [...]

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Building a Simple Transcoder with FFMPEG

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:07:56 +0000

This tutorial explains how to build a very simple transcoder for a DAM system using FFMPEG and Windows Scripting Host (using JScript as the scripting language). The code provided will convert an input video into FLV (Flash Video) format that can be used for previewing and produce a single thumbnail image to be used for [...]

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Using Streaming Media With Digital Asset Management Systems

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:25:12 +0000

In the first of a series of three media streaming articles, Naresh Sarwan describes how streamed media works and looks at two main methods: progressive download and true streaming. The other two articles in the series are Streaming Video Formats For Digital Asset Management and What Streaming Media Player Should Be Used With Digital Asset [...]

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Building Transcoding into Your Workflow

Naresh Sarwan — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:40:58 +0000

Transcoding digital video into proxy and surrogate formats is now an essential element of most Digital Asset Management solutions where video may be involved. This article from Telestream, the producers of Flip Factory is an excellent introduction to transcoding workflows: Video producers in the broadcast, film and video production, and web publishing industries are seeking [...]

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Is Smooth Streaming Microsoft’s Trojan Horse?

Naresh Sarwan — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 10:31:51 +0000

In this article on streaminglearningcenter.com, Jan Ozser discusses whether Microsoft may use Smooth Streaming as a method of gaining greater market share for Silverlight over Flash. I’ve written before that most consumers couldn’t care less if Microsoft pulled the plug on Silverlight, primarily because from their view — that of the user — it does [...]

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FeedRoom Partners with TubeMogul

Helen Whitaker — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:02:32 +0000

Live video and digital asset management provider, FeedRoom, today announced a partnership with TubeMogul, an analytics and syndication service for online video. Through the integration of TubeMogul functionality, FeedRoom 4.0 Enterprise Video Platform customers can increase audience reach with the automated, viral distribution of video content to dozens of popular video sharing sites, and gauge [...]

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