Back in May, Sorenson Media, best known for their Squeeze encoding software and the Spark video codec, launched a new video platform called Sorenson 360. After being hands on with the offering for the past three months, I've come to the conclusion that it's one of the most well thought out platforms on the market […]
Over the holiday weekend I started going through all of the speaking submissions for the Streaming Media West show and after looking at a few hundred submissions, it's clear that many companies in this space can't describe in one sentence what they do. I've always been one to believe that it's crucial that every person […]
About two weeks ago I got a bunch of e-mails from MLB.TV users who came across my recent post on MLB.TV's video offering telling me that they and others like them are still experiencing major problems getting MLB's HD stream to work. A quick check of the MLB support boards shows that a limited number […]
While I still think Twitter is one of the biggest wastes of time, starting today, I am going to use Twitter to send out real-time updates about the online video industry. One of the things I realized last week at the Streaming Media East show is that I have a lot of really great conversations […]
Over the past week, and in particular today, various news outlets are talking about the problems that some MLB.TV subscribers are having with MLB video. While many are quick to want to say it's an Adobe Flash problem, or an issue specifically related to HD video quality, many don't understand all the different technology pieces […]
NYC based The FeedRoom has been around for almost ten years and I still remember sitting down with them at Globix in 1998 helping them evaluate their business plan. In the past decade, the company has changed their strategy numerous times and prior CEO's Jon Klein and Bart Feder both re-focused the company on many […]
MLB.com just went live with their new 2009 MLB.TV media player and is showcasing for free their newly improved HD video stream and improved player controls. The streaming is being done using H.264 and the HD feed is a true 720p at 1280×720. They are using adaptive bitrate encoding ranging from as low as 164K […]