Thursday at 2pm ET, I’ll be moderating a StreamingMedia.com webinar on the topic of “Cloud TV and Trends in Over-The-Top video“. OTT delivery is one of the most prominent trends in television distribution. It allows viewers to watch more content than ever before and if done right, it helps service providers and telcos to add a significant revenue stream to their monetization mix. The next frontier is Cloud TV that provides a seamless experience across devices and is targeted to our own identity, preferences and social circles as one. Many of the world’s largest broadcasters, content owners, telcos and operators are already offering subscription, transactional and advertising based VOD services to hundreds of millions of viewers.

Join this webinar with Kaltura and IBM to learn about trends in OTT, the benefits of Could TV, and the latest technologies that power time-shifted television, device management, household management, personalization, social tools and video applications for mobile and connected devices. What tools are required to deliver Hollywood grade content? And what are some best practices to keep viewers engaged? You can register and join this webinar for free.

Thanks to all the speakers and attendees for helping make the Content Delivery Summit and Streaming Media East shows such a success. Save the date for the 2016 shows, with the CDN Summit taking place Monday May 9th and SM East taking place Tues/Wed May 10-11.

Presentations from the CDN Summit can be found here. Streaming Media East presentations are still being uploaded and can be found here (day 1) and here (day 2). More will be going online each day, including the keynote presentations.

Video recordings from both shows will be online in about two weeks. The call for speakers for our next show, Streaming Media West, taking place November 17-18 in Huntington Beach, CA is now open.

At the Streaming Media East show last week we released our 2015 Streaming Media Device Guide which lets you compare today’s hardware devices and OTT platforms. You can download a copy of the chart by clicking on the image below and you can always find the latest version of the chart at www.StreamingMediaDevices.com.

I will be updating the chart throughout the year, so look at the bottom right corner of the chart to find the date of the latest update. The most recent chart is dated May 20 May 21 in the lower right hand corner of the chart. If you have questions on which box you should choose, send me an email and I’ll help you out. Chart corrections can be left in the comments section below. Thanks to many of the device manufactures for reviewing the data for accuracy. 2014 chart can be found here.

Updates
– 5/21: Chart updated to show Sling TV now available on the Nexus Player
– 5/20: Chart corrected to show Google Play available on the Roku
– 5/18: Chart corrected to show Roku having DLNA support
– 8/21: HBO Now is available on Amazon Fire TV and Google Chromecast
– 8/21: CBS All Access is available on Google Chromecast
– 8/21: Showtime Now is available on Apple TV and Roku

The case for H.265, like most new video technologies, is compelling: better compression and faster/cheaper delivery over lower bitrates. However, the reality of real-world choices can quickly deflate any optimistic plans. At the Streaming Media East show next week in NYC, we’ve got encoding expert Robert Reinhardt comparing H.265 to H.264. Learn if and how H.265 compression and deployment options can be utilized in typical online streaming workflows, and more importantly, if your target audiences can benefit. Examples of x264 and x265 output will be compared for bitrate, compression time, and file size.

Online registration for the event is still open and using the discount code of DR100 will get you a two days pass to all of the keynotes and sessions for only $695. #smeast

Here’s a list of all the news I saw from streaming media vendors this week.

• Fullscreen Acquires McBeard Media
• Tremor Video Adds Linear TV Inventory to Extend All-Screen Solution to the Big Screen Through Partnership with placemedia
• Brightcove Announces Major Updates to Core Products at PLAY 2015
• Level 3 Introduces Adaptive Network Control Solution, Allowing Enterprise Customers to Access Applications Through Microsoft Azure
• IneoQuest Technologies and Verimatrix Partner to Simplify Online Video Quality Assurance
• Rovi Introduces Industry’s Most Robust Dynamic Entertainment Metadata Solution
• Qumu Extends Industry-Leading Video Delivery Capabilities
• French Tennis Federation serves up unbeatable website performance with CDNetworks
• Viblast Player solves HLS & DASH playback in HTML5 plugin-free
• Marshall B. Ketchum University Selects Mediasite by Sonic Foundry for Campus-Wide Lecture Capture
• 24i Media Launches Breakthrough 4K OTT TV App for Videoland
• Voddler Ships Vnet as a Standalone Product, Revolutionizing Streaming Video and User Viewing Experiences Around The World
• Cablevision Monterrey Selects Edgeware for Cloud DVR, Catch-up TV and Multiscreen Services
• Ramp Launches Ramp Multicast Engine at Microsoft Ignite
• Cloudinary Adds Cloud-Based Video Management To Its Developers Toolbox
• iflix Partners with Vimond to Revolutionise Asian Video on Demand Services
• Rightscorp Launches Streaming Rights Monitoring (SRM) Service

With the announcement of Windows 10, Microsoft enables the ability to deploy applications to multiple Windows platforms from single code base. At the Streaming Media East show next week, Andy Beach, Technical Evangelist for Consumer Apps at Microsoft, will show developers how to set up their Visual Studio projects for development and deployment to Xbox, Windows, and Windows Phone.

Online registration for the event is still open and using the discount code of DR100 will get you a two days pass to all of the keynotes and sessions for only $695. #smeast

For the past few years the manufacturers and content producers have been championing 4K as the latest and greatest technology. At the Streaming Media East show next week, will cut through the 4K hype and discuss what real-world impact 4K could have and what the requirements really are to stream in 4K. The session will also tackle the 4K/UHD definition division, physical media versus streaming, and bandwidth requirements to make 4K possible. Hear from experts from various corners of the industry on what you need to know about 4K, when it will become adopted and what you should plan for. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Tim Albright, Founder, AVNation TV
• Malissa Dillman, Director of Training and Education, Kramer USA
• Joel Woodruff, Senior Sales Manager, Evertz
• Justin Kennington, TM, Digital Media, Crestron Electronics
• Thomas Edwards, VP, Engineering & Development, FOX Networks

Online registration for the event is still open and using the discount code of DR100 will get you a two days pass to all of the keynotes and sessions for only $695. #smeast