At the Streaming Media East show, taking place May 21-22 in NYC, Mike Whitmore, Head of Studio Technology at HuffPost Live will be present how HuffPost Live is integrating social media into its live broadcasting platform. Learn how to leverage social networks like Google+ in live streams and what tools are available to integrate community features into live webcasts. Attendees will also hear best practices for leveraging your online community as on-air talent.

It’s not too late to get a pass to the show and readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a two-day ticket to the show for only $695 and gives you access to 40 sessions and how-to presentations and 100+ speakers. You can also register for an exhibits only pass and get access to the show floor, both keynotes from CBS and ESPN and all the networking events, at no charge. #smeast

Yesterday’s CDNs were geared towards reducing costs for large-scale delivery of small and large objects. Now that bandwidth pricing is no longer an obstacle to business models, the new frontier for CDNs is to improve performance, by every millisecond possible, and reach new markets as they develop.

On Monday May 20th, at the Content Delivery Summit in NYC, we’ve got a session with eBay, Akamai, ChinaCache and Radware discussing, “Using Advanced CDN Services To Improve E-Commerce Performance.”

This session will reveal the impacts that CDNs have on E-Commerce businesses and review specific case studies, by CDN vendors and clients, as they show how the new generation of CDN services improves E-Commerce revenues around the world. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Steve Lerner, Sr. Member of Technical Staff, Network Engineering, eBay
• Steven Ryder, Director of Operations, CDN, ChinaCache
• Josh Roza, Director of CDN, Radware
  M.J. Johnson, Director, Product Marketing, Akamai

Now in its fifth year, the Content Delivery Summit is a one-day conference designed to bring together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration. Readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a ticket to the show for only $395.

At the Streaming Media East show, taking place May 21-22 in NYC, members of the DASH Industry Forum will discuss what concrete steps have been taken in order to foster fast adoption of the new industry standard for adaptive streaming over HTTP. The session will discuss the recently published DASH264 Implementation Guidelines that cover both live and on-demand services, MPEG-DASH profiles, audio and video codecs, closed-caption formatting and common encryption constants. The panel will address the practical matters and relevance of MPEG-DASH based service roll-outs for streaming and hybrid broadcast applications. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Jan Nordmann, Director, Marketing & Business Development, Fraunhofer USA
• Jeff Misenti, Chief Digital Officer, Fox News Digital
• Tim McConnell, EVP Engineering, Solekai Systems
• Kilroy Hughes, Senior Digital Media Architect, Windows Azure Media Services, Microsoft Corp
• Andrew Popov, CTO, BuyDRM

It’s not too late to get a pass to the show and readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a two-day ticket to the show for only $695 and gives you access to 40 sessions and how-to presentations and 100+ speakers. You can also register for an exhibits only pass and get access to the show floor, both keynotes from CBS and ESPN and all the networking events, at no charge. #smeast

Rapidly growing OTT video traffic is creating serious challenges for network operators. Some operators are using caching to relieve network bandwidth, manage transit costs and improve QoE. Others, such as BT, Verizon and Telefonica, are using on-net caches to create a new line of business, launching commercial CDNs to compete with Akamai and Limelight.

On Monday May 20th, at the Content Delivery Summit in NYC, we’ve got a session with Cisco, TeliaSonera, Deutsche Telekom, Edgeware and Hewlett-Packard discussing, “Caching & Content Delivery Strategies For Network Operators.”

This session explores the various caching strategies and technologies available to network operators and how they can best deploy them for managing OTT video. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Tony Lapolito, Director of Product Management, Videoscape Distribution Suite, Cisco
• Staffan Gojeryd, VP, Product Management, TeliaSonera
• Tony Tramontana, Content & New Media Specialist, Deutsche Telekom
• Bruno D’Avanzo, Head of Content Delivery Solutions, Hewlett-Packard
• James Kirby, Director Pre-Sales Engineering, Edgeware

Now in its fifth year, the Content Delivery Summit is a one-day conference designed to bring together telecom carriers, service providers, content owners, and industry vendors for a detailed look at CDN platforms for the delivery of video and content acceleration. Readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a ticket to the show for only $395.

With the emergence of TV Everywhere, consumers can enjoy the benefits of authenticated channels like FOX Now, TWC TV, ESPN, Xfinity, and others across a multitude of devices. But is TV Everywhere a success today? Are providers seeing increased retention? At the Streaming Media East show, taking place May 21-22 in NYC, we’ve got a session entitled “The Business of TV Everywhere” which will answer these and other questions. Are new revenue models emerging that might exist as extensions for the TV Everywhere experience? What will TV Everywhere look like in the next five years? Join us for a lively discussion with the experts behind the TV Everywhere movement. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Scott Rosenberg, VP, Business Development, Roku
• Mark Swan, VP, Advanced Product and Business Development, Comcast
• Nora Ryan, Chief Of Staff, Epix
• Evan Silverman, SVP, Digital Media, A+E Networks
• Sean Knapp, CTO, Co-Founder, Ooyala

It’s not too late to get a pass to the show and readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a two-day ticket to the show for only $695 and gives you access to 40 sessions and how-to presentations and 100+ speakers. You can also register for an exhibits only pass and get access to the show floor, both keynotes from CBS and ESPN and all the networking events, at no charge. #smeast

The Internet has disrupted nearly every facet of the TV industry, from programming to distribution to audience. And while the networks still rule the living room, many of them are looking to find their footing online. At the Streaming Media East show, taking place May 21-22 in NYC, we’ve got a session entitled “Online Distribution and Monetization Strategies for the TV Industry” which will we’ll explore some of the distribution options for those that want to bring their content to online audiences. The panelists will delve into the pros and cons of sharing content with YouTube, subscription-based services and syndication networks and will explore what kind of content—short form vs. long form—makes sense for each outlet. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Ran Harnevo, SVP, AOL Video
• Lisa Valentino, SVP, Multimedia Sales, ESPN
• Lisa Waks, VP, Video, Scripps Networks Interactive
• Gabriel Sauerhoff, VP, Digital Media Distribution, Discovery Communications

It’s not too late to get a pass to the show and readers of my blog can register using my own personal discount code of DR13, which gets you a two-day ticket to the show for only $695 and gives you access to 40 sessions and how-to presentations and 100+ speakers. You can also register for an exhibits only pass and get access to the show floor, both keynotes from CBS and ESPN and all the networking events, at no charge. #smeast