Thanks to everyone who helped make last week's Content Delivery Summit such a success. The rooms were packed, the presentations and discussions on-point and I heard a lot of very positive feedback from the attendees. Lots of great information was shared and various CDN technologies showcased. The summit will be back for it's 5th year in 2013, with the event scheduled to take place on May 20th – so mark your calendar now.

We had attendees from all over the world, carriers and telcos from many different countries and presenters gave out a lot of really detailed info on current video traffic trends, federated CDN models, transit and CDN pricing, DSA and transparent caching technologies and we had a lot of great customer presentations from those deploying these web acceleration technologies. Companies also announced some new services at the event and I'll have a list of all the news from the Content Delivery Summit and the Streaming Media East show in another post.

All of the presentations from the summit can be downloaded from the CDN Summit website and we're working on getting all of the sessions up for video on demand viewing. I'll have a bunch of posts over the next two weeks about things I saw and heard at the CDN Summit that I found interesting including Amazon's new DSA service and details on my CDN pricing data. If there is any kind of post-show help you need or something you'd like me to follow up on with you, please don't hesitate to call or email me at anytime.

It’s that time of year again when we partner up with the NY Video Meetup group to co-host a special mega-session in conjunction with our Streaming Media East show at the Hilton hotel in New York City.

The Meetup will start at 5 PM with complimentary beer, wine, and hors d'oeuvres in the Streaming Media East Expo Hall and will then move to the presentation room for the Meetup demos. We're expecting hundreds of online video enthusiasts and attendees and you can visit the Meetup page for more details or contact the Meetup chairman, Steve Rosenbaum.

Attendees to the meetup will have also the chance to win some nice prizes from companies like Apple, Roku, Google, Samsung and others. #nyvideo – #smeast

UPDATE: A new chart has been released May 2013. Please visit www.StreamingMediaDevices.com for the latest copy.

[Note Jan 2013: I am working to update the chart to add the Boxee TV, Wii U, ASUS Qube, Hisense Pulse and Netgear NeoTV PRIME. If you have any questions on devices, you can email me at anytime] And check out my post here from Feb. 2013 with a list of all the latest devices in the market, with dates they get released.

At the broadband device pavilion on the exhibit floor of the Streaming Media East show, we released our latest chart that compares all of the dedicated streaming media boxes in the market and lists which content platforms are available for each box. You can download the full PDF by clicking on the image below and you can always find the latest version of the chart at www.StreamingMediaDevices.com

CLICK ON THE CHART BELOW TO DOWNLOAD A HIGH-RES COPY.

I’ll be updating this chart a few times throughout the year and you can send any additions or errors you spot to me directly. A big thank you to the following companies who helped me with the chart: Boxee, Roku, D-Link, TiVo, Dolby, Microsoft, Sony, Vizio and Western Digital.

Updated 6/3: Added Amazon support to Xbox 360. Removed .MOV support on the Roku.

Updated 6/10: Added the Netgear NeoTV Pro streaming box to the list.

Updated 6/15: Updated the D-Link MovieNite to the D-Link MovieNite Plus.

Updated 8/5: Added Hulu Plus support to the Apple TV.

Updated 9/4: Removed the reference to the Vizio Co-Star “shipping soon” since the product is now available.

Updated 9/21: Added Vudu support to the Roku. Upgraded Netgear’s NeoTV Pro to the Netgear NeoTV MAX. Added the date the Wii U will go on sale.

If you're looking for a $99 streaming box that can handle the playback of your local media, and supports a ton of formats, the Western Digital WD TV Live box is the best on the market. And at the Streaming Media East show next week, we'll be giving away six of these devices to some lucky attendees. Simply register online for a free exhibits pass and stop by the broadband device pavilion where we will be raffling off these and other devices during the two days of the show. Thanks to Western Digital for the gear!

And if you want to attend all of the how-to sessions, it's not too late to get a pass for those and you can use the special registration code of DRF01 and get access to everything at the show for only $455. Register here and put the code DRF01 in the box at the bottom. Twitter hash tag #smeast

When it comes to video on the web, delivering a quality experience is what drives customers and brings them back. At the Content Delivery Summit, taking place Monday, May 14th in NYC, this presentation will discuss some of the ways content owners can maximize their monetization strategy by ensuring a high quality video experience. Learn about the impact of switching from RTMP to HTTP, offering multi-platform adaptive bitrate streaming, multi-device targeting and how to drive a quality user experience by leveraging real-time analytics with measurable performance data. Presenters include:

• David Moffly, CEO, Baeblemusic.com
  
• Brad Altfest, Principal Solutions Architect, Highwinds

Readers of my blog can take advantage of special pricing by registering using the promo code of DRF01 to attend the CDN Summit for only $295. Taking a look at the pre-register attendee list we have carriers, telcos, ISPs, MSOs, content owners and vendors coming from all over the world. This is the event to be at if you are in the content delivery business. Twitter hash tag #cdnsummit

With its TV Connect initiative for delivering live programs and On Demand titles via Apple devices, Cox needed a content delivery platform architected to meet its performance, scalability, manageability, and TCO needs. At the Content Delivery Summit, taking place Monday, May 14th in NYC, this presentation will focus on the key attributes Cox looked for in CDN technology to meet their needs for cost, quality and scale. Confirmed speakers include:

• Muhammad Raza, Solutions Engineer, Cox Communications
• Larry Peterson, Chief Scientist, Verivue
  

Readers of my blog can take advantage of special pricing by registering using the promo code of DRF01 to attend the CDN Summit for only $295. Taking a look at the pre-register attendee list we have carriers, telcos, ISPs, MSOs, content owners and vendors coming from all over the world. This is the event to be at if you are in the content delivery business. Twitter hash tag #cdnsummit

At the Content Delivery Summit, taking place Monday, May 14th in NYC, one of the presentations will cover the Time Warner Network vision and the critical role CDN plays in expanding their video delivery capabilities of Time Warner Cable beyond the set-top-box to the multi-screen, multi-device world. Hear about the deployment and operation of a CDN in a Cable Network from the person responsible for content and video operations and hear why CDN was key to Time Warner Cable's network vision.

• Jaime Miles, VP, National Content Operations, Time Warner Cable
• Paul Larbey, President, Velocix CDN, Alcatel-Lucent

It's not too late to get a pass for the event and you can use the special registration code of DRF01 and get access to the keynotes, all of the sessions, presentations and networking events for only $295. Register here and put the code DRF01 in the box at the bottom. Twitter hash tag #cdnsummit