On Nov. 3rd, at the Streaming Media West show in LA, I’ll be presenting the latest CDN pricing data from Q4. A week after that, I’ll get my presentation online and share all of the slides and data on my blog. I’ll also have updated numbers on the size of the video CDN market along with new projections on its expected growth. If you plan to go to my session at the show, make sure to bring your questions as I’ll be discussing and answering question about the CDN business as well as value add service offered by the CDNs.

You can register online for the Streaming Media West show and get $300 off by using my personal discount code of DRF1. Have a question about the show? Someone you want to meet? Reach out to me and I’ll be happy to make an introduction.

Online video has the potential to enable contextual, behavioral, and demographic-targeted advertisements, but video ad targeting has barely taken form as a broad practice. At the Streaming Media West show in LA, come hear what methodologies are used to capture relevant data to target appropriate users and what metrics are used to determine the efficiency of video campaigns. Will media agencies become structured for micro-buys to narrower audience segments, or will technical innovation drive the shift towards relevant ads on a mass scale? Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Jamison Tilsner, Evangelist, Business Development, Kantar Video
• Tony Fernandez, VP, Technology, CBSSports.com
• Grant Ries, Chief Revenue Officer, BlueKai
• Suhaila Suhimi, Senior Partner, Director of Digital Strategy, MediaCom
• Mark Trefgarne, CEO, LiveRail

You can register online for the Streaming Media West show and get $300 off by using my personal discount code of DRF1. Have a question about the show? Someone you want to meet? Reach out to me and I'll be happy to make an introduction.

At the Streaming Media West show in two weeks, Allan Poore, Principal Group Manager for Expression Encoder at Microsoft, will showcase the latest codecs and encoding techniques to deliver the best quality video for your customers, to the PC, TV and mobile devices. Attendees will get an in-depth look at Expression Encoder to learn the tradeoffs between quality and speed, how to take advantage of adaptive bitrate technologies, and how to differentiate your content from the competition while reaching the widest possible audience.

You can register online for the Streaming Media West show and get $300 off by using my personal discount code of DRF1. Have a question about the show? Someone you want to meet? Reach out to me and I'll be happy to make an introduction.

At the Streaming Media West show, Nov. 2-3 in LA, we have a panel of executives that will discuss the new ways content owners and site developers are aggregating content and distributing it on the web. See examples of ways to develop niche vertical sites without significantly expanding staffing, and discuss how to reach audiences on social networking sites like Facebook. Learn about some of the new emerging platforms for niche video distribution and best practices for increasing your chances of making money with your content. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Jonathan Seelig, Managing Director, Globespan
• John Caldwell, President, National Geographic Digital Media
• Ran Harnevo, CEO, 5min Media
• Julie Lee, SVP, Business Development, VEVO
• Vanessa Pappas, VP, Audience and Strategic Partnerships, Next New Networks

You can register online for the Streaming Media West show and get $300 off by using my personal discount code of DRF1. Have a question about the show? Someone you want to meet? Reach out to me and I'll be happy to make an introduction.

What started as a tool used by only the world's largest media companies has now become a common element of any professional website experience, including those of small and medium businesses (SMBs). At the Streaming Media West show in LA, we have a session that will explore the requirements for success and the options available for delivering high-quality, cost-efficient online video experiences for SMBs. You will hear from small business owners from a variety of industries and learn how they are using video to successfully drive results for their organizations. Confirmed speakers include:

• Moderator: Eric Elia, VP, Professional Services, Brightcove
• Karl House, VP, Business Development, Deca.tv
• Brandon Piety, Social and Interactive Producer, DBA West
• Tal Saraf, GM, CloudFront, Amazon

You can register online for the Streaming Media West show and get $300 off by using my personal discount code of DRF1. Have a question about the show? Someone you want to meet? Reach out to me and I'll be happy to make an introduction.

Boxee has announced that their Boxee Box by D-Link will start shipping November 10th and will appear on store shelves on November 17th. But if you want to see the device in action a week earlier, register for the Streaming Media West show in LA and on November 3rd, come see Boxee's CEO Avner Ronen demo the device and enjoy a guided tour through the Internet TV landscape.

The show is two weeks away but you can still register online using the promo code of DRF1 which will get you $300 off the ticket price. Attend both days of the show for only $795.

Past attendees to the Streaming Media West show from the enterprise and education verticals might be concerned that with the show moving to LA, the content might now only focus on media and entertainment subjects. But those folks have nothing to worry about as we have a great lineup of various enterprise and education focused sessions including a presentation that will offer a basic overview of how Windows Media Servers stream across an enterprise network and how to discover and fix common problems.

Learn the ins and outs of working with your enterprise IT group to help them understand the specific issues with streaming across a network that's not necessarily designed for video. This session, presented by Eric Hards, Manager of Digital Media Services at Lockheed Martin Space Systems, is designed for those working with streaming technology daily but who may not have a networking background, as well as those looking to start a streaming initiative within your company that will require you working with internal IT.

Register online for the entire Streaming Media West show and get $300 off by using my personal discount code of DRF1. And take a look at the other enterprise and education focused sessions we have at the show including Live Streaming with Microsoft Silverlight and Windows Media, The Future of Video In Education, The Future Of Enterprise Webcasting, Best Practices For Video Encoding With Microsoft Expression Encoder and Cost Savings From Enterprise Streaming.