I’ve been trying to watch the Clinton and Obama debate live on MSNBC.com and for the 10 minutes since it started, I can’t get more than 2-3 seconds of clear video without the screen freezing and delivering me a "buffering" message in the video window. The audio is very distorted as well with high-pitch feedback […]
It’s been one year to the day since I started this blog and put up my first post. Nearly 400 posts later it’s amazing how many topics the industry is talking about, what the hot topics are today and how much of what we were taking about a year ago, or eight years ago, is […]
A quick round-up of some of the latest hiring’s in the online video industry: DeWayne Nelon, former CEO at Ortiva Wireless is now the CEO at Avot Media. Paul Alfieri, formerly from Motorola is now the head of Worldwide Corporate Communications for Limelight Networks. Rick Holtman, formerly from the ROO Group, is now the VP […]
As I begin to think about the programming for the Streaming Media East 08 show in May, I’m trying to collect as much feedback as possible on who you think should keynote the show. What company would you find interesting to hear from or what speaker is engaging and has something compelling to show and […]
It’s been 8 months now since I started this blog and in that time the number of page views, readers and RSS subscribers continues to climb nicely. This is largely due in part to the loyal readers and subscribers of the blog and all the sponsors who enable me to be able to sit down […]
In September, NBC announced that come this fall they would launch a new service, named NBC Direct, that would enable viewers to watch some of NBC’s top TV shows as ad-supported downloads. While NBC plans to use many platforms to make their content available including iTunes, the move by NBC is essentially driven by the […]
At Streaming Media West next month, I will be presenting a session entitled "CDN Pricing: Costs for Outsourced Video Delivery". It’s a session I have done for the past 3 shows and usually gets a large crowd. I also do a lot of Q&A with the attendees and last show, they had some great feedback […]