With online video as hot as it is, I’ve been getting a lot of questions lately about what I think of all the online video conferences and exhibitions that have popped up within the past twelve months. I’d also like to hear your comments on this topic as well. As far as I am concerned, […]
My earlier post got me thinking about why, in 2007, the average bitrate for a video file delivered via streaming media is still encoded in 300Kbps? Is it purely because content owners don’t want to pay more money to delivery their videos at higher bitrates? Or is the trade off between quality and price acceptable […]
Thanks to everyone’s support, fifty posts later, the blog has done over 50,000 page views in the first 30 days and it will be featured on TypePad’s home page on March 23rd. As I said from day one, I believe that the contents and success of any real blog comes from the community rather than […]
Chuck Johnson, the co-founder and former CFO and SVP of The FeedRoom contacted me and wanted me to let people know on my blog that he has left the company. Chuck and The FeedRoom split on good terms and Chuck will continue to work with the company on some strategic issues. In Chuck’s e-mail to […]
I follow very closely the costs that content delivery networks and service providers charge to store and delivery audio and video content that is both downloaded and streamed. I get my data primarily from the customers, the people who are actually buying these services. They routinely call to ask if they are getting a good […]
Talking with an analyst this morning got me thinking to just how many companies have recently gotten a third round of funding. Brightcove, Anystream, The FeedRoom and CacheLogic to name just a few. How many more rounds of funding are investors willing to do before they ask to see some real revenue numbers and profitability? […]
While there are a lot of blogs out there already, none of them really focuses on the business aspects of the industry or they cover other subjects not pertaining to online video. As you well know, there are a lot of exciting things going on in the industry but it seems many of them get […]