A new consortium, led by TV manufacturer VIZIO, is promising to assemble the right technology platform and media partners to make addressable ads on television a reality, as soon as early 2020. The founding members include Disney Media Networks (which includes ABC, ESPN and Freeform), Comcast’s FreeWheel and NBCUniversal, Discovery, CBS, AT&T’s Xandr and WarnerMedia’s […]
I’m pleased to announce that the content program for the Streaming Summit, at NAB Show is now live! Check out all the sessions and agenda on the dedicated website at www.nabstreamingsummit.com Lots of speakers are being placed and we have OTT focused sessions on biz and tech topics including sports, direct-to-consumer, monetization models, video workflows, […]
A thread was started on LinkedIn with some suggesting that CBS should have enabled low-latency streaming for the Super Bowl and that the stream should not have had a 20-40 second delay. There are so many wrong assumptions being made by people in the industry around low-latency streaming, from both a business and technical level. […]
At my recent EdgeNext Summit, there was a lot of discussion about how edge computing can be used to deliver next generation OTT viewing experiences with low latency. Traditional HTTP streaming formats such as HLS and MPEG-DASH have gained wide acceptance, making it relatively easy to reach viewers on almost any viewing device at global […]
What is being billed as the first ever live PPV event for golf is going down in flames as Bleacher Report’s live stream of the Tiger Woods vs. Phil Mickelson match is experiencing massive failure. The stream, which costs $19.99 to watch, is having a long list of authentication issues, app problems and missing audio amongst other complaints. From […]
Data driven overlay graphics are ubiquitous in live television. The elements that are known in the broadcast world as lower thirds, over-the-shoulders, tickers and bugs have been sharing screen space with live video on sports and news broadcasts for well over 20 years. While some content creators and publishers have managed to integrate a few of these graphical overlays into their streaming-only productions, the […]
There are a lot of award programs in the streaming media industry and while many don’t want to admit it, most of them are a joke. Awards are given out to vendors with no real methodology behind them and it’s all based on marketing dollars spent, connections with editorial departments, or stuffing ballots. At the NAB […]