Server-Side Stream Repackaging [Streaming Video Technologies Panorama, part 2]
There are basically two ways to sustain the extensive growth of video formats that you must, as a media distributor, serve to your different target clients' devices : the most common answer is to...
View ArticleWebM Streaming [Streaming Video Technologies Panorama, part 3]
WebM is surely one of the hotest streaming topics right now, because it’s one of the two final HTML5 video standards with H.264. When Google bought On2 in 2009 and open-sourced its latest VP8 codec one...
View ArticleWhat to see @ IBC 2011 : a selection of products for Streaming Workflows
If you got a plane for Amsterdam in September, there’s a chance that it’s not (only) to make you bulldog walking under the red lights : you will probably be undermining your new pair of shoes in the...
View ArticleDIY BROADCAST : How to build your own TV Channel with Open-Source & other...
Here is our scenario : you are the technical director of a web startup, already having proven your talents with your thematic VOD streaming channel – and your boss suddenly thinks you’re a grown enough...
View ArticleSynchronized Second-Screen technologies panorama
Second-screen is THE hot topic in the industry these days : as a recent study on the US market confirmed, tablets have become the most used second-screen over laptops when people watch TV, and up to...
View ArticleHow to build a Netflix-like multiscreen OTT service (part 1)
12/29/12 update : this article has been pirated by A. Velikiy. While this person deserves only public disgrace, you may find it useful if you read russian easier than english. Читайте здесь With the...
View ArticleNAB 2012 OTT Advancements & Doubts
NAB 2012 closed its doors two weeks ago, so it’s a good time to draw an appraisal on various themes concerning OTT issues, and especially premium OTT issues, that have been handled through industry...
View ArticleHow to build a Netflix-like multiscreen OTT service (part 2)
02/09/13 update : this article has been pirated by A. Velikiy. While this person deserves only public disgrace, you may find it useful if you read russian easier than english. Читайте здесь Now that...
View ArticleOTT Video Services : Trends and Technologies [slide deck]
As a teaser for my upcoming blog post (“OTT distribution optimization technologies”), here is a bonus study for you, dear readers… It aims at isolating the main OTT Video Services trends (End-user...
View ArticlePlayer, encoding & repackaging strategies for multiscreen OTT projects
Last December, I was speaking during a webinar organized by DBee, which topic was “How to address the challenges of multiscreen diffusion”. As I finally found time to produce the captions, here is my...
View ArticleEBU BroadThinking 2013 – the state of the art rendezvous for OTT and Hybrid...
Geneva in late March doesn’t feel as wild as a Las Vegas boulevard, but still there was a reasonable amount of gaming excitement at the EBU headquarters, where several events were following each other,...
View ArticleEBU BroadThinking 2013 – the state of the art rendezvous for OTT and Hybrid...
Nothing was more welcome after day 1 of EBU BroadThinking 2013 than a good night of sleep, in order to reset the tech hype counters and make some mental room for two new sessions on broadcasters’...
View Article[IBC 2013 Talk] The Future of OTT Platforms
This year at IBC, I was invited by Vimond to take part into their Industry Visionaries talk series and discuss “The Future of OTT Platforms: Is it Diversification or Standardization ?” with Eric...
View Article[IBC 2013 Report] MPEG-DASH Ecosystem Status
While most of IBC’s buzz was generated by the shiny HEVC + 4K couple, it was a good occasion to stand back from the hype and measure how one of the most important video standards (at least for the OTT...
View ArticleThe new frontiers of OTT delivery: Multicast, P2P & Hybrid
Overcoming unicast limitations as regards OTT video delivery requires new approaches : multicast, peer-assisted and hybrid delivery...The new frontiers of OTT delivery: Multicast, P2P & Hybrid
View ArticleEBU BroadThinking 2014: Forget Multiscreen, We Are Heading Towards ONE Screen
This year the EBU BroadThinking Conference was sounding like a holistic swirl, a milestone in the trend of technology to define sets that are greater than the sum of their parts, through creative...
View ArticleOpen Media day @ FOSDEM’16
For those who don't know it, FOSDEM is one of the legendary European events of the open source community, where free beer meets lightning talks, tech lectures and hacking sessions. It's a crowdy 2-days...
View ArticleEBU BroadThinking 2016 – The Year When Broadcasters Became Multidisciplinary...
At EBU BroadThinking 2016, we conscientized that producing a modern multiscreen video experience isn't just about embracing the most mature emerging technologies, year after year, in a smooth granular...
View ArticleCore technologies for streaming workflows, in 2021 and beyond
In 2016, CMAF standardization was just beginning, carrying the promise of simplified workflows and improved CDN caching efficiency. Where are we now with this industry change? Which other major...
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