NVIDIA today kicked off the GPU Technology Conference (GTC) by unveiling technologies that accelerate cloud computing using the computing capabilities of the GPU.
NVIDIA's cloud GPU technologies are based on the company's new Kepler GPU architecture, designed for use in large-scale data centers. Its virtualization capabilities allow GPUs to be simultaneously shared by multiple users. NVIDIA claims that its ultra-fast streaming display capability eliminates lag, making a remote data center feel like it's just next door. And its extreme energy efficiency and processing density lowers data center costs. Via Nicolas Weil Adobe Access 3.0 is a digital rights management platform that makes it possible to protect and securely deliver video and audio content for playback on consumer devices such as personal computers, mobile and connected TV devices. Adobe Access provides a range of monetization capabilities, while protecting video and audio content from unauthorized copying and playback. Via Nicolas Weil 
The HbbTV (Hybrid Broadcast Broadband TV) consortium has announced the publication of version 1.5 of its hybrid TV specification. Building on existing standards and web technologies, the HbbTV specification provides the features and functionality required to deliver feature rich broadcast and internet TV services.
Version 1.5 of the HbbTV specification notably introduces support for HTTP adaptive streaming based on the recently published MPEG-DASH specification, improving the perceived quality of video presentation on busy or slow Internet connections. It also enables content providers to protect DASH delivered content with potentially multiple DRM technologies based on the MPEG CENC specification, improving efficiency in markets where more than one DRM technology will be used. Version 1.5 significantly enhances access to broadcast TV schedule information, enabling operators to produce full seven-day electronic programme guides as HbbTV applications that can be deployed across all HbbTV receivers to provide a consistent user experience. The latest advances are based on activity within the HD Forum in France as part of the development of the TNT 2.0 specification Via Nicolas Weil 
For most players, simply enabling OSMF's default Dynamic Streaming is sufficient. For some players, customizing the HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) adaptive bitrate algorithm may be desired, but note that this is an advanced task. Below is a representation of the customizable areas of the adaptive bitrate algorithm. The rest of this article describes the various levels of customization, in order of complexity, starting with simple parameter customization and ending with the complete replacement of the adaptive bitrate algorithm. Via Nicolas Weil In what's likely one of the biggest wins for UltraViolet, Hollywood's digital movie technology, Walmart will announce it's planning to back the initiative in its stores, according to multiple news Read more >>... 
This proposal extends HTMLMediaElement to enable playback of protected content. The proposed API supports use cases ranging from simple clear key decryption to high value video (given an appropriate user agent implementation). License/key exchange is controlled by the application, facilitating the development of robust playback applications supporting a range of content decryption and protection technologies. No "DRM" is added to the HTML5 specification, and only simple clear key decryption is required as a common baseline. Via Nicolas Weil 
Google has released "Duclair," the new version 1.0.0 of its VP8 technology that the company says does a better job encoding video and faster job decoding it.
And it's a good thing, too, because VP8 is taking on not only the incumbent H.264, but also a sequel called High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) from the same group that's well under development. Via Nicolas Weil 
Après Warner, c'est au tour de Paramount d'annoncer l'intégration du DRM Ultraviolet dans certains de ses produits à destination des USA. 
Azuki packages video in Apple's format and uses software clients to 'normalize' the video streams for an array of mobile devices... Via Ludovic Bostral 
HTML5 is the future of video. Probably. Or if not HTML5, its successors. It seems that the whole web has rallied behind the desire to get rid of third-party plugins - especially closed plugins like Flash. And so every major new web browser now supports native video playback via a tag.
Via adVid, Ludovic Bostral 
Input media formats: - Smooth (VoD & Live). An adaptive HTTP format specified by Microsoft. Used by Microsoft in Silverlight, but is an open format that third party clients also support. - Apple HLS (VoD & Live). An adaptive HTTP format specified by Apple. Used by Apple in iPhone/iPad, but is – like Smooth – an open format. - MPEG DASH (VoD). A new adaptive format specified by ISO. Wide and promising industry backing. We support both MPEG-2 TS and MP4-based (ISOBFF) profiles.
Input DRM formats: Via Nicolas Weil 
Hollywood’s UltraViolet initiative might not have gotten off to a great start. 
CDN also announces availability of Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming on the Akamai HD Network and SecureHD content protection... |
As the dust now settles on another IP&TV World Forum (the last in fact), one theme lingers in the mind - multi-screen, multi-network delivery of content. 
Book publishers argue that Amazon is a vicious monopoly that has too much power over them and their content. But they need to realize they gave Amazon much of that power themselves when they agreed to shackle all of their books in DRM chains. 
The digital rights management environment has become very fragmented in recent years with companies like Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) , Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE)and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) offering their own DRM Read more >>... Via Ludovic Bostral 
"We recently announced the upcoming availability of Adobe Access (formerly Flash Access) DRM protection for native iOS applications. So what does this mean for your workflow?
You can now finally reach a broad range of destination devices with a single, simple workflow, including Windows, OSX, iPad, iPhones, iPods, hundreds of Android smartphones and tablets (Android 2.2+), and televisions, including Samsung Smart TVs, TIVO and LG devices, and soon many more as part of project Primetime." Via Nicolas Weil ![Intertrust’s Wasabi Marlin Client SDK v.1.3 supports MPEG-DASH multi-screen streaming [PR] | DRM video | Scoop.it](http://img.scoop.it/Pr_2RUi8HfN87S0cDbqcIjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVaiQDB_Rd1H6kmuBWtceBJ)
Recognizing the growing demand for a standards-based streaming technology for Over the top (OTT) content delivery, Intertrust today announced a new version of its Wasabi Marlin Client SDK that supports MPEG-DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP). [...]
Intertrust’s Wasabi Marlin Client SDK v.1.3, available immediately, is a complete Software Development Kit (SDK) for developing media applications based on the Marlin DRM standard. Wasabi allows quick and efficient deployments based on Marlin DRM on desktop (PC and Mac), mobile (iOS and Android), and embedded systems (set top box and connected TV), with support for MPEG DASH and Common Encryption on all those platforms.
Wasabi Marlin Client SDK product page : http://www.intertrust.com/solutions/wasabi Via Nicolas Weil 
Mobile TV needs to solve the security question to take off... 
Sony will adopt Microsoft PlayReady content protection technology for Sony's network-enabled devices. The first Sony device to include support for Microsoft PlayReady is the Sony Blu-ray Disc Player which launched in U.S. this February. 
In this week's podcast we dig into UltraViolet (UV), the digital library/format recently launched to enable consumers with multi-device streaming access to Hollywood movies. 
Last week I read through over 3,000 posts in my RSS feeds covering news from the CES show. I've sorted through all the noise, stripped out all the releases about WiFi washing machines (seriously), and condensed it down to bring you the most important topics pertaining directly to the streaming and online video industry. Via Nicolas Weil 
A panel at this week’s CES show in Las Vegas yielded two pieces of positive news for the DECE/UltraViolet standard, after a launch several months ago with Warner Bros. and its Flixster subsidiary that could charitably be called “premature.” Of the two news items, one is a nice to have, but the other is a game-changer. Via Nicolas Weil Accedo, leading enabler of Smart TV and IPTV applications, and Verimatrix, the specialist in securing and enhancing revenue for multi-screen digital TV services around the globe, today announced a partnership to help enable the delivery of compelling and engaging over-the-top (OTT) video applications. |
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