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The video war in the cloud has started today !
Prices are not that low (especially if you include every hidden costs) but as a start and IF the quality is there, I know many suppliers that won't get champagne today.
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A study into the potential impact of an EPG shift for commercial broadcasters ITV and Channel 5 has concluded that while ITV the difference is negligible, for Channel 5 the share of viewing could d...
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I find EPG boring (to use and to study) but I should digg into it as an audience drop of 24% is worth investigating ! Delete the scoop?
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Google's YouTube has launched a pilot programme for subscription channels. At the start, there are 53 ‘paid channels’ with subscription fees starting at $0.99 (EUR0.84) per month. All channels have...
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Announced some time ago already. I will be carefully watching the first subscribing numbers.
Considering the reach of Youtube, this can be a game changer. 0,99$ per channel instead of 50$ for 99 channels (out of which only 10 interests you) ? Wait and see, eventhough I don't think the numbers will be that big. But this is just the first step.
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May 14, 12:23 PM
Apart from subscription OPOV content has greater potential for advertising dollars which is where Google's game play is..
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Turns out that people mostly just want to use their television sets to, y'know, watch TV. So much for the smart TV. Instead, tablets are turning into tomorrow's set-top box.
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I have seen some smart TV at the NAB that were worth a try. But they required a tablet to provide a great eperience so... Delete the scoop?
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Live Video Viewing Tops VOD - 04/05/2013
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I would say it depends on the content. Delete the scoop?
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Video viewings inched upward in March, but video ad viewings skyrocketed to more than 13 billion video ads totaling more than 5 billion minutes
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Good to take into account when you build your CDN business plan. Delete the scoop?
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How worried are the owners of the major broadcast television networks about Aereo, the Barry Diller-backed digital television service they've been trying unsuccessfully to sue out of existence?
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2 disruptors players that might change the TV landscape... Delete the scoop?
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Deluxe Entertainment Services Group rolled out its MediaCloud cloud-based playout platform at the 2013 NAB Show. MediaCloud provides a broadcast service delivering a next-generation cloud-based playout, media asset management and delivery platform.
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I missed the demo at NAB but on paper, it sounds brilliant. Delete the scoop?
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New record highs for BBC iPlayer usage: weekly requests averaged 59 million, up from 57 million in January, and across the month there was an average of 8.6 million requests per day.
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Month after month, the iPlayer performances are more and more impressive. Delete the scoop?
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cloud for broadcast has many advantages (low capex, flexible etc) that are growing daily and few drawbacks (potential security threat and streaming performance) that are less true every day. Delete the scoop?
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What if TV Becomes the Second Screen to Twitter?
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Motorola Mobility's study of 9,500 global consumers found that a majority of respondents who view video programming in the bedroom use their smartphones and tablets versus broadcast TV. Read this article by Dan Farber on CNET News. Delete the scoop?
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Consumers now rate VOD as the most valuable service from their TV subscription. The new study, conducted in the United States by Frank N. Magid Associates on behalf of Vubiquity, found to 62 per ce...
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As e are lauching a new VOD services this summer, I kind of like that. Delete the scoop?
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Though I am 100% OTT is worth it (and if you want to keep your customer, thats a no brainer, you've got to have OTT), I doubt this 50% raise as soon as 2015. Delete the scoop?
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Fascinating.
PS: yes Netflix is using Amazon cloud and is very dependant on its competitor... Delete the scoop?
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TV may still dominate the advertising market, but the audience for online video is soaring, with 58 percent of the U.S. population streaming, up from 38 percent five years ago.
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Good news for many people. Bad one for, well, as many people. Delete the scoop?
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This story first appeared in the May 10 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. Delete the scoop?
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Last month RightScale surveyed technical professionals across a broad cross-section of organizations about their adoption of cloud computing. The 625 respondents range from technical executives to ... Delete the scoop?
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Between US and Europe, UK is often a good country to watch.
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The faster the transfer, the more productive and profitable a broadcaster can be.
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Everything is in the title. Delete the scoop?
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Live events or TV shows, the second screen is rising but without (huge) editorial effort, it will stay one feature among others. And not everyone will be able to put the money required... Delete the scoop?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hpd7YyW18f4 Rich Greenfield, the BTIG analyst who's something of a digital media oracle, isn't exaggerating when he says, "The future of television has begun" (registration required).
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The box are doomed in the end but not what they bring. So watch the big fight for the control of TV interface (in US but not only of course). Delete the scoop?
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Over The Top avec Sylvester Stallone, 1987 Par Gilles Delbos, correspondant de Méta-Média à San Francisco. C'est une réunion de spécialistes, presque de conjurés. Le rendez vous annuel d...
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Du cloud avec Ooyala, Kaltura, du second screen avec des pubs ciblées et du contenu dédié et en route pour l'avenir de la télé. Delete the scoop?
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The Amazon Elastic Transcoder (http://aws.amazon.com/elastictranscoder), is a new web-based service that makes it easy to convert video clips between different file formats without needing to buy and install any dedicated software.
The service is designed to be very easy to use and you pay for what you use. 20 minutes of free transcoding, are available to all users each month.
(See: http://aws.amazon.com/free)
Video file formats supported: 3GP, AAC, AVI, FLV, MP4 and MPEG-2 as input and H.264/AAC/MP4 as output file formats.
Prices start at just $0.015/minute for Standard Definition content, and $0.030/minute for High Definition content.
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